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cryptic colossus

they could be right, just leaves me with one more to answer...........'So close in a way'.........if banister or baluster is right that gives me T?U?

elderly

Stuck with a few. Help needed please. 11a Run into bad weather, taking old pass up (5) ??R?? 12a Anxious Widmerpool should admit point (4) ?E?N 17a Late on this platform, cyclist is disheartened (4)...

tracyepton

riddle

a man was swimmng at the beach. He saw a plane in the sky and suddenly died. Why?

tawemanic

times crossword

plentiful supply obtained without difficult - w.l. and why?

bsurgeoner

rt37

Any help with: Annual test on hot insect m-t- also 1 down but can't remember the clue! thanks in advance

beerbelly

express skeleton

7a test about whams first hit ...??A? 7d offhand son over country .....??R?A have come to a mental block ........HELP

janeevans

Dogs!!

Does anyone know the name of the Truemans' (Jerry Green Foundation trust) dog?

janeevans

Cryptic England place name

Remove half an em from symbol, add an edible shellfish and stir.

kopend

capitalised words?

can you tell me any other words where you change the first letter to a capital letter and it changes the meaning of the word. i.e polish : Polish, nice : Nice

elliegrace

A quiz called In the Garden

A lonely little one! (7 letters) An odd girl? (4,4 letters) Mainly greens (8 letters)

elliegrace

Garden quiz

Late perfumed animals (5,7,5 letters) Envious measure? (9 letters) A non-moving buzzer (7 letters) Could you wear this (3 letters) Strong Potters first name (5 letters)

pega

sunday times

Grateful for help. 1.son instructed and pushed to the limit?e???n?? 2. country garden east of devon and cornwall ? 6. 3. crucial no,it could give measure of a papers success ...

brian j john

knees

my son has just asked me , if your knees bent the other way what shape would chairs be ??

dk_psy

chess

really random, but i always get it mixed up in my brain. see i always thought they queen was the chess piece with the tall spikey crown, whereas the king had a plainer one. Also, is it the king that...

fergol

Prize crosswords

Good morning fellow puzzelers.I just wondered if there are any more prize crosswords in the newspapers during the week beside the mail, express and monday's telegraph. I'm talking about monday to...

Toronto

Skeleton Crossword

Can you help? Mate topless and sound (3) H?? Killer in races, perhaps (7) ??????? Vessel bearing bad guns (9) ???i????? Some irritating girl (4) ?i?? Initially facile Marxist man (4) ???? Case holding...