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Michael M. likes to drop in his little tease. 43a. Pink and yellow sponge cake. Battenburg or Battenberg? I think I'll stick with Mr Kipling and Battenberg. Any views?

cheshunt

Tel GK

13 across. Has anyone done much osculating today? Doesn't sound very romantic does it?

Aquagility

26a. Modern Greek name for the highest mountain on the island of Crete (alt.sp). I am finding IDHA and IDHI with not much to choose in terms of frequency. Any ideas? Or is this just another MM teaser?

picard49

dt gen kno 4/11

26a highet mountain crete i?h? 41d welsh kingdom ?o?y? thanks in advance

bookend

DTGK 4/11 26 across

Help, I'm confused. Is it IDHI or IDHA? I can't find anything much on either spelling on the web.

MaryDou

DT Cryptic 28/10

Can anyone please help with the bottom right corner - if I could get 10d "Obtain with regret remarkably sour fruit" BITTER/?R?N?Y I could perhaps see where I (undoubtedly) have gone wrong. Any help...

porilo

Herculis 23/10

I've finished today's Herculis, all but one: 23a: In typography remove some space between characters (4) I have ?E?N Can anyone help with this please? Thanks. Gregory

juill

skeleton

Can't get started this week please can someone give me a helping hand, say 1a, and 4a. Many thanks

MaryDou

DT Cryptic 21/10

Is 10a Bayenne (Laurel on north-eastern French port) and is 1d Sign of the Times (X) I have struggled to get to the last two - oddly sometimes they start off well and other times Well!!!!! Many thanks...

JRB

Herculis!

They,ve done it again!!! No shaded squares, no highlighted clues! Poor Michael Mepham - how he must dread Mondays, waiting to see what c***-up the typesetters have managed again. However at a quick...

porilo

Herculis - four letter words

I don't know about anyone else but I've personally found today's Herculis a little more difficult than usual and am left with a few four-letter words. If anyone can help with these, it would be much...

mistypops

Herculis 16d

Slping mass of rocks at the base of a cliff T_L_S is this Tills?

fozzies123

you mag

has anyone got the clue to 23d 4L s-l- as the clue is missing in my edition many thanks

Vimto

Herculis Sept. 25th 2006

28 down: South London university once called the Government School of Design (1,1,1). I have: R?A. Is it RCA- Royal Collegeof Art, The trouble with that is in Kensington and not South London. Can...

amazingtoxic

So confused - L?M?O?D

Stuck on a crossword clue - Tough, waterproof OS map to go out of business after strike (3-4) Any ideas? Thanks H

Lipsiot

DT Cryptic 16th September

Stuck on three. 17A Off, say, when no longer hooked in the main (???I?H) 15D Was struggling cutting the grass (???T?) 25D We hear he left clothing (?E?R) Driving me nuts - grateful for any help....

the_moog

rt37

See good sort nearly outside one store (9) _I_H_P_I_ Is the answer bishopric and how is this derived?? Thanks.

dwil

A winner!

Won ?10 book token Saturday DT cryptic. Very pleased it wasn't the first prize which was a fountain pen. Is it just me that thinks that these pens are a waste of time and that book tokens are...

GK Fanatic

dt gk

Largest lake in Ontario L??? N???G?N. Obviously Lake something although he's using the same words in the clues and answers yet again

perryade

Telegraph cryptic 02.09

7d? Is it PARDONED? If so, why? Cheers ...

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