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Daily Telegraph Cryptic 27134 Monday March 25Th 2013

2d does it secure tile to shingle?(6) looks like hatpin. I have h-t-i-. But why? a hatpin secures, I suppose but tile and shingle?

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St 4530

This is driving me mad - only two left!! 20d: Red cabbage want nothing in spring - C-R-S-... CERISE? I can see that this is red, but what's it to do with cabbage. Spring = rise? 23d: More wheels?...

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Age 16, grabs lovely Greek girl(4) is ECHO. Echo is a Greek girl in Mythology but why age 16 and grabs lovely please?

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Daily Telegraph Toughie 938 Tuesday March 5Th 2013

3d king stops a riot that's destroyed vehicle for tour to Winter Palace perhaps(6) I have -R-I-A

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Daily Telegraph Cryptic 27108 Friday February 22Nd 2013

9a This person is about to enter academic field(6) I have D-M-I- if 1d Scoundrel offering something the curate was euphemistic about?(3,3) is bad egg.

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Sunday Times Cryptic 4525 Sunday February 17Th 2013

jolly soiree abroad with victory for Italy (4,2) is EVER SO I think as in jolly=very. anagram of soiree and V for victory but where's the indication to omit the I? for Italy? why for? forget ?...

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Daily Telegraph Cryptic 27102 Friday February 15Th 2013

2d Bug to remain attached to top half of mike(7) looks like microbe. Why? 5d Page in Indian paper(5) might be Liege if 1a Company's head of marketing, in place, working and toeing the line(10) is...

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Daily Telegraph Toughie 927 Wednesday February 13Th 2013

14a States opinion-initially worthless-in online forum(6) I have -S-N-T 15d Domestic upheaval for Poet Laureate, what with dash to Ohio(4,4) I have ----/ -E-P...

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Sunday Times Cryptic 4523 Sunday February 3Rd 2013

22a See small member of clergy before worship(6) has already appeared as revere. I can see that worship=revere and that member of clergy=REV but how is ERE = see small?

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Sunday Times Cryptic 4523 Sunday February 3Rd 2013

11d Crazy French writer almost acquires final part of The Bill (12) looks like PREPOSTEROUS but, if so, why?

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Sunday Times Cryptic 4522 Sunday January 27Th 2013

5d bent copenhagen policeman bypassed the underworld (7) I have G-H-N-A

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Sunday Times Cryptic 4517 Friday December 23Rd 2011

26a do grey cells get starved (8) looks like RAVENOUS but why, if so? 30a X's forward projection is TENON but why please? 25d Bounty character inherited it - hopeful about that (10) is GENEROSITY but...

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Saturday Times Prize Crossword 4517 Sunday December 23Rd 2012

7dn: Why gin is in another drink(3) N?? 14ac: We set out targets which they try to reduce(6-8) ?E???T / ?A?C?E?S...

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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...