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Firstly, thanks for a very useful site. My suggestion is that when we click on a question, could we see the answers immediately instead of having to scroll down please?
11:34 Mon 10th Dec 20124 answers, last by AB Editor 14:17 Mon 10th Dec 2012
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Sunday Times Cryptic 4515 Sunday December 9Th 2012

9d one letter with another, in a sense (6) is acumen. Yes, acumen means quickness of perception i.e. a sense but why one letter after another? Also, 4d Simple thing lifting a doormat(5) looks like...
10:39 Mon 10th Dec 201211 answers, last by herbage 21:27 Tue 11th Dec 2012
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic 27043 Friday December 7Th 2012

25d requirement to keep dry and secure in fishing boat? (6) I have N-T-E-
10:33 Sat 08th Dec 20122 answers, last by herbage 10:39 Sat 08th Dec 2012
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic 27043 Friday December 7th 2012

23a Norm accompanies one Welsh girl in a foreign capital(8) P--I-I-- and 2d A right problematical situation when there's nothing in wardrobe(7) -R---R-...
16:02 Fri 07th Dec 20122 answers, last by penelope2 16:03 Fri 07th Dec 2012
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Guardian Thurs 6th

Hired a straight man (4) is FEED. Yes, hired is feed, paid a fee but why straight man?
12:31 Thu 06th Dec 20124 answers, last by shoota 12:35 Thu 06th Dec 2012
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Observer Cryptic 3452 Sunday December 2nd 2012

A puzzle for rankin's inspector (5)R---S Peninsula in part of Russia( not South) (5) ---R-A...
12:15 Mon 03rd Dec 20123 answers, last by herbage 12:17 Mon 03rd Dec 2012
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Private Eye 482 Friday November 16th 2012

9d pay up? beneath a front-bencher(6) looks like settle but, if so, why front beneath bencher?
15:47 Fri 23rd Nov 20123 answers, last by herbage 15:53 Fri 23rd Nov 2012
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Sunday Times Cryptic 4511 Sunday November 11th 2012

22a) Maybe last person to run chilly port has staff for a long time (9) is ANCHORMAN. Last person = anchorman ( in tug o' war? ) but why the rest? Also, 16d She got up to get betrothed right away! (8)...
10:24 Mon 12th Nov 201210 answers, last by herbage 17:15 Mon 12th Nov 2012
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Sunday Times Cryptic 4510 Sunday November 4th 2012

Yes, Mark it's already answered but what is the explanation for 19a Mean adult from the east giving present?No. (4) being AWOL. AWOL means not present. A for adult. But why from the east?
11:09 Mon 05th Nov 20123 answers, last by herbage 11:14 Mon 05th Nov 2012
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Sunday Times Cryptic 4509 Sunday October 28th 2012

Also, 1a Floor covering exchanged for sack cloth?(7) is DEFROCK, I think, as in sacking a priest, but why Floor covering exchanged?
09:55 Mon 29th Oct 20123 answers, last by herbage 10:22 Mon 29th Oct 2012
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Sunday Times Cryptic 4509 Sunday October 28th 2012

8d Queen of a country in revolution(6) is, I think, REGENT but why country in revolution?
09:51 Mon 29th Oct 20122 answers, last by herbage 09:56 Mon 29th Oct 2012
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Observer Cryptic 3446 Sunday October 21st 2012

Invigorating air round region (5)
09:56 Mon 22nd Oct 20124 answers, last by dannyk13 09:52 Thu 25th Oct 2012
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Sunday Times Cryptic 4508 Sunday October 21st 2012

5d Position band may take at the match (4,6) I have R-n- / F-n-e-. Looks like ring fenced, band being ring but why?
18:34 Sun 21st Oct 20123 answers, last by herbage 18:54 Sun 21st Oct 2012
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Saturday Times Cryptic 4507 Sunday October 14th 2012

6d One such was strauss, being top man for a waltz moving millions (7,3) I have OPENING BAT given that Strauss was a cricketer. Top man = first to bat. but why waltz and millions?...
09:42 Mon 15th Oct 20122 answers, last by Lie-in King 09:49 Mon 15th Oct 2012
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Sunday Times Cryptic 4507 Sunday October 14th 2012

Man from the Orient, as recalled (3) I_N looks like IAN but why?
09:14 Mon 15th Oct 20125 answers, last by glasman 09:33 Mon 15th Oct 2012
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Sunday Times Cryptic 4507 Sunday October 14th 2012

27a music at last from trumpeters? (4,5) I have S-A- / S-N-S so I assume songs is the second word. At last - funeral? trumpeter - elephant?...
09:08 Mon 15th Oct 20122 answers, last by herbage 09:12 Mon 15th Oct 2012
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Sunday Times Cryptic 4506 Sunday October 7th 2012

17d Applies grease - difficult, over wide square (7) I also got TALLOWS but was a bit disappointed that to get the OWS the author just took the first letter of the three words, over wide and square....
10:27 Mon 08th Oct 20124 answers, last by bibblebub 10:39 Mon 08th Oct 2012
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Sunday Times Cryptic 4499 Sunday August 19th 2012

23d be effective in controlling poise during dance (5) I have R-P-L
15:06 Sun 19th Aug 20122 answers, last by herbage 15:09 Sun 19th Aug 2012
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Sunday Times Cryptic 4497 Sunday August 5th 2012

19d Reptile, one suitable for children, in good stories(6) I have IGUANA wher one =I, suitable for children= U and in good inserts G but why stories? 16d Wild as a murderer in escape heading north (8)...
16:52 Sun 05th Aug 20123 answers, last by herbage 16:57 Sun 05th Aug 2012
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Saturday Times Cryptic 4496 Sunday July 29th 2012

24d cutter's second going round 25 tree in New Zealand (5) looks like KAURI, a NZ tree. The U is the second letter of cutter and 25= gold but I can't see where KARI come from if it is kauri also, why...
10:02 Mon 30th Jul 20123 answers, last by herbage 10:09 Mon 30th Jul 2012

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