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Stumped: 9ac) Annex is about Scotsman who wrote essays (10) I have A???S?N?A? and it looks for all the world like ABYSSINIAN, and I know Johnson’s Rasselas, but I cannot parse it. Annex?? Help,...
08:46 Sat 15th Dec 20183 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 09:10 Sat 15th Dec 2018
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New Statesman Christmas Jumbo

Am almost done - a really brilliant seasonal crossword, sadly Atlas's last - but just cannot crack these last two (and they might be thematic - Christmas period - lacking a definition): 24d) Working...
12:18 Sun 09th Dec 20187 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 12:57 Sun 09th Dec 2018
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21ac) A wayward soldier, promptly caught. (6) I have ?h?r?e and am baffled....
07:54 Fri 07th Dec 20183 answers, last by Neveracrossword 08:03 Fri 07th Dec 2018
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Can't winkle out last two weemies: 8d) Who's left darling daughter out? (4). I have ?E?R and am stumped, unless it's LEAR, and 28ac) A book about a drug (4) for which I have S?O? and assume it's SOMA,...
15:08 Fri 09th Nov 20183 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 15:11 Fri 09th Nov 2018
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Urgh! Don't like this one. (I guess it must be Key Novel.) Before I make the fire with it, can someone just give me a plausible explication of 14ac) - Staff accompanying this emperor would be from the...
09:49 Sat 20th Oct 20187 answers, last by highbury57 15:37 Sat 20th Oct 2018
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Last one: cannot disentangle anagram.... 26ac) A crass kid sends off a love poem (5,3,6) I have C?R?S ?N? K??S?E? Groan!!...
17:32 Fri 21st Sep 20183 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 17:35 Fri 21st Sep 2018
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What on earth is this?! I'm sure it's glaringly obvious to someone... 1d) Travel better as weather picked up (4) I have F?G?...
08:50 Thu 20th Sep 20186 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 09:00 Thu 20th Sep 2018
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Can't finish! Help, please... 7d) Biblical survivor of illness reported makeshift accommodation (7). I seem to have M?S?A?H....
09:27 Sat 16th Jun 20182 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 09:30 Sat 16th Jun 2018
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Stymied - last two: 4d) Stars making one tense playwright (5). I have O?T?N, and assume ORTON, but dunno why, and 16d) Book lacking energy in backing a Roman soldier's mother (8). ?O?U?N?A, and I have...
13:42 Mon 21st May 20186 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 13:47 Mon 21st May 2018
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Just can't finish this last one - 18d) Go to sleep, and if disturbed, arise, in sequence (4,4) I have ?IS?,?R?E Au secours, mes braves, svp!...
10:12 Sat 03rd Mar 20183 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 10:18 Sat 03rd Mar 2018
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Private Eye 618

Can’t see last one: 18d) PC term for ‘old boiler’ (6) It’s C?P?E?R....
08:44 Fri 09th Feb 20186 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 08:50 Fri 09th Feb 2018
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Private Eye

Stuck on last one: 20d) Thatcher's Left side accepted latitude (6). I have M?R?I?....
12:01 Wed 24th Jan 20183 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 12:06 Wed 24th Jan 2018
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17ac) Pictures of mum hugged by wrinklies (3,6) I have O?D, M?S?E?, and I can’t think past OLD MASTER - MA in OLDSTER, but it has to be plural, surely? Help, please!...
08:59 Sun 24th Dec 20175 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 10:15 Sun 24th Dec 2017
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Ns Crossword

Last one, but can’t parse - help, please! 48d) Metal container overturned, lid missing. (7) I have S?A?N?R, and am thinking SCANNER, but my brain has seized up......
05:59 Wed 13th Dec 201717 answers, last by Mamyalynne 11:55 Fri 15th Dec 2017
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Grrr. Last one: - 12ac: Designer at last in city like London (4). I have ?R?N, and assume it's WREN, designer/architect, but I can't parse the rest. Mayday!!...
04:35 Fri 20th Oct 20173 answers, last by Tilly2 06:53 Fri 20th Oct 2017
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26ac) The ones cut by a swordsman (5). It's A?H?S, and ATHOS seems right - swordsman - but I don''t get the first bit....
18:36 Fri 29th Sep 20179 answers, last by Mamyalynne 19:23 Fri 29th Sep 2017
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Everyman 3700

24d) Ridge in portion of salt (4). It's ?E?F, and I presume it's REEF, which is obviously the "ridge" bit. But how does "portion of salt" work?...
17:18 Sun 10th Sep 20174 answers, last by Mamyalynne 17:41 Sun 10th Sep 2017
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It's that time again... Last one: 16d) Haughty peer, perhaps - he's too optimistic about a battle according to the First Folio. (9). I have N?A?D?R?E, and am stumped....
14:16 Fri 08th Sep 20178 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 15:26 Fri 08th Sep 2017
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As usual, just the last pesky one: 4d) Stone's film featuring JFK (4) I make it R?B?, and assume ROBE, but I dunno why......
09:04 Fri 01st Sep 20173 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 09:09 Fri 01st Sep 2017
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9ac: He created one time the beginning of a magnificent instrument. (5). I think it's A?AMI. And otherwise I'm stymied....
18:51 Mon 21st Aug 20172 answers, last by Davemano 18:55 Mon 21st Aug 2017

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