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Times Cryptic 1 Jan 2014

A diamond dropped from hand at first in compound - that's insoluble (3,4) R?D ?E?D Red lead is an insoluble compound. If that's the answer then I don't understand the wordplay. Any suggestions?...
15:08 Thu 16th Jan 20145 answers, last by shoota 15:15 Thu 16th Jan 2014
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Times Cryptic 25581 Sept 16Th

16 down Respectful gesture: honour for Greek character in drag? (9) O_E_S_N_E It must be OBEISANCE but what is the wordplay?...
13:11 Mon 23rd Sep 20133 answers, last by eltelioni 16:57 Mon 23rd Sep 2013
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Times Club Monthly 20156 1 Sep 2013

This has me stumped. Newspaper in fifties United States humorously recalled years with vigour (9) Z_S_F_L_Y The answer must be ZESTFULLY FT (newspaper) inside LL (fifties) US (United States) EZ...
11:51 Fri 06th Sep 20135 answers, last by Mamyalynne 13:06 Fri 06th Sep 2013
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Times Cryptic 25554 Thursday August 15Th 2013

7d. Short performance raised a small amount (3) D_T The answer is DOT but why?...
15:05 Thu 22nd Aug 20134 answers, last by eltelioni 15:13 Thu 22nd Aug 2013
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Times Crossword Club Monthly 20155 Thursday August 1St 2013

Just one left ... Hour under short time for fast African runner (4) m_h_...
13:30 Tue 06th Aug 20136 answers, last by eltelioni 13:43 Tue 06th Aug 2013
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75 Years of the Times Crossword - 2001

Great bed depository? w-r-h-u-e it seems obvious the answer is "warehouse" but I don't understand the word play Can anyone suggest an explanation?...
13:05 Tue 31st Jul 20124 answers, last by mamyalynne 14:20 Tue 31st Jul 2012
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Nearby planets - travel to and colonisation of

Continuing here because colinha's question is closed. (Why?) I don't agree that this has been done to death. Although there are practical difficulties with interstellar travel I see no objection to...
03:31 Sat 02nd Jan 201015 answers, last by Old_Geezer 12:16 Mon 11th Jan 2010
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expansion of the universe

I have some knowledge of Physics but I am perplexed by this. If space itself is expanding and this causes the galaxies to move apart, why doesn't the Moon move away from the Earth? Why isn't our...
20:48 Sun 03rd May 20094 answers, last by Scarramouch 12:52 Tue 05th May 2009
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plaster skim

When getting walls skimmed is it best to remove the skirting & architraves? I don't want the plaster to be built up so that the top edge of the skirting is lost. Ideally the plasterer would taper the...
17:08 Thu 15th Jan 20093 answers, last by anderlee 19:04 Sun 03rd Jan 2010
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Times Jumbo 783

Notice to service workers: take no action (3, 2, 4, 5) ?i? o? o?e? h?n?s It must be "sit on ones hands", but why?
16:24 Tue 04th Nov 20085 answers, last by eltelioni 13:14 Wed 05th Nov 2008
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O2 multimedia messages

I have a Sony Ericsson K800i and an on an O2 contract. When someone sends a multimedia message I just receive a link to a website. The phone is perfectly capable of displaying pictures and movie...
13:21 Thu 25th Sep 20081 answer, last by maviscoull 15:33 Thu 25th Sep 2008

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