Hi I've got two answers but I can't see how they are worked out. Can anyone help, please? 16 Across: Treat injured in a rugby team. They'll adapt (11). Answer: ALTERATIONS. But how? 10 Down: Grab bags...
Back again! 22 Across: Visit fantastic old swimmer (6) D _ _ _ D _
18 Down: Wastrel disposed to hold up wastrel (5). _ _ L _ _.
Nobody seems to have found these ones difficult!...
3 Down: Is this a fair clue for "fluctuated". (15) I have R _ L _ E _ C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
20 Across: Orgy lover primarily into weed. (7) S _ _ _ _ _ E.
I'm not doing well this week!...
22A: Deep watering hole the hub for watering (5) I _ N _ R. The answer must be INNER but how on earth does that work? Can anyone tell me what the definition part is, and how the rest of the clue is...
Hi folks! Just two this time: 2Across Red skirts carried by prisoner (7) C _ I _ S _ N. I have got CRIMSON (red) and CRIM is "prisoner" but how does "SON" fit with "skirts"? 6Down: Completely useless...
Hi! Just the last clue this time! 25Down: Damn strikes, time for pressure to be applied (4) _ a _ s. I think it's TAPS but don't know how "Damn" and "applied" can fit in....
Can you please help me with a solution here? 20D: Habit 10 changes after a time (6). The answer is ATTIRE = Habit, and a time = A T. But how does 10 changes get to TIRE? Elsewhere in the puzzle, 10 is...
Can anyone tell me why Holly Willoughby's roots are forever dark? Is it a young fashion? And isn't it difficult to keep the same length of dark hair at around a centimetre? I like her, but the dark...
20Across: Hanging features in foreign prison camp with no end of cheering etc and it's awful (11). I think the answer is "stalagmites", because of the "foreign prison camp" being "stalag", but how...
The answer to 23Down: More wheels? Pretty much - works fantastic! (4) was "EDDA"
I can see Edda means Norse legends, therefore "works fantastic" but how did the More wheels? Pretty much" fit in?...
19 Across: My lecturer on "Introduction to Eunstein" is excellent! (4,4) I think the answer is "Well done" but how? I can see "lecturer" = "don" and "Introduction to Einstein" = "e", but how do you...
Can anyone help with these, please? 13Across: Rock of Gibraltar primarily covered by good course on Spain (6). I have _ R _ N _ E and think it could be GRANGE, but how? In 15 Across:, how does the...
I found it really hard this week! Stuck on 3. Can anyone help? 23Across: Cut his plastic and note returned payment (4,4). I have _ H _ N, _ _ _ F. 22Across: Couldn't stand backing top launderette...
Thanks, everyone. Still stuck on 17A. If the 'character' is METTLE, and the 'encountered' is the MET, and 'fiction. One's forgotten' is the L ( I ) E, how do you deal with the extra T in METTLE?
17A Character encountered in fiction? One's forgotten (6). I have _ E _ T _ E. LEFTIE would fit and the L . . . IE could be the 'fiction', but I can't see how the rest would fit. 7D A little banking...
11A Ragged Dick's writer starts to ink adventure in the country (7) A _ G _ R _ A. I think it is Algeria, with the last 2 letters IA from Ink Adventure, but how on earth do you get the ALGER? I do...
Nearly finished. Can anyone tell me whether the lit street lamp between the Brazil-shaped volcano cloud & the chimney with the Paralympics logo is a separate clue in itself? Also, I don't suppose the...
