Wordplay includes an extra letter not to be included in the grid. 12a Slave's contradictory support in Senegal! Answer ESNE (slave) The extra letter discarded is a T 9d Make certain daughter's... ...
9d Large mollusc from Mediterranean isle yielding form of oil (6) STRU?B 25d Grappling like this involves a medical man (5) ?AMB? 33a This crate with lid we'll get adapted for older wines (5) S?R?N... ...
My last 4 (if my others are correct!). Please note that this is a thematic crossword and one (maybe two) of the answers need to be input as a real word anagram of the actual answer. The others... ...
25d Bar - not a beautiful place for alcohol moderation (5) R?NCE I presume this is Rance which can be the stretcher or "bar" between the legs of a chair, but I cannot parse anything else! Many... ...
15d Lizzie was champing at the bit for Rev. William in chequer design. (10) ?HE?S??ARD. (presumably CHESSBOARD, but why?) 24d Hydrocarbon disreputable house served in regular bevvy (6)... ...
37a Discretion ignoring stare at beginning, accepted official proceedings (4) A?TA I think this is ACTA (official proceedings) Tact = discretion + a(ccepted) = Tacta Now there is a special... ...
25a Aged hound lost glow (4) LE?? 23d One presiding over golden age was model on vase (6) ??TURN (The third letter of 25a is the same as the second letter of 23d) 12d Poet's rubbed out two thirds of... ...
1d Mineral's a short shapeless mass (4) AF?? 3d Ronald kicked out of club in the South of France (4) BID? 10d Confined before food in retrospect, it attracts 16a (6) C??ME?.......16a is Puma, so I... ...
The wordplay in the clue contains a superfluous letter. In this case the letter is an "F" Whence Frank has heroine initially run away - extraordinary strangeness ensues (6) ?A?S?S I think the answer... ...
I Don't likeit when I can't parse answers! 30a It blows cold, a handicap, no question (4) B - SE Presumably BISE (a cold dry wind), but the rest?..... Is "bisque" a handicap aswell as a soup? 18d... ...
This is a Carte Blanche crossword where you also have to enter the bars. You do not know where the clues fit or the number of letters. I have solved all the clues apart from two and placed all the...
I think these are my last two. Each clue has a superfluous letter 15d Funeral ode that is driven by decreased turning up under extreme pressure (7) The answer is EPICEDE (a funeral ode), I can see...
15a The old aim for vehicle operated remotely to partake of? (6,2 words)
R?V?AT
8d Part to south of Portugal that's popular (5) PR?L?
The 2nd letter of 15a is the third letter of 8d
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This is a thematic crossword - but I have sorted all the amendments that need to be made, so please treat this as a straight crytic clue/ I'm unsure about note I (removed word) to journalist (6)...
28a Sacred text without date twice translator penned (6) SAS?R? (I am not 100% sure about the first "S") 29d Anacreontic, maybe? This (not epic) is creation of Ancient poet (4) ??AN (is there a word...
8d Small store neglecting an English source of honey (4) SEE? (however, there are 5 cells that clash with the across clues and so far I have only identified 4 of these. I suspect that the first "E"...
24a With no children around, give up schoolM Quite revealing! (7) TOPL?SS Obviously topless but why? 25a Measure of acidity that restricts opening of this tiny cutting (6) PH?TON Obviously phyton but...