Just to let you know, if you are not already aware, that the new Private Eye magazine (physical form) is now out, including a ?250 prize crossword, but it is not yet available online. Deadline is 4...
I have got the message that the extra letters in the clues spell out, and I have completed the grid. Does anybody think that something more has to be done in the grid? I suspect that there is...
36a When they're on it's no longer pitch black (11) -L-------T- 34a Troubled airline cuts are impractical (11) 54a Request from Tito in vain and I only have L-------/-------- for 31d Children's song...
A four-letter snorter in the Radio Times's Xmas crossword: "Some lines run under European flower." - D-R. Could it be something to do with railway lines or underground railways?
Stuck on 1ac mark with new dye. About time one's yellow /c/r/d/ /// (7,3); 6dn distressed soldiers stuffing cake down initially //r/e///d (9); 14ac sound of MP with economists employing spin /o/p/s...
How many lions appear on the badge of the England football shirt? I thought the answer was 3, but the answer has to begin with the letter H, so I am really stumped!! Any ideas, please?
last 3 to complete 18d In context, remembered as severe. I have esthete or extreme but cannot see why. E-t-e-e-e. 41a Go into the middle of America, but not initially E-T? 38d Phone company's ring...
The Bluecoat School, Oldham Christmas Quiz 'Seeing Double' has arrived. Please send a cheque for ?1.00 and SAE to Keith Gledhill, Tandle View, 192, Middleton Road, Royton, Oldham OL2 5LT. There is...
Ok - clue is BBC costume drama - 8 letters. I've basically got the letters for CRA I FORD - which would make sense if the "I" was an "N" - ie CRANFORD. What's throwing me(?) is that the I is from clue...
Is this getting harder each week? 1D - Having three semicircular recesses at the east end of a church choir - ?R???S?L - I'm thinking triapsal but can't find this in a dictionary. 12A - Climbing plant...
Have just noticed that this week's online puzzle (787) gives today as the closing date, whereas up to last week it was always the following Friday. Does anyone know if this is a deliberate change or...
12d Send toy easels out, without question (13 three words) 31a Soft and improper anxiety (7) 36d River-side once (4) 1a They work perfunctorily putting motorised home on board (8) many thanks E
1d. a bird takes in complaint of 8. M - - - R - - -. (the answer to clue 8 is mother). 20d. bad atmosphere where i get embraced by 1down (8). - - - - - A. 14a. changing the subject an experts a great...
Cant quite get to grips with the linkwords. So far I have got keep-sake,smooth-spaghetti,shrink-wrap and???strap and newt - unless I have got something wrong. Any help would be appreciated
