I can't see how to get a couple of the answers: 26A Some food - there's a lot of bits by the river (4): I think the answer is LEES, and LEE is a river, but I can't get any further. 20D Trouble gay...
There are 3 clues here that I can't understand. Can anyone explain the answers? 16A Prince leaving posh car in reverse? Yes (3). Answer: YAH (Yes). How was the rest of the clue done? 28A High marks...
am stuck on two this time. 27 Across: VIP, as it were, topless - wot a babe! (6) _ E _ P _ _. (KEWPIE or SEXPOT? But why?) 14 Down: Folded film initially confused military force (6,4) _ A _ L _ D, _ I...
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...
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...
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...
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...