Please note only one of these 3 clues is an ordinary clue, and two are "specal" 1d Hear collapsing building went over again (5) _ E _ E _ 15d Only slightly moving, like old poems one's held up (4-5) _...
1 Cup drunk, alcoholic, round end of marriage, traditionally encouraged (8) _ PCH _ ARD (upcheard ?? - anagram cup + hard around "e") 17 Hardened clay, see, in grip of cold wind (6) BL _ ISE...
27a Early arrival having nosy look around front of mansion? (5) PREM _ ? 14a Male playwright, one eclipsed by female one (5) _ EHAN (presumably BEHAN) but why? 33a Nameless one with this may represent...
25a Under-secretary? No longer compliant (7) SUB _ ISS Obviously SUBMISS (compliant). Under = sub + miss for "secretary no longer" ?? Is this something to do with that in years gone by secretaries...
Does "s a" mean "it is" by any chance? 1d Implement - it is inspiring me to collect last of fondant (7) S _ A _ U _ A Obviously SPATULA The compiler of the crossword is PAUL, hence "me" = Paul, and...
There is a special theme/condition each clue is really two clues, side by side but not overlapping, the answers to which are to be entered in the two similarly numbered spaces in the diagram either...
2d CIA, NCA etc with powers to use silver to displace cannabis (8) _ G _ N _ I _ S
Obviously the answer is AGENCIES (CIA, NCA etc) and AG = silver, but I don't get the rest
Many thanks...
9a Syrian garments showing down! (4) ABA _ (not in my dictionary!) 20d He utters gibberish, rough speech including indistinct words mum missed (7) B _ R _ LER I presume this is burbler (he utters...
A bit late today due to a power cut! 3d Run through key prelude's opening parts (7) D _ P _ D _ _ (The last letter may be an E, but I am not 100% with that) (I can think of two words that follow the...
32a Variable weight when one's tucked in of course (5) ROTA _ Parsing help please 28a It's a time of conflict, wealth lost (7) WARI _ ON Answer = WARISON (war is on) Why wealth lost? 21d Deadly...
26d Scottish set creating stir locally on loch (4) _ E _ L (the third letter is probably also an E, giving _ EEL) 23d Pimple, what the most incompetent will fail to shift? (5) W _ ELK (I know that a...
Please do not provide the answer or even a clue. I wish to finish this by myself! However, do you have an answer for Q29 that parses, please? I have an answer that I can parse if the third word was...
Please note there are extra instructions for this crossword. 12 are special answers, but these two I am struggling with are not these special ones, they are just ordinary answers. However EVERY clue...
This is a thematic crossword. Special instructions as follows Thirty solutions are of a kind, not further defined. The clues for the remaining 36 solutions include a word of the same kind. The initial...
5a. In the morning, Emma's left in plane (6) = JACKET (please note this is one of the themed answers and therefore there is no definition in the clue for "jacket".- just the wordplay.). I see "jet"...
Please note that there is a Daphne du Maurier theme to the crossword 27a Housekeeper's high and barely mighty (7) D _ N _ E _ S It must be DANVERS (the housekeeper in "Rebecca"). I can aso see an...
6a Group talk, activity dissecting pictures etc (5) AR _ _ T 8d Almost all the waste turns up slippery in parts (4) _ LI _ (Please note that the 3rd letter of 6a is the first letter of 8d) 18d I’m...
12a The old settle down when entering water (5) _ EASE Cease (settle down) = as (when) "in" cee ? I know it sounds like sea, BUT it just doesn't seem right. 23a Jock’s flame’s given a breather,...
35a This with dud ha-has ruins hare and hounds - race discontinued (5) RONN_ ? 17a Make small hole in middle of gigot - it may show cooking time's over (4) _ IN _ ? 4d Sprung trap must be given...