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Sunday Times Dickens

Rich breadths of character in Victorian author. D*C*E*S Dickens sounds reasonable. But why?
08:40 Mon 24th Nov 20083 answers, last by djmelancourt 09:16 Mon 24th Nov 2008
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Louvre and Prado

Score with Louvre or Prado, perhaps, but ...... *O*A*E This clue runs into the following: Sent off? Welshman comes back round as substitute. INSTEAD. Anag. of SENT in DAI reversed.
11:40 Sun 23rd Nov 20082 answers, last by djmelancourt 11:44 Sun 23rd Nov 2008
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WEEN (Guardian)

What may be said to mother with northern challenge. W?E? I assume it sounds like WEAN (to mother). So WEEN maybe? But "northern challenge".?
12:49 Mon 03rd Nov 20084 answers, last by djmelancourt 13:51 Mon 03rd Nov 2008
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genius

Training for marathons consecutively. ?N?R?N Anuran? Why? What else could it be?
09:13 Mon 03rd Nov 20082 answers, last by djmelancourt 12:42 Mon 03rd Nov 2008
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Wine

Wine container's first and third to be switched. F * R *
15:27 Tue 02nd Sep 20082 answers, last by djmelancourt 15:37 Tue 02nd Sep 2008
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Throw

Times crossword. "Throw from stage to audience (4)" * A * E
09:11 Wed 27th Aug 20086 answers, last by djmelancourt 15:10 Sat 30th Aug 2008
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Flyte. Guardian Araucaria

Characteristic of the alphabet reported from Brideshead. F*Y*E The answer is surely FLYTE (a family in Brideshead Revisited). Any thoughts on "characteristic of alphabet"? The word "reported" in the...
08:38 Mon 25th Aug 20082 answers, last by djmelancourt 09:22 Mon 25th Aug 2008
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Times Monthly

Spenser's bolt length splits even with the top cut off. * U * R * E
09:10 Fri 08th Aug 20087 answers, last by djmelancourt 12:20 Thu 21st Aug 2008
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Guardian Genius

Gardens with spades on grass. * * E * S Presumably REEDS. But why "gardens"?
10:22 Tue 05th Aug 20086 answers, last by djmelancourt 14:28 Tue 05th Aug 2008
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Guardian. Self-made bed

Settled into a self-made bed? (4,3,5) ?A?D T?E ?R?C? LAID THE BRICK perhaps? Why?
08:59 Sat 19th Jul 20086 answers, last by Russ Bee 10:58 Tue 22nd Jul 2008
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Bull in pain

Bull in pain has to cry out (6). * R * T * S *
09:55 Sat 12th Jul 20085 answers, last by djmelancourt 14:57 Sun 13th Jul 2008
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Lithograph

Print sparked off criticism, rather than art, in artist. Must be LITHOGRAPH. OK for LIT, but what about the HOGRAPH letters?
09:40 Sat 12th Jul 20083 answers, last by djmelancourt 09:53 Sat 12th Jul 2008
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Midlife crisis

This the clue for MIDLIFE CRISIS: Time when confidence lacking if (might one say) credit is doubled. I can't see how MIDLIFE is constructed from the subsidiary. Any ideas?
10:29 Tue 24th Jun 20083 answers, last by djmelancourt 10:34 Tue 24th Jun 2008
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Unusually fair

Help with this please: "Person that's unusually fair, in a sense". * I * I * N
08:32 Mon 16th Jun 20081 answer, last by sarumite 08:50 Mon 16th Jun 2008
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Cheeky headhunters etc

Cheeky headhunters, heartless to take on staff in defunct admin area (10) Given these letters: * E * T * * * I * E
15:41 Mon 09th Jun 20082 answers, last by djmelancourt 17:02 Mon 09th Jun 2008
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impoverished

Poor? I'm very old, retired, coming in chilled to the bone. OK for the definition, and "IM". But the rest of it?
10:40 Fri 23rd May 20081 answer, last by piggling 10:43 Fri 23rd May 2008
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ostler

OSTLER seems to be the answer to the following: Men catch heartless old horseman. Why ostler (other than the definition)? One of those words might need removal from the clue, since the crossword...
13:36 Thu 15th May 20082 answers, last by djmelancourt 13:46 Thu 15th May 2008
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Harry Potter

Harry Potter's term mate, Weasley, becoming duller. Possibly ?A?ER.
12:01 Thu 15th May 20085 answers, last by djmelancourt 13:42 Thu 15th May 2008
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Profiteer

How is PROFITEER the answer to the following: One exploits fellow hosting short woman that's highly attractive. OK for "one exploits". Can't justify the rest of it.
08:28 Tue 04th Dec 20072 answers, last by djmelancourt 13:55 Tue 04th Dec 2007

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