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Guardian Saturday 25,292

19dn A mainly serious novelist (6) A - S - E - Is it AUSTEN or AUSTER, or something else? Austen (Jane) is much better known, but Auster (Paul) fits better with the wordplay as a shortening of...

sandy16

ditloids

6 = W in N 3= L on a MS 7 =YI Thanks for any help...

Ripper

Inquisitor 1141

Hi Just stuck on one, any hints would be great Long, this, like a Mongolian facial feature? (7) E-ICHIC I think we need to add an 'ant' to the mix Thanks in advance...

amtaff

EV 929

Think Ive finished but need reassurance. 25d Uncrowned emperor eats fish(7). SA?INES. I'm thinking sabines but don't fully get the rationale.

Bogtrotter

Down to last three. 13a The wrong way to be: e?i? 22a Rebuff turned up: ?n?b Snub fits the letters and the rebuff part, but turned up? 20d Sifi, say, suffers setter's endless criticism: m?s?i? A Sufi...

davey b

anax sat ind

Sir Clive Sinclair's first institution in 1 (1 is LONDON) L???D? Wheels wearing through on account of wind ??A?I?A Ferrari lovers start to tremble when given huge one ?I?O?I Lost footing negotiating...

Gasmanjack

Inquisitor 1139

Which of 2 alternatives goes at1d? What goes in the centre box? What gets highlighted? Any small clue would be appreciated....

parr1

Guardian 25089

Cream like a Welshman? 5) i???? The Beatles, perhaps, playing for us: Ringo's back with Paul (8) ?o?r???e (NB setter is 'Paul' if that's relevant)...

Ripper

Independent saturday crossword 7429

Hi I'm stuck on two, any help would be appreciated! obscure character briefly in reserves being discussed during trial (3,6) I'm assuning the obscure character is Jude I've got the following letters:...

padraig1

indy

1ac One's spiritual guru into spinning lies about ones conversion I have gone for ISLAMISATION I csnnot fully see why. Thanks for any ideas

seniorgrumpy

Guardian 25083

25a Region of 9 qualification in type of opera (7). Why is the answer subarea? I have s?b?r?a and it is the only word that fits and has any connection to the clue. Many thanks in advance for an...

ludwigvan

Guardian crossword 25,083.

Region of 9 ( nine down being International) qualification in type of opera (7) S-b-r-a. Subarea? Siberia? Why? Many Thanks.

Graudian

EV 926

Is the preamble to EV 926 more convoluted than usual or am I just not getting it? We are told that 10 across clues contain a misprint and that misprinted letter and the correct letter will spell out 2...

thumbscrew

Sat. Times 24604

2down. Entitled to have these disappointments (but not statutory) 3-6 N?N-?V?N?S. I think this is non events . Please explain why if this is right, I have asked before but the rush to answer first...

Philoctetes

Listener 4088 - Digimix by Oyler

Well, thank goodness we have a long weekend. I think I might need that to work out what the blazes the clues mean! I had one theory, but the rubric that all entries are different turned me towards a...

Ruthrobin

Listener 4087 Double Shuffling and Dealing by Auctor

We have found the clues a step up in difficulty from previous ones and had to go to the Internet for the quotation. Certainly not a puzzle for newcomers this week!

Zabadak

Listener Crossword 4082

This is a terrific technical challenge, with some fine and fair cluing. It made my head spin towards the end, and I suspect transcription into the final grid is going to be particularly prone to...

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