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Sorry to be asking so early but two clues are based on Tolkien and he is a closed book to me even more than Game of Thrones! 14d Good conservative king fires those that helped create Khazad-dum(8) 23a...
17:32 Thu 10th Oct 20196 answers, last by highbury57 19:19 Thu 10th Oct 2019
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3dWesleyan woman’s rail touring with top diplomat(7,8)****L*A/*N*I*O*T Cannot make head not tail of this....
10:23 Sun 06th Oct 20192 answers, last by highbury57 10:55 Sun 06th Oct 2019
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Last one and I’ve done the hard work but can’t get this. Strangely, Guy Montag’s job doesn’t do this when the shooting stops.(10)c*a*e*i*e* Am pretty sure the letters are right....
14:16 Fri 27th Sep 20193 answers, last by highbury57 14:23 Fri 27th Sep 2019
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Spoiler alert!! 2d Section on the right at start of exam has test about texts much shorter than 18(10)s.o.y.t.e. Now 18 is Moby Dick. So short.....? Mystified. Letter(s) wrong somewhere?...
15:18 Fri 20th Sep 20195 answers, last by highbury57 15:33 Fri 20th Sep 2019
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Last one and I just cannot see it. 22d To his navy pals,Leonard is dead macho when topless(5)d.t.h Ditch or Dutch? Can’t see how it glosses. Help please as cricket starts soon!...
10:07 Fri 13th Sep 20194 answers, last by highbury57 10:23 Fri 13th Sep 2019
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10a Journal with article by a runner(5) ..g.n 6d In dubious battle Jim turned on network(5)n...n Two clues intersect. Middle letter of 6d is first letter of 10a. That’s all,folks!...
09:24 Fri 23rd Aug 20195 answers, last by highbury57 09:39 Fri 23rd Aug 2019
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Kid an artist, not one from the East(3) L**
19:27 Thu 25th Jul 20193 answers, last by highbury57 19:32 Thu 25th Jul 2019
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Swine transformed,one feature in Homer(6) .i.e.n Pretty sure about the letters. Is it the Greek bard or Homer Simpson I should be pursuing? Anagram of swine plus another letter? Can’t see it....
09:43 Fri 28th Jun 20196 answers, last by Mamyalynne 09:50 Fri 28th Jun 2019
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TLS 1281 27a Where to execute male toddler initially?(6) T...E. I haven’t got 25d but might ifI get help here. It’s only three letters and I’ll have two!...
16:01 Thu 20th Jun 20196 answers, last by highbury57 16:18 Thu 20th Jun 2019
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A PM must meet a civil rights activist informally (4).a.a Think the two a’s are ok....
19:47 Thu 13th Jun 20194 answers, last by Calibax 20:00 Thu 13th Jun 2019
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Last one andI can concentrate on the cricket. 16 down Dramatist’s short production, the noblest Roman’s brother is missing(7)H.A.T.S...
16:33 Thu 30th May 20192 answers, last by highbury57 16:38 Thu 30th May 2019
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Last one. Usual problem of the tiddler eluding me. 21d Cat,a short four-legged animal, seen I part of The House (3,4) TOM/.U.D Help appreciated....
19:24 Thu 23rd May 20192 answers, last by highbury57 19:35 Thu 23rd May 2019
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26aThey drove Michell and Bailey to ultimately key meetings (10)I know it’s Byatt’s novel Possession but am getting no further. I have D.S...I... Help here will open up the other little teasers in...
12:36 Fri 17th May 20193 answers, last by Lie-in King 13:22 Fri 17th May 2019
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Last one and it’s like an open goal from a foot out but I cannot see it. Church not used in comedy much(3)F*R What am I missing??...
15:51 Thu 02nd May 20194 answers, last by Neveracrossword 16:02 Thu 02nd May 2019
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The clues and grid sadly do not match up today. 13 and 26 across are two obvious examples. Have been in touch with TLS editor but it’s hard to see how a corrected grid can be made to work. O...
11:21 Thu 14th Mar 20197 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 13:44 Fri 15th Mar 2019
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Merry rides out and conquers the creature(5,3)d.i.s/.u. Dries out? Anagram of rides possibly. And the other word?...
18:09 Thu 28th Feb 20195 answers, last by Mamyalynne 18:25 Thu 28th Feb 2019
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25aCompany ultimately disappointed by actor’s first and third part(4).o.. Body? And if so what does that make 22dGreen-eyed waif is quiet with a ‘proper ‘ accent? (5)If body then ..y.d...
21:39 Fri 22nd Feb 20195 answers, last by highbury57 21:44 Fri 22nd Feb 2019
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A playwright laboured endlessly after nothing. Heavens!(9) O.T.O.S.. The only word I can get is outhouses. Can’t be right....
12:29 Thu 07th Feb 20192 answers, last by highbury57 12:38 Thu 07th Feb 2019
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Trips playing unknown stretto about middle of opera(9)T.R.E.T.S Anagram of stretto with e (middle of opera) and x or y for the unknown? Or is it three....? Last one before the snow brings the country...
21:59 Thu 31st Jan 201916 answers, last by highbury57 22:37 Thu 31st Jan 2019
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TLS 1259 27a A prime minister in heaven (4,4) ..r./h..e I can only come up with Lord Hume. Is it? Chap touring a west African capital is a noted singer (8) I have P as the first letter and possibly L...
18:41 Fri 18th Jan 20196 answers, last by highbury57 19:00 Fri 18th Jan 2019

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