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Tls 1129

Last one: 17d) Stern retailer - he'll have cheered him up (8). Having GRI-A--I I assume it has to be GRIMALDI, which explains the cheering-up bit, but I just can't manage to locate the "Stern...
14:55 Tue 14th Jun 20166 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 14:59 Tue 14th Jun 2016
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Everyman

The sun is shining, but - 7d) Top tips for explorer in good small aircraft (7). Has to be GLIDERS - but why does LIDE = explorer? Similarly... 16d) Guy with role became unable to cope (4,5) has to be...
10:47 Sun 05th Jun 20165 answers, last by Mamyalynne 10:51 Sun 05th Jun 2016
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Tls 1124

1)ac Places where Shakespeare may have got paid? (4) It's P?B?, so presumably PUBS - why, though? and 21d) Retired editor punching stern TLS solver? (6) ?E?D?R - maybe READER? Again, I can't see it:...
10:27 Sat 07th May 20166 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 10:57 Sat 07th May 2016
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Tls 1121

23d) Julius Caesar's cast (3). I have ??E, and a sore head... could it be DIE? I dunno....
09:09 Sat 16th Apr 20166 answers, last by scorpiojo 09:16 Sat 16th Apr 2016
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Tls 1120

Cannot finish: 5d) Lie about with European Verne novel (in Dutch) (5,4). I have E?I?E, ?E?E. Some dull clues in this one, I thought (21d, for one)....
08:30 Tue 12th Apr 20167 answers, last by NC4BBQ 20:44 Tue 12th Apr 2016
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Tls 1118

Can't quite finish - stuck on 4down: Plant two owls and a hen here. (3,4,5). I have ??D, ?A??, ?E?R?....
13:26 Sat 26th Mar 201619 answers, last by Mamyalynne 13:57 Sat 26th Mar 2016
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Tls 1114

Good grief: this one has not been fun... Two left - 4d) Old book with incapable one for priest (9) i?c?n?b?e and 14ac) Yes, for some of a group of juveniles (4) y?o?...
11:52 Tue 01st Mar 20167 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 11:59 Tue 01st Mar 2016
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Guardian Prize

Brain is fried: what on earth is 11ac)? Marshal or others checking M for stratagem 6,5. M is probably MAR. I am stumped...
18:23 Sat 25th Jul 20154 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 18:48 Sat 25th Jul 2015
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Radio Times 26

Never done this before, and stuck on last one: 4d - Bird runs to jetty (4). I have ?I?R, and suppose it must be PIER, but I dunno why PIE is bird.......
16:11 Tue 16th Jun 20152 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 19:13 Tue 16th Jun 2015
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Tls 1078

Last one: 3d They had an invitation to the ballet (3,6). I have T-E, -U-S-S, which looks like THE GUESTS or maybe THE NURSES - but I am stumped...
16:34 Thu 04th Jun 20152 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 10:52 Fri 05th Jun 2015
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St 4641

7d) One explains old model with skimpy clothing (9) - it has to be EXPOSITOR, but I can't fully parse it. Please???
17:14 Sun 10th May 20155 answers, last by dannyk13 06:51 Sun 24th May 2015
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Tls 1070

13d) He's wrestling with both his army captains - they kill him (3-7). I have ?S?-??S?E?? Au secours, s'il vous plait!!...
18:43 Thu 09th Apr 20157 answers, last by NC4BBQ 10:26 Fri 10th Apr 2015
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Sunday Times 4634

8d: Bag rat that is heading for bait entering this dirty vessel (7,3) I have W?E?L?E, ?I? and 16d: Assist health worker after day in bed (8) I have ?E?R?E?D Groan.............
11:46 Sun 22nd Mar 20155 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 11:50 Sun 22nd Mar 2015
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Tls 1067

Last two giving me severe grief: 5ac: Italian river is a sort of imperial souvenir (8) - T?B?R?A? and 21ac: An Irishman in a Roman vessel (6) - ?A?I?A Tiberias? Patina? WHY??...
21:39 Fri 20th Mar 201511 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 11:29 Sat 21st Mar 2015
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Tls 1065

Last couple - stuck: 26ac What Nan might have at the Taj Mahal (5) K?E?A and 6d The 1950s White House (5) S?G?R - presumably SUGAR, but why?...
16:43 Thu 05th Mar 20156 answers, last by writesbad 18:31 Thu 05th Mar 2015
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Tls 1061

26ac: What "Twenty Years After" inevitably did? (6). I have E-S--D, and assume it's ENSUED, but dunno why.... :(...
12:20 Sun 08th Feb 20153 answers, last by scorpiojo 16:09 Sun 08th Feb 2015
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New Statesman

Stuck, stuck, stuck.... 2d) Two southern US states require 30 supporters (3-3). I have ?A?-??A, and 30 is TEMPERANCE 12ac) Pin Margaret to the stage! (6) I have ?E??? and 8d) Exercises time in...
14:31 Mon 29th Dec 20146 answers, last by LibertyBelle 00:36 Fri 02nd Jan 2015
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Bloody Hell!

Last one: stuck, and I really do need to get a life today: 62ac) Bloody hell, Boris finally gets in! (Independent Conservative Radical) (7). I have *R*S*I* - it feels like CRISPIN, but I just...
08:39 Sun 21st Dec 20143 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 08:44 Sun 21st Dec 2014
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Tls 1052

Last one: 8d) Folklorist somehow unleashes author of Mother Courage (14). I have -R-M-E-S-A-S-N, and I can't for the life of me see this one (surely Bert Brecht must feature somehow?)....
09:01 Sat 29th Nov 20145 answers, last by scorpiojo 14:13 Sat 29th Nov 2014
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Tls 1047

Am vexed/puzzled by last one - 7d =Stevenson in Samoa?(8). The answer, I think, ought to be Tusitala (RLS' honorary name in Samoa) but I have 'Berlin' for 10ac (It was a game to Deighton) giving me...
07:15 Sun 26th Oct 20144 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 10:44 Sun 26th Oct 2014

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