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Sunday Times Cryptic

Have completed but not sure of the wordplay for 3 of them viz 15AC Passing appeal to head of state (5) I have O?ing which I can only find owing to fit in (the O is definitely the last letter of the...
17:47 Sun 17th Feb 20135 answers, last by mra1 18:33 Sun 17th Feb 2013
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Times Club Monthly

Am in the doldrums. Stuck on one area so any solutions will probably help - viz 15ac (5,4) sensual existance recalled nameless piece of one's motherland ??R?? ?I?A presumably the second word is vita;...
21:29 Sat 16th Feb 20136 answers, last by Voulez-vous 21:47 Sat 16th Feb 2013
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Mephisto 2737

Help! Stuck on 3D (8) Improperly, two English guards tease Native American ?T?HI?W? and 17Ac (9 - 2 words) Criticize rating on child, not right to show everything's in flux ??NT?RHAI - I had thought...
20:09 Mon 11th Feb 20133 answers, last by kayakamina 20:27 Mon 11th Feb 2013
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Tls

Ground to a halt in the bottom lefthand corner - 23Ac (9) Thomas recalled it ????S???P; 14D (10) leading actor associated with king snake in Gibbons ?T?R???D?R; 19D (6) Whitman's spear grass found...
21:45 Fri 01st Feb 20136 answers, last by mra1 09:42 Sat 02nd Feb 2013
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Sunday Times Cryptic

Totally stumped at 19Ac (10) Row on river in French Region: ?A?A?G?F - anyone any ideas - can get no further letters
17:14 Sun 27th Jan 20133 answers, last by Lie-in King 17:19 Sun 27th Jan 2013
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Tls 959

Have ground to a halt - stuck on 2 with no further letters obtainablle viz 5Ac (7) Helps at hand to provide this name for Maremma C?S?M?R - thought Cosimir but cannot get the wordplay and 11Ac (5)...
18:59 Fri 25th Jan 20135 answers, last by themelthorpe 23:02 Fri 25th Jan 2013
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Mephisto

Have ground to a halt - think the answers I have are okay but am at a total loss with the following:- 33AC (6) former simply vile rule forgotten DA?H?Y; 31AC (8) Record damned poet's brough to light...
22:27 Sun 20th Jan 20133 answers, last by kayakamina 22:36 Sun 20th Jan 2013
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Times Jumbo Cryptic

Am stuck on 2 - any assistance will be appreciated - 48D (5) Aussie rock musician played punk tracks but only seconds of them U?U?U and 41D (3,6) Freshly perpetrated crims? First I excused the fall...
19:15 Sat 19th Jan 20133 answers, last by mra1 19:24 Sat 19th Jan 2013
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Tls

Re earlier - Have now sussed that 13 D is Holofernes (Schoolmaster in Love's Labours Lost) which leaves 15AC (Arran Islander nominally gets returned mail) as O?L?H?R?Y - does anyone have any ideas?
21:05 Fri 18th Jan 20136 answers, last by mra1 21:24 Fri 18th Jan 2013
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Tls

Stuck on last 2 videlicet: 15AC (9) Aran Islander nominally gets returned mail ??L???R?Y and 13D A teacher of Rabelais and Shakespeare (10) ???O?E?N?S - any assistance will be much appreciated!...
20:29 Fri 18th Jan 20132 answers, last by NC4BBQ 21:34 Fri 18th Jan 2013
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Mephisto

HELP! Stuck on the last 2 21D Pianist upset having to go faster for musical recording (6) M?S?UL and 22D Love this fancy woodwork? It makes lavatories fantastic ?ARSIA. I had thought Karsia but went...
19:01 Sun 13th Jan 20133 answers, last by mra1 19:11 Sun 13th Jan 2013
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Sundan Times Cryptic`

Have finished this (I think) - I have Agnate as the answer to 16Ac - head of allotments wanted ground with shed attached - I do not get the wordplay however except for Head (the word meaning related...
17:59 Sun 06th Jan 20135 answers, last by ChuckB 00:19 Mon 07th Jan 2013
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Re Tls

I now have 16Ac as Snow and 17D as Waste Lands - I have hit a snag - 20 Ac (10) Jameson eponyms like readers of the Evening Transcript observed by 17's author now works out as ?O?T?N?A?S - I...
22:05 Fri 04th Jan 20133 answers, last by grumpy01 22:51 Fri 04th Jan 2013
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Tls956

Have ground to a halt: 16A (4) Precipitate exponent oif 2 cultures ?N?? 17D (5,4) Desolate setting for a game of chess ??E?E, ?A?D. 25d (4) White expedition leader gets five big seconds ?O?C - I...
21:20 Fri 04th Jan 20133 answers, last by mra1 21:47 Fri 04th Jan 2013
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Mephisto

Re my earlier question about 14AC - I tried to amend this entry but it would not let me so here goes again - Play at Headingly remained with one Knight replacing another - I had thought LAIN (1 night)...
22:16 Sun 30th Dec 20123 answers, last by kayakamina 08:37 Mon 31st Dec 2012
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Mephisto

Just noticed a very small omission!31D (3) what can be associated with regrets abroad? A female singer mostly ?MA - again would be very grateful for any assistance...
21:49 Sun 30th Dec 20124 answers, last by mra1 22:04 Sun 30th Dec 2012
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Mephisto

Have completed but dont get the wordplay for 14Ac (4) Play at Headingly remained with one Knight replacing another. I have LAI? and have settled for LAIN ie 1 (k)night - can anyone enlighten me please...
21:27 Sun 30th Dec 20125 answers, last by bookbinder 14:48 Mon 31st Dec 2012
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Times Jumbo Cryptic 1014

Totally stuck on the last clue viz 40D (9) US Author not the first to entertain celebrity artist E?A?E?L?R - have tried all the sources I can think of including Google and am getting nowhere - anyone...
18:49 Sat 29th Dec 20126 answers, last by mra1 19:24 Sat 29th Dec 2012
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Mephisto

Many thanks for all the assistance but I now have a problem with 6AC - Some grain swelling for which I had corn but with all the other answers staring with Brank that now leaves me with BOR? - have...
10:00 Tue 25th Dec 20122 answers, last by mra1 10:11 Tue 25th Dec 2012
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Mephisto

Stuck on 4 interrelating clues - viz 10ac (8) Things given to sacred use with stars out at the front ?O?S?E?:12ac Fruitcake must evidently contain fruit (4) ?C??: 6d (5) Swagger of the character after...
09:45 Tue 25th Dec 20126 answers, last by mra1 10:01 Tue 25th Dec 2012

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