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Mephistopheles 2968

Can someone please explain why 'leaders are so preoccupied cycling round after setback' is BOSSES?
17:41 Sun 16th Jul 20174 answers, last by Toorak 17:59 Sun 16th Jul 2017
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Saturday Times Jumbo 1238

Two left.... Passed over to receive high chivalric honour, as Malvilio was (5, 8) c???s ?a?t?r?d Point of freezing river for mediaeval philosopher (5) ??c?n Thanks for your help...
15:05 Sat 03rd Dec 20167 answers, last by scorpiojo 15:16 Sat 03rd Dec 2016
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Times Saturday

Spanish city a little bit lacking in Latin love? (7) g-a-a-a must surely be Granada but why?
09:08 Sat 26th Nov 201618 answers, last by Spoffy 10:26 Sat 26th Nov 2016
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Mephisto 2928

Three left 12 ac: Head cut time for martial art and dance (7) -AP-ER- 24 ac: Escapade of socialist in fashion years ago? (8) -REDA-NE 8 dn: Slow match for Celtic fans? Second-rate and it is backing...
17:42 Sun 09th Oct 20165 answers, last by scorpiojo 17:49 Sun 09th Oct 2016
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Azed 2313

Three left 30 ac: where one feels specially at home? Therein I go(4) ??IO 20 d: book of old jokes to beguile when in hospital (6) SC?GAN 23 d: showy bird in garland interwoven with seaweed (6) LOE??E...
11:04 Sun 02nd Oct 20167 answers, last by TheFrogman 14:32 Sun 02nd Oct 2016
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Guardian

27 ac: Last rites performed by third curate in short time (8) _I_T_C_ _ 22 d: Three males in Gabon, skirting the border? On the contrary (7) _EM _ _ N_ I think the first one is viatical and the second...
07:49 Sat 01st Oct 20167 answers, last by dannyk13 08:01 Sat 01st Oct 2016
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Guardian 24Th September 2016

One last clue.... Don't start to provide money for nothing - it's free (4) _N_O...
11:31 Sat 24th Sep 20166 answers, last by doctordolittle 12:25 Sat 24th Sep 2016
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Observer Azed 2296 Sunday June 5Th 2016

Three left. Derivations please. 28 ac:local hillside circled by vehicle eventually (6). ?lee?? 30 ac: head of showbiz gang? That's you right now (6) ?ead?? 20 d: nice summer drawn in, cut short, is...
12:25 Sun 05th Jun 201633 answers, last by scorpiojo 14:28 Tue 07th Jun 2016
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Azed 2295

Derivations for: 13 ac: is this tree with ripe nuts kauri-pine? Yes and no (5) n?yau I think it is noyau but I can't quite work out why 23 ac: old rose bush, stripped including its flower heartlessly...
18:56 Sun 29th May 201610 answers, last by scorpiojo 19:25 Sun 29th May 2016
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Azed 2293

Two left 14 ac pickles wi' a wee bittie bebbick? That was fine (5) ?R??K 3 d here lies a foreign soldier in e.g. Paris (not unknown) (5) CIG?? Thanks...
14:01 Sun 15th May 20165 answers, last by Farrwest 15:37 Sun 15th May 2016
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Azed 2292

Three left Household area retained by old couple (6) M_N_GE is I think MENAGE. Is MENGE an old word for couple? Lines in middle of boat like fish (7) O_O_ES_ Like a profile of unlit fuzzy part of head...
10:48 Sun 08th May 201611 answers, last by scorpiojo 12:15 Sun 08th May 2016
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Guardian Sat

Can anyone explain why 27 ax: old cavalrymen back in South America a hundred escaping injuries (7) is HUSSARS?
09:13 Sat 30th Apr 20161 answer, last by bibblebub 09:14 Sat 30th Apr 2016
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I Was Hoping For Some More Help!!

14 across: It's extracted from palm in farming communes(4) _I_I. VICI? 20 across: A conspirator punished by post-mortem beheading, not by stocks (6) ACA _ _S. ACARUS? 9 down: Imported horses, second...
11:43 Sun 24th Apr 20167 answers, last by shaneystar2 12:06 Sun 24th Apr 2016
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Azed 2290

Just a few left, which I have kind of worked out but can't derive exactly. 14 across: It's extracted from palm in farming communes(4) _I_I. I think the answer is VICI 20 across: A conspirator punished...
09:47 Sun 24th Apr 201613 answers, last by depresion 16:46 Sun 24th Apr 2016
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Guardian Prize 26866

12 ac. Topless females on tail of 30's killer? They tremble and quiver (6) ???E?S 30's answer is CLEOPATRA 1d One now remembered going, having heard fellow go for drinks (6) ?H?K??...
10:02 Sat 23rd Apr 20162 answers, last by dannyk13 10:04 Sat 23rd Apr 2016
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Azed 2289

New as I am to the observer I am struggling a bit. Some help would be appreciated. 15 ac. Former limb, e.g. missing leg snake has swallowed back (6) SPAL_E 16 ac. Child in tangle making dough (5)...
10:55 Sun 17th Apr 20165 answers, last by doctordolittle 17:23 Sun 17th Apr 2016
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Aged 2283

Foreign duck, name applied to foreign goose leaving California (4) na?a
19:11 Sun 06th Mar 20163 answers, last by elliemay1 19:14 Sun 06th Mar 2016
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Which Is The Best Crossword To Replace The Independent When It Stops Paper Publication?

I don't know what I am going to do when the Independent ceases producing a paper copy on 26th March. Personally I think they are mad. Of the main broadsheets on teh weekends (Tel, Times, Grauniad,...
10:09 Sun 14th Feb 20168 answers, last by maxidragon 13:17 Sun 14th Feb 2016
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Indie Sunday

Hskins takes ecstasy in extra small undies (8) F_I_L_E_ I think the answer is FRILLIES but can't quite derive it.
10:00 Sun 14th Feb 20164 answers, last by Calibax 10:07 Sun 14th Feb 2016
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Beelzebub 1352

I have finished but there are two answers whose derivations are beyond me. Guardsman curtailed scandalous relationship outside core group = EXOGAMY Japanese resident, unusual Catholic, mostly upset =...
14:10 Sun 31st Jan 20166 answers, last by Neveracrossword 14:24 Sun 31st Jan 2016

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