I have about 80% done with the site of a garden. All clues are normal. Within each row or column, any occurrences of a certain letter in clued answers must be removed before entry into the grid; 1d....
Good evening, a tricky puzzle to keep me thinking while I await the Spectator! I’ve got quite a few of the Down clues from which, I assume, no extra words must be removed like for the 20 across clues....
Many of the short answers are eluding me. 2 Yellow pigment not in clay (4) LUH? 29 Director cut away from fanciful bird in motion (4) LIV? 38 America’s allowing a title of respect for you, formally...
Morning! Struggling with the right hand side of the grid. There are 3 types of clues: normal; two consecutive letters to be removed from cryptic element before solving, leaving real words in clues;...
Good afternoon, I am pleasantly surprised to encounter this week’s Listener which seems very Matakari-friendly. Even if I do not reach the end game, I’m pleased to have got answers to all of the clues...
I’ve attempted my first Listener crossword, possibly unwisely, and I’m nearly done apart from this clue - Gelding's odds at the off, about the same (5) I have ???D? - I’m pretty sure about that D....
Still a few to do but I have the theme. The top right hand corner is a bit bare. Help appreciated with 5ac. Mean times approaching. ?E???? 7d Where men go in to relax. (6) 20ac One applauding cook...
Good morning, an original approach here as far as reinstatement of letters are concerned. Juggling with letters is not my bag of tea, but I’m keen to learn the technique. Some assistance with the...
A letter must be reinstated in each of 43 clues. The same letter that has been reinstated must replace one of the letters in the answer before entry. In clue order the original letters which have been...
This is a tough puzzle with long preamble and different ways of entering answers into the grid. The following have two clues together with no answer lengths given, 1, Circulation of The Herald in...
last 1-help and parsing please
7d rodent involved with making hole in wall as of old 6 MURE?E
cryptically should be murere but cant find that as a rodent
thanks...
I have a full grid and the two unclueds. I do not have the extra letter from 2d. I thought it was E from APE. But then the first word from extra letters does not make sense. I am not sure what the...
15a The old aim for vehicle operated remotely to partake of? (6,2 words)
R?V?AT
8d Part to south of Portugal that's popular (5) PR?L?
The 2nd letter of 15a is the third letter of 8d
Thankyou...
In each clue 2 letters ( not necessarily consecutive ) must be removed from a word before solving, always leaving a real word... 1a Pretending to piracy, perhaps not on the level (7) ?ANTING i think...
…made a reasonable start, but now come to a juddering halt as I’ve got what I think is the right answer, but it doesn’t fit. So help very much appreciated. Here is the preamble:- Each numbered square...
