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Genius No 258

Need help with the last clue: 20d. Coloured skirt seen in the past (6) H-G-E- Answer contains a double letter which is omitted from wordplay.
21:20 Wed 04th Dec 20244 answers, last by Pete666 23:49 Wed 04th Dec 2024
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Guardian 29542

Help with our last clue? 8d  Bill is right taking Dawn's name (6) ?d?e?t
00:41 Tue 19th Nov 20243 answers, last by Lie-in King 01:05 Tue 19th Nov 2024
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Genius No 255

We are stuck on our last clue (again!) 30a: What glasses help myopics do is unbeatable (8) It contains  L E E S ???? but we don't know the order, because the crossword is all about... ...
21:09 Tue 24th Sep 20243 answers, last by Pete666 21:28 Tue 24th Sep 2024
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Genius No 254

stuck on the last clue (again!): In favour of girl accepting kiss, in so many words? (8) We have p?o?a?l? probably probable, but where's the kiss?
01:42 Sat 24th Aug 20243 answers, last by Pete666 01:52 Sat 24th Aug 2024
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Genius 237

Can Qaos not count? Surely 13 + 7 = 20, not 19 squares to highlight? Or am I missing something?
01:51 Mon 08th Jan 20243 answers, last by Pete666 14:11 Mon 08th Jan 2024
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Guardian Prize Crossword 29099 Saturday June 17Th 2023

Can anyone parse 18,19a? Furious row about taking latitude for you(9,6) answer must be crossword solver...
15:58 Sun 18th Jun 20234 answers, last by Pete666 16:10 Sun 18th Jun 2023
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Guardian Prize Crossword 29027 Saturday March 25Th 2023

We're stuck on 1d: Perhaps 4 or 6 jump fairly evenly (8) If it helps, the answers we have for 4 and 6 are 'product' and 'horse tamer'...
19:53 Mon 27th Mar 20233 answers, last by Lie-in King 22:12 Mon 27th Mar 2023
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Genius 236

Can you help us to parse this one please? 28a Figure at head of board only half normal in one's view (6) we have t?e?t? so it must be twenty, but why??...
22:45 Tue 14th Feb 20236 answers, last by klazomaniac 22:58 Tue 14th Feb 2023
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Genius 234

I think we have all answers, but can't parse one. Genius - one letter in the clue is to be ignored (and here it must be a 'T') Taxing backers of problem states is more sophisticated (6) Suaver seems...
11:24 Sat 24th Dec 20223 answers, last by Pete666 11:34 Sat 24th Dec 2022
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Genius 225

We think we have finished this puzzle, but can't parse one answer. The wordplay has one superfluous letter, and we would dearly like it to be an 'i': 15d Upset archbishop is associated with this...
23:31 Fri 11th Mar 20227 answers, last by Pete666 00:07 Mon 14th Mar 2022
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Genius 224

Last one, I think, we just can't get. Must be thematic so no definition but person's name, or an object asociated with a county: 20a Briefly put down detective falling short in both cases (4) ?o?y...
13:02 Thu 24th Feb 20225 answers, last by JJ109 14:09 Thu 24th Feb 2022
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Guardian 28542

stuck on last one: 15a/ Short trousers beginning to unsettle solicitor (4) ?o?t...
13:51 Sun 05th Sep 20213 answers, last by Pete666 13:57 Sun 05th Sep 2021
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Genius 216

Stuck on the last one: 20d A thing about stockings (5) Because of the strangeness of the puzzle, all I can say is that the answer should contain c,h & s but not necessarily in that order...
22:33 Sat 19th Jun 20212 answers, last by Pete666 01:08 Sun 20th Jun 2021
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Genius 214

Last clue in Genius is puzzling us: 18a Cuts head off yellow flowers (8) (The answer will be a 4 letter word after we take off an animal)...
21:02 Thu 08th Apr 202112 answers, last by Mamyalynne 21:27 Thu 08th Apr 2021
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Guardian 28398

We can't parse the last clue: 23d Reporter of fiction here with gang (6) We think it's Tintin (as a fictional journalist) but the rest?...
22:23 Sat 20th Mar 20217 answers, last by ProfessorMaisie 23:13 Sat 20th Mar 2021
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Genius 206

We have a problem parsing 7d: Soldier seen climbing over tense leeches (9) p?r?s?t?s Probably parasites (leeches) A chemical element has to be changed from the answer given by the wordplay to give the...
21:00 Fri 28th Aug 202025 answers, last by Neveracrossword 21:32 Fri 28th Aug 2020
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Guardian 28063

Can anyone parse 5a One article carried by climbers primarily? (if there's an 'x' in it it won't be clued) We are sure it must be ice axe......
13:12 Sun 23rd Feb 20204 answers, last by AdeByrne 20:38 Sun 23rd Feb 2020
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Genius 200

Struggling on last 2 clues. 2d is a straight clue: What helps bowlers hit their mark? (4) ?i?e 24a is cryptic. clue gives solution with no definition, from which a 'compass point' can be removed to...
22:22 Thu 13th Feb 20208 answers, last by Pete666 13:24 Sat 15th Feb 2020
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Guardian 28033

Hiya. Just about finished, but can't parse the last clue: 13d Lose power, protected by coppers on longer? That's convenient (10) We think it's expedience/expediency, but why?...
18:22 Mon 20th Jan 20203 answers, last by Mamyalynne 18:39 Mon 20th Jan 2020

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