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The Herald Monday August 26Th 2013

Dope found in trendy building (11) ?????M????N / Leave assistant for a short time (5,6) ?????,??????

Saturday Times Jumbo Cryptic 1050 24/8/13

Help with last 3 please and an explanation. 7a Permit strike which is held by transport inspectors 6,5 Ticket ????? 11d pin a lot of creeper up (4) 12d massice squeeze on English (4) 25a Cease to be...

hunstanton

Prize Crossword

22A In Greek mythology , beautiful youth with whom Aphrodite fell in love ? (6) A?O?I? 39A The muse of love poetry ? (5) E?a?o 42a Practice of giving a tenth to the church or by way of a tax ? (7)...

excelsior-1

From America

Brad, a local beachgoer, couldn't even get a second look from any of the girls on the beach. So he headed over to the lifeguard tower to see if the lifeguard had any advice for him. "Dude, it's...

Obscurantist

Guardian Prize Cryptic 26, 035

Stuck on the last one. U in Grid B. I have UN-E-E- The relevant part of the clue is ...not measured, remounted incorrectly with bits of gold missing (7)...

terryfish

St 4552

20a Trim wood (6) s---c- 30a Bury's awfully vengeful front pair sent off (6) e----- 25d 18 capital only mentioned (5) s-o-- I'm just stuck! Thanks...

excelsior-1

A Man Walks Into..........

.....an emergency room with two black eyes and a broken nose. The doctor asks him what happened. "Well," says the man, "I was having a nice round of golf with my wife. She sliced her ball into a...

19126775

Crossword Clue

Sign of tooth decay ? Beginning to fall out ! - believe answer in ARIES but cannot work out how it fits the clue....

seadogg

Indy "i" Cryptic No793

Stuck on the last clue. 8 across, Joky article is the absolute end (4) ? o ? a. Shamefully, may I pick someones brains on this one?...

creamegg

Cryptic 2706 Again...

15d- not many people can control this, as a rule ??i?????? 20d- pet daughter found in dorset resort ???d?? 21a- plant for flavouring duck and orange possibly ??????o 23a- alcoholic treat sailor...

gilliedhu

Sunday Post Cryptc

22a) many dogs losing lead (6) ?o?l?s

rkp52

Sunday Express Cryptic

sorry missed one out 18 across tiny part of a cat a?o? many thanks again

gilliedhu

Sunday Mail

20d) brought up in a Louisiana village with Donald trumo's first wife. (5) I???a

oxo

Sunday Mail 7 Days Competition

18 Down, Gnat could you please confirm this as MIDGE, the problem is that the definition of midge is a small flying insect without a bite but surely gnats are biting insects. Thanks

slessco

Sevendays

6d,terrible fate,???m,8d,RCchurchman,???e?t,13a,violent response,??e???a?t?o?

rkp52

Nday Express Cryptic Crossword

13 across group took a long time dressing ?a????e 23 down engineers have a couple to fix ?e?a?r 15 down worried about oil, aim to get collectibles ??t?m?b?l/A many thanks in advance...

BrockHoaran

Sunday Times Crossword 4552

Help with 8d: bad reaction on first taste of claret, lacking in body? Anagram? And16a: ships officer maintains European river is not up to much. Have: m.d.e...

Steve.5

The Ashes Retained And They Are Still Not Happy.

Pundits, fans & so called experts, moaning about ifs,butts and maybe`s. The weather, bad batting. It could have been 2-2. What a load of bolloxs it was 3-0, The Aussies never won a game in the series...

marval

Hamlet

A group of theatre students decided it would be fun to train a flock of chickens to perform Hamlet. After many hours of practice, it was time for opening night and the first performance. Sadly, just...

Gavmacp

Observer Everyman 3490 Please Explain

Only missed 2 this week which is a record for me! Do not understand this one, though thought it was what it was! 18d. Victim reportedly gets a helping hand (7). Answer Succour but cannot see why....

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