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20d Half the field in one sport,legal in another? (6) -N-I-E Onside, I suppose, but can't parse.... Tx...
10:04 Sat 01st Aug 20153 answers, last by olegrahl 10:19 Sat 01st Aug 2015
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Guardian Prize

Thus the little marsupial's protected by parents in places to play (5,5) -U(?)---,R---S. That should give help with remaining two M acrosses (Feb and Oct) 10/17. No idea about 3d, 7d,14d. Can't parse...
10:02 Sat 25th Jul 20155 answers, last by Mamyalynne 15:45 Sat 25th Jul 2015
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Guardian Last Two

I have two eight letter clues left; -O-E----Y ---E-A-E They begin with F and B. F Sally to take in top football competition? That's just the start of it! (8) (Foreplay? If so, why?) B Fast runner,...
10:54 Sat 18th Jul 20157 answers, last by sedge47 11:02 Sat 18th Jul 2015
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Guardian Prize

Those people in function at church are drunk? Party time always,apparently. 5,3,4,3 S----,---,----, D (maybe)-- Thanks...
08:29 Sat 18th Jul 20154 answers, last by bibblebub 08:43 Sat 18th Jul 2015
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Guardian Prize

Finished but cannot parse 1ac. I, possibly, poke chicken with a piece of wood (7) H-L-G-N. Has to be halogen, I think. Recurrent theme is US presidents (again!). Setter is Paul. Efkharisto poly....
08:26 Sat 11th Jul 20153 answers, last by Canary42 08:36 Sat 11th Jul 2015
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Guardian Prize

Another very unsatisfactory prize. Help welcomed with 14,21d. "It's important to maintain trust," Eisenhower said on diplomacy. (3, 7) E--, -O-----. Presumably IKE is in there somewhere as US...
08:53 Sat 04th Jul 201513 answers, last by olegrahl 15:00 Sat 04th Jul 2015
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Guardian Last One

Sad call girl welcoming work, client ultimately laid back, heading for Thailand (4,4) -A-T P-S-. Khawp khun krap....
09:13 Sat 30th May 20154 answers, last by Gillibobs 13:15 Sun 31st May 2015
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Help Parse Last Clue, Pls

Working to change hands is intrusive (6) P-Y-N- Prying, I suppose, which gives us intrusive but change hands? Thought 12d was a bit obscure and maybe underclued....
08:00 Sat 16th May 20154 answers, last by olegrahl 08:05 Sat 16th May 2015
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Three Missing

The hell with it. ScorpioJo, Lie In King, help. 21 a Buccaneer inclined to stop killer dog with hot, spotted back. (7, 7) C-P-A-N, -U----S- Captain Cutlass? Answer will give me 20d and 26 a assuming...
17:04 Sat 25th Apr 20156 answers, last by scorpiojo 17:12 Sat 25th Apr 2015
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Going Quietly Mad

I know 48 hours have passed but I need some sleep. Saturday's prize was a swine and I thought I had finished it. But I have two unfilled five letter clues (-U-CS and -A-A- ) and I can't find a four...
10:41 Mon 06th Apr 201511 answers, last by scorpiojo 13:31 Mon 06th Apr 2015
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Guardian Parsing

Finished it, but 1 d Club, perhaps, filing an inaccurate report.(6) C-N-R- Has to be canard (inaccurate report). But club? Tx Ditto 28 a Carry along retrospective pictures in a square (7). E-T-A-N....
10:51 Sat 14th Mar 20154 answers, last by Semwah 10:54 Sat 14th Mar 2015
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Guardian Prize

Given that the Z clue (5,8) can only go in one place, it means that the L clue (4,6) cannot be fitted in the grid as the 8th letter is N but should be D and the same goes for the other 10-letter...
09:43 Sat 14th Feb 201510 answers, last by ciaranbernard2 11:49 Sat 14th Feb 2015
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Guardian Prize Printout

Help welcome to print out this (easy-looking) puzzle. I just get huge amounts of white space at the top.
07:52 Sat 14th Feb 20152 answers, last by geo0939 10:00 Sat 14th Feb 2015
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Last Few Guardian

Apologies: last few. 19 d Corrected in ballpoint R-D-N-. Redone? If so why? 25 a Stick around, breaking compiler's threat. -E-A-E. Menace? If so why? Mace around EN? 23 a Mass disseminator of News...
17:10 Sat 07th Feb 20154 answers, last by Lie-in King 17:16 Sat 07th Feb 2015
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Gdain

18 a According to short burst on phone our speaker (ed:Henry Morton Stanley) may be on the other end. -C---N-T-- Ta...
14:24 Sat 07th Feb 20151 answer, last by frugalfred 14:25 Sat 07th Feb 2015
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Guardian Last One

Duck with you on land, might you say? (6) -A-D-R Pretty sure the letters are right. Gander? Thanks to all who have helped in 2014....
11:41 Sat 27th Dec 20142 answers, last by emeritus 11:47 Sat 27th Dec 2014
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Pole in this building with Irish infestation? 4, 7 -I-E, S-A-I-- Not too hard today......
10:23 Sat 27th Dec 20143 answers, last by olegrahl 10:51 Sat 27th Dec 2014
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Guardian Last Clue

Unspecified ordinal number restricted by obsolete letter (4) E-T-...
10:18 Sat 13th Dec 20148 answers, last by olegrahl 11:44 Sat 13th Dec 2014
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Help Needed

Stumped: less than half done. Is there a composer called Wrench? (too complicated to explain clueing) 6d Unreliable description of bats 3-2-5 (-l-/--/-----) 24d, 1d Loopy strip of land that protects...
11:34 Sat 29th Nov 20147 answers, last by scorpiojo 11:40 Sat 29th Nov 2014
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Last Few

20a A woman, undressed after symbolic resistance, gets bouquet (5) A-O-- 16d Fellow inadequate as lover (5) T ( or maybe F)---E 27d Touching way you could thus link 1 (work) and 8 (play) (4) R-S- As...
10:20 Sat 25th Oct 20147 answers, last by Calibax 10:24 Sat 25th Oct 2014

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