Last little one, always the killer ! 20D Girl put up by us, commonly (4) ?E?S ; also is 18 A AREA, (which could be a field -eg of study etc- but what's the art bit got to do with it...?? Thanks
I know it's revoltingly early, but there might be some wide-awake ABers about! Stuck on 14D Is very keen: a star cricketer (4,4) ??N? ??O?, and 14A Run out say to get something to eat (4) ??E?. Thanks
Last one, 3D Garment worn over a smock in Middle Ages (6) I have K?R?N? but can't seem to get it. (Assuming I have Luger and Coronet right) Any ideas, please
Think everyone else must have cracked it but me, due to scarcity of posts thereupon this week. I am stuck on 2 (prob very obvious) 1A Stick with a pointed end ???D; and 2D Support from a swimmer ??D ;...
Help! One to go...41A Common species of moth with orange-brown wings etc (6) I have H?R?L? but can't find anything in google, one-look dict, , Chambers etc..... Thanks
Very puzzled ! If 23D is SAND (Flowerbed in the desert? 4), how can 27A - Small mostly disgusting beetle (6) be WEEVIL, which is the only thing I can think of (WEE + (E)VIL) Any ideas, please?
10 A Pointed to accidental (5) Can only be SHARP, but could any of you cryptic wizards tell me why? What has sharp got to do with accidental??! I hate it when I can't see the logic in cryptics!
Just got round to doing this and am racking my brains. 15A Gets rid of ground rents (7) ?I?C?E?; 26A Does wrong in giving someone a hand (8) ??S?E???; and 28A Aggravation or any disturbance one can go...
Kate has sure dished up a stinker today! Stuck on 2; 48A The thickness of a typeface in printing (6) ??I?H?; and 44D A lever-like device used to raise and lower a weight (5) ???P? Any ideas or help...
Trying to finish this one, but have got a bit stuck! 2D Lock and walk away from (6) ?T????; 10A Dog, turning, jumps in to be protected (7) S???I??; 12A Change before putting to bed (4) ???T;Sorry,...
Tearing my hair out; 17 A An officer's pay (5) S?R?W ...is it screw (which is not very nice !!); and 15D Work about to start - or stop (5,4) ?E?V?O?E? ??Leave over?? Not a normal phrase, methinks. Any...
Puzzled!! 26A Rod, pole or perch (5) Can only be ROOST, but why, pray? Roost = perch but where do rod and pole come in? Hate it when I can't see the logic!
Stuck on two in bottom RH corner...78D Office paperwork, in short (5) ?D???; and 86A Peronal honour (7) ???N?T? Thanks if you can assist. Incidentally, honeydumplin, the link with K is OKRI.
Morning all ! Am completely flummoxed by 2 interlinking clues 27A Shrub left a year old (7) R?D?R??; and 22D Green field gives fellow coordinate (5) L?A??....or have I got some letters wrong...
Been racking my grey matter over 2 of long clues. 8A Whence came a sream of words? (8,5) ?A???I???R???; and 7D Money made selling loincloths to the naked (6,7) ?????T?O???N? (the only phrase I can...
