Missing Letters by Conto in the Crossword Centre ( For each clue, one apposite letter is absent from the wordplay. Clues are listed alphabetically by answer. Answers should be fitted into the numbered...
4A. Zero stake for Jock in grave, borrower’s bond (8) I have P?ST??I? (POSTPAID? If so, why?) 15A. Having lost new exhaust, was over the limit? (4) I have ??E? 1D. Taipan e.g., from east in occupation...
One or more (consecutive) words must be removed from each of 13 clues before solving; in each case. In 26 other clues, the wordplay leads to the answer plus an extra letter 25a Follow idle gossip when...
Preamble: All other clues consist of two cryptic clues, side by side. The two solutions they generate are to be entered side by side in the grid but cyclically, starting anywhere in the designated...
I thought that i had finished this but have got stuck on 2 of the uncluded lights. I cannot find a place name to fit 25D where i have ?LE?D? nor 19d where i have one that is close but doesnt end in O....
There are clashes and some clue words are modified to be 50% longer (Clue/Clause) 6a. He swindles two card players and belittles one known for Snap (6) 21a. 1 At a loss, chat and fume? (6) 28d....
A brilliantly devised trap for the unwary, into which of course I fell. I was expecting to finish this in almost record time until I got to the last stage when, despite having considered the main...
2538: Green light! Cross! by Doc In this pangrammatical puzzle, the unclued lights are of a kind near 21A. Ignore all accents. Good evening, An interesting offering from Doc! I’ve got the country...
Many thanks for your observations, NACW. I think I started the Spectator for this year with marked progress, though. I needed to request just about four confirmations. I expect to continue in a...
www.crossword.org.uk/obi.htlm Good morning, A great brain scorcher that keeps the neurons firing, hi hih hi! Out of my league here, but keep learning thanks to the erudition of people like...
Good evening, another plea for answers for Obi by Wan to get me through, thanks in advance! www.crossword.org.uk/obi.html A word in each of nine across clues contains two extra letters, and a word in...
The clues may have a word to be removed before solving. 14. Professor’s incisive theories implement Archimedes’ Screw? (6) 31. Guitarist shoots up small line (5) I am assuming that first letters of...
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15a Sport's greater rule: tittle-tattle ru?o?r?r
24a Morocco application by French philosopher rejected ??mac
20d Oscar-winning fish headed off to go wandering? e?t??y...
A healthy and happy New year to all! What an exciting beginning with Mr. Magoo! I’m stuck on the following for which I would appreciate answers with parsing, thanks in advance! ACROSS: 18 Moon at the...
Good evening, I’m stuck on the following from Prolix for which I seek answers with parsing, thanks in advance. ACROSS: 27 Support student leaving America to tour India (9) : ????D???D 28 Chess player...
That was a strange journey - Thanks Agricola! I'd be frankly amazed if anyone finds the first two locations before the third, but let's see. I found them in order 3, 2, 1, connection. Some devious...
Stuck in SW corner ...consequently can't fill in the unclued 56a......and the highlighting required.. there is an extra letter in the wordplay... 50d Hang pleb in short uprising (3) LO? "R" possibly...