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hankir

Ev 1581

I am finding this very difficult. Is aircon short for air conditioner or it has some different meaning in UK? Not sure what I have to look for. My right hand column has A?C?IB???IV??. Are my letters...
16:07 Tue 14th Mar 202310 answers, last by Neveracrossword 11:47 Wed 15th Mar 2023
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lashley

Spec2594

help please-having a broken wrist is affecting my brain-particularly re p0em 4Aaccompanying ford,maggie's oddly withdrawn(9 ?S?O????E 15a nirvana composer5B???S 16a ten silent guards store food for...
18:53 Wed 08th Mar 202335 answers, last by klazomaniac 12:28 Thu 09th Mar 2023
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professorplum13

Ev 1560

Full grid , 2 of the 10 required cell altered....do i just leave the 8 cells of 30a blank? Change the unclued entry to (7,3) ...as in the tv programme?...
13:13 Tue 07th Mar 20233 answers, last by novalis 14:58 Tue 07th Mar 2023
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professorplum13

Tls 1465

28a Enclosed an Anglo-Saxon nobleman without a way to hit out (8) E?R?W?T? 29a Place of higher education that's with it, catering for all (6) ?N???X 25d Plowman getting right stuck into what he has...
19:53 Wed 22nd Feb 20237 answers, last by professorplum13 19:57 Wed 22nd Feb 2023
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professorplum13

Azed 2643

25d Bowled lofted delivery yielding zero score (4) BLO?
13:26 Sun 12th Feb 20234 answers, last by Captain2 13:32 Sun 12th Feb 2023
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RickGDG

Ev 1575

I have the completed grid and know what the gimmick is, but the 'instructions revealed' elude me. Nudges much appreciated.
18:22 Sun 29th Jan 20239 answers, last by ProfessorMaisie 19:19 Sun 29th Jan 2023
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professorplum13

Genius 235

How do you read the ignored letters in the grid...? I have a full grid with the ignored letters highlighted (apart from 7d) but the letters don't make any sense... If i read them like a book i have...
10:59 Sat 07th Jan 20235 answers, last by ProfessorMaisie 17:02 Sat 07th Jan 2023
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professorplum13

Ev 1571

Wordplay in 29 clues fails to give one or two letters. Eight clues contain an extra word. The remaining seven clues are normal. 19d Saharan area's green spade abandoned on reflection (3) ?R? (It's not...
14:03 Sun 01st Jan 20233 answers, last by professorplum13 14:09 Sun 01st Jan 2023
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pnin

Grauniad

Look to cover the centre of wound dressing (5) E-U-E ?exude ?eliude...
10:22 Sat 31st Dec 20226 answers, last by pnin 17:31 Sat 31st Dec 2022
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Matakari

Spectator Christmas Crossword 2022

Good day, more help for Christmas Crossword 2022, thank you again! ACROSS: 26 See firm about to block fuel cut (7) : D????S? 36 Hint of pain women suppressed (5) : TI??? 66 Losing face, angry in...
12:46 Wed 28th Dec 202215 answers, last by Neveracrossword 20:48 Tue 03rd Jan 2023
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Smattie10

Innocence Of Frenchman Visible In Face ????N???

First to top, above more irritable climber T?R???? Old announcement is a face covering brief A???O...
10:20 Thu 29th Dec 20229 answers, last by Cryptomaniac 15:32 Fri 13th Jan 2023
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lady-janine

Gmebs

Good morning everyone. A very somber morning today after the news we all received. I do hope you are all well....
04:49 Thu 29th Dec 202277 answers, last by naomi24 13:52 Thu 29th Dec 2022
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professorplum13

Inquisitor 1783

1. Half-devoured meal near singer's trap (4) 5. On cycling courses swerve (4) 42. Rambler, heading east, for every one to outwit (9) ...ends in H...
09:24 Tue 27th Dec 20225 answers, last by Neveracrossword 11:20 Tue 27th Dec 2022
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professorplum13

Tls 1455

5d Leading characters in short story about unbelievable delays (6) ??A?LS 6d Disabled writer's upsetting avant-garde circle (4) ??E?...
07:53 Thu 08th Dec 20227 answers, last by Toorak 08:00 Thu 08th Dec 2022
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hankir

Ev 1568

Help with: 10. Unswerving enforcement of law in scripture good for us, mostly (6) Rigour? parsing? 35a. Rich Soil for Indian gardener scratching pit for cultivation (5) 41a. A band that goes round...
17:36 Mon 05th Dec 20228 answers, last by Neveracrossword 21:18 Mon 05th Dec 2022
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professorplum13

Spectator 2584

20a Wiseacre stops career criminal (7) ?O?LI?E
19:52 Thu 01st Dec 20224 answers, last by professorplum13 19:56 Thu 01st Dec 2022
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hankir

Iq 1778

There may be a misprint in the definition. The clue may be normal or the answer shorter than length indicated. 12 Foes endlessly push on, taking Italy in silence (8) 45 Former Secretary to the...
20:41 Sat 19th Nov 20229 answers, last by professorplum13 09:31 Sun 20th Nov 2022
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professorplum13

Speccie 2582

34d Analysed another gripping French military debacle (5) ?E?AN reran?
08:17 Thu 17th Nov 20223 answers, last by professorplum13 08:29 Thu 17th Nov 2022
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professorplum13

Ev 1560

Six clues have thematic answers. The remaining across clues have an extra letter in the wordplay 10a Cured fish reek, "Do heed Rory," I'd nag from time to time (10, 2 words) O?DLE??M?S 1d Millions...
06:54 Mon 10th Oct 20224 answers, last by ProfessorMaisie 07:36 Mon 10th Oct 2022
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professorplum13

Ev 1559

There may be i) an extra word in the clue or ii) the wordplay may be short of a letter or iii) the answer needs modifying (usually an anagram) or iv) the clue is normal 17d Most crooked rogues turn...
11:41 Sun 02nd Oct 20225 answers, last by professorplum13 12:14 Sun 02nd Oct 2022

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