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TLS

Stuck on the last one 11ac (8) Example in there by English playwright ?T?E?E?E - can any of my usual stalwarts assist - I have tried inserting eg into there but to no avail - am unusually thick...
20:49 Fri 23rd Nov 20123 answers, last by mra1 20:55 Fri 23rd Nov 2012
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Today's Times

8D (8) Artist succeeeded in Paris: reworked Rodin's early pieces P?S?E?R? Can anyone throw any light on this? I am totally stumped...
19:05 Fri 23rd Nov 20124 answers, last by mra1 19:12 Fri 23rd Nov 2012
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today's Times cryptic

All done save for 16D (8) slow runner with heart of gold embraced by common people ?O?AUS?S - I feel I should be able to figure this out but the septuagenarian brain refuses to come with the solution!...
18:13 Wed 21st Nov 20124 answers, last by bibblebub 18:21 Wed 21st Nov 2012
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Times 25,324

Stuck on 2 viz 13ac (5) Having dredged-up materials, turn over empty borders S?O?L (thought shoal as relating to dredge but could not parse) and 20 ac (5) Record having a roll in the grass? May be...
19:08 Mon 19th Nov 20128 answers, last by factor30 19:29 Mon 19th Nov 2012
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Mephisto``

Stuck on last 2 - totally bamboozled. 13D (9)Town house in Nepal demolished A?EL?OO?N and 27AC (8) American criminal perhaps mostly stayed in one empty residence ???ES?EE - I had at first thought the...
20:36 Sun 18th Nov 20126 answers, last by Cruciformist 20:42 Sun 18th Nov 2012
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Sunday Times

A mite perplexed. 15ac (3, 5) Road menace obviously gutted if trapped by strong drink ?O? RACER I thought Hot but dont get the wordplay - can anyone explain this to me before I finally decide to go...
14:30 Sun 18th Nov 20124 answers, last by mra1 14:33 Sun 18th Nov 2012
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Times Club Monthly

Thanks to Rosslyn and others I got the aged brain in gear and managed to complete except for one videlicet - 24ac (5) get around locally using transport that's new for run C ?R?I - the last letter...
20:38 Mon 12th Nov 20126 answers, last by tommy-h 20:49 Mon 12th Nov 2012
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Times Club Montly

Have ground to a halt - need some assistance to get me going again - viz 1ac (7) Tanks, perhaps, test larg guns around Island ??V?R?A; 17ac (6,70 CID persist with moves to apprehend con, PC's possible...
10:08 Mon 12th Nov 20127 answers, last by mra1 12:13 Mon 12th Nov 2012
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TLS

Have got 22D Edmund Gosse wrote Father and Son - still have not figured 2D - any more thoughts on this Shooty?
21:08 Fri 09th Nov 20121 answer, last by tommy-h 21:33 Fri 09th Nov 2012
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TLS

Stuck on 2 - 2D (6) Hawk left one of these in Lewis T?A?L? and 22D (5) He had father and son in common with James T Farrell - I would much appreciate some assistance!
20:59 Fri 09th Nov 201212 answers, last by mra1 19:37 Sat 10th Nov 2012
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Times concise

Too blooming technical for me today - viz - 1ac (10) convert loan into bonds ????R?T?S? and 2D (5-7) High altitude cloud forming broken layer ??????-CIRRUS Help someone please!...
14:30 Thu 08th Nov 20127 answers, last by mra1 14:36 Thu 08th Nov 2012
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Tuesday's times cryptic

Brain seized up - cannot get this last one ie 10a (4) In Venezuela and Ecuador's west and south, temperature's warmer in winter ?E?T - has anyone any ideas?
15:59 Tue 06th Nov 20125 answers, last by mra1 16:04 Tue 06th Nov 2012
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Mephisto

Have finished save for 8D (5) A pile of debris supports Arabian historical mystery AR?IL - Kayakamina, Lie-in-King or anybody else can you help please!
21:56 Mon 05th Nov 20125 answers, last by mra1 22:06 Mon 05th Nov 2012
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Times 25312

25ac (8) Never say die? One might addressing him ?E?S?M?N - only thing which fits in is pessiman which does not exist The letters I have are correct - can anyone throw any light on this?
20:05 Mon 05th Nov 20125 answers, last by MarkRae 20:09 Mon 05th Nov 2012
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TLS

Assistance please. 11A Painter well versed in French customs (8) ?O?S?E?U The only names I know that fit in are Rousseau or Cousteau neither of whom were painters! and 19A (5) "Haggard"...
20:31 Fri 02nd Nov 20128 answers, last by mra1 20:43 Fri 02nd Nov 2012
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MEPHISTO

With Rosslyn's assistance I have managed to fill in the other answers save 6D *(6) wine containers curate's blessed before leaving - I have C?UATS - have been through Chambers t wice and can find...
20:26 Sun 28th Oct 20126 answers, last by Cruciformist 20:36 Sun 28th Oct 2012
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Mephisto

Could use a little help - If I get a couple of strategic answers could possibly manage to finish it 2AC 2 words (11) Covering of plaster the devil to apply? ???A????O?? (had thought perhaps impasto...
19:37 Sun 28th Oct 20122 answers, last by mra1 20:00 Sun 28th Oct 2012
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Times 25305

Stuck on 2 - any assistance will be most appreciated 13d (5,6) musical techniqueP is it extremely underused with Elgar Composition? S?I?E ?U???R and 23a (3) serve time? One's coming to end of sentence...
20:50 Sat 27th Oct 20126 answers, last by shooty 20:59 Sat 27th Oct 2012
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TLS 947

Am stuck on the last three viz 7D (5,7) one of this US poet's 2 plays was an attraction for many ?A??? M?R?B?N 17D (7) repeatedly heard from 9 in operetta T?R?T?A (my answer to 9ac is trumpet) and 18D...
18:05 Fri 26th Oct 20124 answers, last by mra1 08:08 Sat 27th Oct 2012
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Mephisto

Was rattling through until the last 4 all interrelated! Any light thrown on the following will be gratefully received 32ac (10) Shark capsizing canoe with stricken man finally disappearing ?ESTI?C???...
19:40 Sun 21st Oct 201210 answers, last by mra1 20:20 Sun 21st Oct 2012

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