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The Week 1440, 5D

Explanation pls. Perhaps Dean and Rector in unfinished church service. I'm inferring the answer is Martin. I understand Dean M and can even find a German writer called M Rector. I don't get the... ...
10:44 Tue 19th Nov 20242 answers, last by MargeSimpson 10:50 Tue 19th Nov 2024
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27A The Week 1438

British banker always invested in tin. I'm going for The Severn, assuming  banker refers to a river. But the 'The' seems unclued.
22:17 Mon 04th Nov 20241 answer, last by Lie-in King 22:37 Mon 04th Nov 2024
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The Times 25Th Sept

Romance relies on this go-between. (9) I believe the answer is middleman but don't understand the parsing.
11:16 Thu 26th Sep 20243 answers, last by Lie-in King 11:44 Thu 26th Sep 2024
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The Week 1432

Parsing please: 10A (Tartare) Tame changed on single sailors with eastern sauce. I'm supposing the single sailors could be tar twice, with e for eastern. But tame changed...? 13A US conductors have... ...
20:27 Mon 23rd Sep 20248 answers, last by MargeSimpson 17:39 Wed 25th Sep 2024
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The Week 1426 15D & 23D

Parsing pls for... 15D In which tourists may have been for a ride = rickshaw, presumably. 23D Copper missing poison that's hard to find = rare, presumably.
18:03 Tue 13th Aug 20244 answers, last by scorpiojo 19:05 Tue 13th Aug 2024
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The Week 1420 Parsing 4D & 11A

4D Dark part of the moon shows something terrifying. Nightmare but don't see why. 11A Box at Lord's perhaps for Dick Hill. Protector but who or what is Dick Hill? Cheers folks.
06:40 Tue 02nd Jul 202410 answers, last by newmodarmy 06:53 Tue 02nd Jul 2024
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The Week 1419 2D - Parsing Please

Fiddle part covers cellist Yo-Yo in performance. Understand fiddle = rigmarole, cellist Yo-Yo = Ma, part = role. I'm missing an explanation for the remaining letters and for performance in the... ...
07:27 Tue 25th Jun 20243 answers, last by Neveracrossword 07:50 Tue 25th Jun 2024
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The Week 1406

23A Flame is what'll audibly surprise one's baby (4) I guess I know the answer is beau but I can't bring myself to accept that beau is supposed to sound like boo. Someone pls tell me there's a... ...
10:46 Tue 26th Mar 20243 answers, last by Lie-in King 11:03 Tue 26th Mar 2024
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Wrinkled Retainer That's Close To A Corporation

wrinkled retainer that's close to a corporation... I know the answer is scrotum but don't know why
07:38 Tue 13th Feb 20243 answers, last by MargeSimpson 08:09 Tue 13th Feb 2024
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The Week 1392, Parsing 6A And 11A

Parsing please: 6A Down with some Arab women's clothing! (1,3) = abas 11A Former lover walking away from murder gets wind up (9) = terminate (wind up)
10:26 Tue 12th Dec 20238 answers, last by elliemay1 11:26 Tue 12th Dec 2023
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The Week 1384

unlikely scenario that came merrily around end of December... I get the answer as A White Christmas, but I don't know why.
21:11 Tue 17th Oct 20235 answers, last by elliemay1 10:39 Tue 31st Oct 2023
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2D The Week

2D: more work - that's ideal, I presume the answer is utopia for a definition of ideal. How does the rest of the clue work?
20:54 Tue 10th Oct 20236 answers, last by Neveracrossword 21:09 Tue 10th Oct 2023
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3D The Week 1383

3D: small group outing, ring for parking. I presume the answer is 'trio', a small group, but how does the rest of the clue work?
20:52 Tue 10th Oct 20233 answers, last by MargeSimpson 21:06 Tue 10th Oct 2023

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