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Ft 15,928

Please could someone explain how YESTERYEAR is derived from ‘Scratching head, puzzle over English sensitivity in the past’ ? Thanks....

kamitoot

Everyman 3745 7D

I have ROUTE as answer to 7d but can't work out why. Is it right, and why?...

1ozzy

Sunday Herald Oz

15a) Cabbage alien cooked for the premier (4,2-3)

JJ109

I am totally lost with which letters to enter, can someone help please? 12d Slaty stone, nicest when replaced after unsightly clash (10) The answer is ten letters and will be SCHALSTEIN (slaty stone)...

1ozzy

Sunday Herald Oz

5a Mobilise a new key man (6) 25a The most important staff multiplied without one (5)...

Barbray

Crossword

17th C English parliament Ru.p I am totally stumped...

kita10

Daily Express Saturday Crossword Saturday February 10Th 2018

28a Rejected volunteers, looked after, were there (8) _ t _ e _ d _ d

JJ109

Guardian - Last One + Parsing Another

Cross, nearly deceived over clue that's reproduced (10) _ U _ T _ P _ I _ D It has to be "multiplied" but I can't parse I can see cross = X = multiply, nearly could be "multipl" I can also see tip,...

ricker53

Glasgow Herald Prize Crossword 2017

48 down Democratic at holding platform; someone like Janco (7) ----i-t

Castafiore

Guardian Prize 23 Dec

24 across right diagram - seems to be 'ladies' but I need l to be tge missing letter, and 'adies' doesn't mean anything.

Camlock

Private Eye Eye Crossword 615 Friday December 22Nd 2017

One must quit drink daily (2,5) ?E-?O?D?...

vesalius

Genius 174

I have filled the grid but cannot work out the last three words of the special instructions. Does the fourth word have 7 letters? I cannot see the extra letter in 24 down: "Position essential to...

vesalius

Guardian Prize Crossword 174 Monday December 4Th 2017

In the special instructions, does "clue order" mean 1,2,3 etc irrespective of whether they are across clues or does it mean in the order of the across clues and then the down clues?...

Jeblager

Sunday Times 4774

Writing supports ribald cops after sacking

seekeerz

Fao - The Km Players

Here ( at last ) are the shaded clues for you - 16a English poet, humorist and journalist who wrote Odes and Addresses to Great People etc [4] 27a Item such as the British Guiana One-Cent Black on...

TEDDYC

Rail Crossword R837

Just need help at the moment on one clue. 'Lightweight hooked pole used to move the trolley pole of a tramcar' 1a) ????o? (6). Any guidance appreciated...

ShropshireDad

Guardian Prize Crossword 27,286 M(6) And F(7)

These two are eluding me. I have the themed M answer. Haven't parsed everything else (eg Kala, Vacancy, Vesta) but have it all filled but for these last two. Any help?