Greetings, all! Determined to crack this "inky" one by Smurf! I'm stuck on the following and am seeking HINTS only. Thanks in advance! ACROSS: 41 Procrastinates, goes to pot – cast out heavenly orbit...
Good Friday morning! Happy to say I got the theme quite early with the fortuitous solution to 40(A). I am left with just about three to wrap up this exotic Doc edition of the Spectator. HINTS ONLY...
Some help, answers/hints, would be appreciated for the following, please! Thanks in advance! ACROSS: 5 Upmarket magazine with marginal comment at end of entry (6) : ?A???? 12 First half of the rabble...
Good evening, I'm stuck on these three for the Telegraph Cryptic Connections quiz. Some help, please! Thanks in advance! 3 Record backing son over source of revolution? (5) 4 Work out when one leaves...
The last few before I go to the characters. Thanks for any help in advance! ACROSS: 24 Monkey jumps near portico (5): ST?AI ( STOAI ? ) DOWN: 6 In America blessed pasty sustains temple (7): UPS?A?S (...
Good morning, all! Two characters are still elusive. Some verification, please! For 21(D), I have: E?T?O?HM? ( Thought this might be ROTHERHAM ) and for 23(A), I have: ?A?D?EA. What is wrong here? My...
Like the idea of anagrams for Shakespeare’s characters. I’m stuck on the following for which I have some ideas but am not sure, and would therefore like help (Answers/Hints) to continue, please!...
Stuck on these three! Answers with parsing would be appreciated, thank you in advance. 1 Cop in moan about China? (9)????????? 3 Lady upset about initially inept cleaner (5)????? 5 Ruin diet, oddly,...
Answers to the following would be appreciated, thank you! ACROSS: 8 Scottish moneybags constructing bridges to carry old posh car (8): M?O?R??? 9 See 13ac. 13/9/24 Rueful thought of Cyclops during...
Good day, all! This post may not have been seen on the last thread, so I'm reposting it. And thanks in advance for the help! Almost there now! Did not get a HINT for this one for which I now have:...
Having some trouble determining the deficient wordplay...Answers/Hints would be appreciated for the following, please ! Thanks in advance! ACROSS: 13 Boozer hugging a member’s tree (5, 3) : ?WA?P?A...
I have the solution to the puzzle thanks to some invaluable help from all of you. One stipulation needs to be addressed:"Imprisoned within some answers, six in all (not five) are words with a common...
Answers/Hints for the following would be appreciated, thanks! ACROSS: 9 . A branch of this may offer peace, Ere violet in its form doth cease. (5,4):????E?S?E 10, 22 dn. Easy to understand, as...
I am stuck on these two. Thanks for your help!
4 Station hand added note (10) ??????????
5 Idle, perhaps pretty tough, often gutted (6): ?????? ( EDIBLE?)...
The final hurdle is here! Just hints now to give me the satisfaction of completing this puzzle! Thanks again in advance! Here are the last 4: ACROSS: 14. The odd fact about British toilet backing up -...
Got some pretty straightforward clues from Doc, but am stuck on the following for which I would like to have answers/hints, please! I am determined then to discover the unclueds and the theme on my...
Answers to the following would be appreciated, thank you! ACROSS: 4 Cost of getting Katie and Mark together? (5,3): ?????T?G 10 Hotplate exploded – bingo! – over head of Lord Gnome (9): H???O???? 11...
I should be on the homestretch now! This looks quite interesting! Some hints/answers to complete the following,please! Do any of them fall into the special clues category? Many thanks in advance!...
An intriguing one in the offing! Answers/Hints to the following would be appreciated! Many thanks in advance! ACROSS: 9 Tree beasts sun sautés (5 ): U???? 11 Janitor opening doors (5): ??TD? 13 Rum...