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Saturday Guardian 26741

Hi! Solved the puzzle, I think, although some of my answers I can't quite relate to the clues and I don't understand the instruction at the top of the puzzle at all. "5 across and 8 down solutions...
22:43 Sun 29th Nov 20154 answers, last by Mamyalynne 23:01 Sun 29th Nov 2015
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Catholic Herald

Hi! Can anyone help with this one please? Even a navy-inlaid container can be found around the borough (5) I have ?R?A? I'm temped to put in URBAN (urn = container) but can't quite justify that from...
19:54 Sat 30th May 20153 answers, last by dave1948 10:07 Sat 06th Jun 2015
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Catholic Herald

Can anyone help with 15a please? Above board to back on golf event's play but no odds are offered (6) I have ?P?G?Y which I think are correct, but can't find anything to fit. Thanks....
12:11 Sun 07th Dec 20142 answers, last by porilo 12:14 Sun 07th Dec 2014
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Saturday Telegraph General Knowledge

Can anyone help with my last one please? 25d: Young soya beans still in the pod prepared in Japanese cuisine (7) I have E?A?A?E and am sure the letters are correct because everything around fits in...
08:28 Tue 19th Aug 20147 answers, last by factor-fiction 08:34 Tue 19th Aug 2014
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Bbc Music Magazine 271

Can anyone help with my last two answers please? 26a: Rock band considers dumping leader (3). I have ??S 24d: Icelandic work rearranged by Grisey (6). I have G???I? The 3rd letter of 24d is the 1st...
07:48 Sun 03rd Aug 20146 answers, last by Svejk 08:01 Sun 03rd Aug 2014
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Daily Express

Does anyone know what's happened to Brian Talbot's Daily Express crossword site? I always found it very useful to check my answers or to fill in any missing gaps but today it doesn't seem to be...
09:12 Sat 12th Jul 20148 answers, last by 1ozzy 03:52 Wed 22nd Apr 2015
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Mail On Sunday, 1642

Can anyone help with 6d please? "Not in my back yard protester (5)" and I have N?M?Y Can't find anything which will fit. Thanks....
19:48 Sun 27th Apr 20144 answers, last by factor-fiction 19:53 Sun 27th Apr 2014
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Telegraph Gk 12516

Did anyone spot the mistake in yesterday's Telegraph general knowledge crossword? 34d says "Furthest planet from the sun" and the answer which fits is NEPTUNE, but surely the furthest planet is PLUTO....
10:18 Sun 30th Mar 20147 answers, last by factor-fiction 10:32 Sun 30th Mar 2014
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Catholic Herald

Can anyone help with my last one please? 11a: Park in Cardiff in the old days between two poles in a back road (6) I have N?N?A? and am quite sure those letters are correct. I'm guessing that the last...
19:08 Sun 23rd Feb 20142 answers, last by porilo 19:12 Sun 23rd Feb 2014
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Tablet 323

Any ideas please? 1a: "It's carried by a candle-holder in Pontifical High Mass" (5) I have ?U?I? Thanks....
09:01 Sat 25th Aug 20122 answers, last by porilo 09:46 Sat 25th Aug 2012
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Guardian 25676

I wonder whether Shed has an obsession with toilets and bums? In yesterday's puzzle we have reference to a "bog" (23d) and a more vulgar one at 7d meaning to "break wind again" the...
10:34 Sun 01st Jul 2012
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You crossword 1279

Has anyone else noticed the mistake in today's puzzle? The clue for 5d is "artificial limb" which obviously calls for a noun as an answer but the only word which fits is PROSTHETIC which is...
21:30 Sun 29th Apr 20122 answers, last by mamyalynne 21:36 Sun 29th Apr 2012
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Mistake in today's Telegraph GK

Not sure whether it's been mentioned already (I did a search and couldn't find it) but there is a mistake in the clue to 21 across. The answer is Faure but he did not write Clair de lune. Debussy did.
21:32 Sat 17th Mar 20123 answers, last by porilo 22:47 Sat 17th Mar 2012
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Catholic Herald cryptic 0226

Unusually for me I'm finding it difficult to finish the Catholic Herald this week. Any help on my last two would be much appreciated: 19a: rob's trim - the fighter in the blue (7) I have S?E?L?? 15d:...
18:38 Sun 11th Mar 20124 answers, last by porilo 19:55 Sun 11th Mar 2012
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Telegraph cryptic 26750

24a - a handful run out with gold from salesman (6) I have ?E?D?R and it looks like VENDOR but why? If that's the answer could someone please explain how we get that from the clue because I can't see...
14:27 Sat 31st Dec 20115 answers, last by dwil 17:00 Sat 31st Dec 2011
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Which PO Box?

Yesterday's £500 puzzle in the Telegraph has an incomplete address. It just says "Telegraph Media Group, London, SW1W 0XF". Someone has forgotten to print the PO Box number. Does...
07:33 Sun 02nd Oct 20112 answers, last by porilo 20:36 Sun 02nd Oct 2011
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Catholic Herald 0199

Could anyone help with my last two please? 13a: flagellating - hip-flensing - is to us, all mutilating (4-9) I have ?E?F-?U?P???N? Obviously an anagram somewhere but I can't work it out. First words...
12:14 Sun 28th Aug 20118 answers, last by Lie-in King 12:56 Sun 28th Aug 2011
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Mail on Sunday You Crossword 1230

They've done it again. Two possible answers to 10a. Could be practiSe or practiCe. It's a "double-barrelled" clue where 10a is part of two separate proverbs. The first proverb leads to the...
17:38 Sun 15th May 20113 answers, last by porilo 20:30 Sun 15th May 2011
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I Friday ???

I see quite a few members here ask questions about "I Friday". Could somebody please tell me what that means? Thanks.
08:49 Sun 01st May 20112 answers, last by porilo 09:39 Sun 01st May 2011
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Saturday Telegraph

I hate these 4-letter words. My last one. Could anyone help please: 3d - Detail (4) I have D?C? and can think of loads (well 11) words which could fit but I can't relate any of them to the silly...
13:01 Sat 23rd Apr 20114 answers, last by porilo 13:32 Sat 23rd Apr 2011

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