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Guardian Prize Crossword 27423 Sunday February 4Th 2018

We just can't parse: Dire Straits appearing in Cairo, Lichtenstein and Monaco, among others (7) Artists is an anagram of straits, OK but what's the rest all about??...
20:49 Sun 04th Feb 20188 answers, last by Pete666 00:15 Mon 05th Feb 2018
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Guardian 27405

24d Drink a can, almost (4) ?s?i Must be Asti, but why?
17:41 Mon 15th Jan 20183 answers, last by Pete666 17:53 Mon 15th Jan 2018
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Guardian Prize Crossword 27310 Saturday September 23Rd 2017

We are stuck on the very last clue (yet again!) 24a Car and train about to be scrapped (6) H?A?S? We think it may be hearse but no idea why. Any help gratefully received. Pete...
20:53 Mon 25th Sep 20173 answers, last by Pete666 20:27 Tue 26th Sep 2017
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Genius 171

Can anyone help please. We think we've got it all right, but totally stuck on the last clue: 29a Church takes in donations to Northern Rock (9) c---s-o-e We need a word in which the 3rd letter can be...
00:22 Wed 13th Sep 20177 answers, last by Mamyalynne 10:22 Wed 13th Sep 2017
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Genius 169

Could anyone confirm 8a: managed to cope with Nick going back to join the army again (4,2) There is one letter indicated in the wordplay needs to be removed. We make it 'bore up' = Managed to cope,...
22:27 Mon 31st Jul 20173 answers, last by Pete666 01:03 Tue 01st Aug 2017
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Genius 167

27a Tender genius of 10 - is so? (4-7) we have ?o?t-?e?r?e? 10a is turner...
00:28 Wed 31st May 20174 answers, last by Pete666 00:53 Wed 31st May 2017
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Genius 166

Stuck on the last clue: 15d Second opera provided around Italian boats (9)...
22:32 Fri 21st Apr 20175 answers, last by Pete666 04:12 Sat 22nd Apr 2017
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Guardian Prize Crossword 27082

We've finished the puzzle we think but just can't work out 22d: A piece of music, which transports mind and body. We have fugue, but why??...
23:59 Sun 01st Jan 20173 answers, last by scorpiojo 00:09 Mon 02nd Jan 2017
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Genius 161

Is it just us, or did Soup make an arithmetic mistake in his instructions for Genius 161?
22:12 Thu 10th Nov 20164 answers, last by scorpiojo 23:16 Wed 16th Nov 2016
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Observer Azed 2304 Sunday July 31St 2016

Can't parse: 6d Pooh accordingly delays bit of honey to the end (4) We think it's TUSH but why?...
21:41 Thu 04th Aug 20164 answers, last by Pete666 00:46 Fri 05th Aug 2016
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Genius 155

We're struggling with 25a: Bound to have drink, eating last of trifle (4) We think 'last' is a redundant word, meaning swap an 'l' for a 't' --a-...
21:26 Sat 21st May 20167 answers, last by scorpiojo 21:40 Sat 21st May 2016
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Genius 154

As usual, stuck on the very last clue! 2d Climber's kit finally found in search by running water (8) ae-t-e-e or maybe e-e-t-ea 'aesthete' seems to be the only word which fits, but why?...
22:24 Sun 17th Apr 20164 answers, last by scorpiojo 22:35 Sun 17th Apr 2016
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Guardian 26848

Stuck on 11a Socrates for example, put little time into lessons (6) ?o?t?l Think it might be mortal?...
14:01 Thu 07th Apr 20166 answers, last by Pete666 14:07 Thu 07th Apr 2016
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Genius 153

We are having difficulty in parsing the last two clues, can you help? 19a. Shock revelation - money for image promotion suspect (7) We have s-r-I-e and we think it is surmise. 18d. Sky expert back...
22:44 Wed 23rd Mar 20164 answers, last by scorpiojo 23:00 Wed 23rd Mar 2016
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Genius 150

Very clever & frustratingly difficult Boatman's genius this month still sees us struggling on the final two clues! 4d A rock band that's fashionable (7) We have ?o?t?r? 22a It's definitely a thing...
11:01 Fri 01st Jan 20166 answers, last by scorpiojo 11:25 Fri 01st Jan 2016
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Genius 149

We think we've finished the crossword but can't parse: 12a juicy items in American tabloids circulated without any legal objections initially (5) We think the answer is tidbits. THe wordplay leaves...
22:12 Fri 13th Nov 20152 answers, last by Pete666 14:08 Sat 14th Nov 2015
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Genius 147

Hi, we've finished puzzle (we think!) but struggling to parse the 'R' word: Describe L We think the answer is RELATE. Can L be elate (L-ate) i.e. like an L???...
22:58 Thu 24th Sep 20156 answers, last by Pete666 22:38 Sat 26th Sep 2015
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Genius 146

Stuck on the last one: 7(a) calls for strong acids? (6) -h-n-s Done the rest of this silly crossword, think it's all correct. Can't believe I just can't see this one!...
00:21 Tue 18th Aug 20155 answers, last by Pete666 22:00 Fri 28th Aug 2015
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Genius 145

We're stuck on the last one - con coins from us academics This is genius, so funny rules apply! answer is a word, from which consecutive letters can be removed to leave '_O_S'...
21:19 Thu 30th Jul 20155 answers, last by Pete666 23:46 Thu 30th Jul 2015
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Genius 143

Stuck on the very last clue (again) 17d Using only half of ingenuity, spell out routine (8) We think it's 'tiresome' which fits. Can't parse it. It does seem to have T..R..S..E in it, plus an O...
23:10 Sat 16th May 20153 answers, last by Pete666 23:28 Sat 16th May 2015

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