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Radio Times 32

24 Across - School lesson with parent so non-U (5) I assume the definition is 'School lesson', and have  -a-h-  so assume the answer is Maths with the indication 'parent' being the 'ma'. I don't get... ...
13:14 Sat 03rd Aug 20243 answers, last by Lie-in King 13:32 Sat 03rd Aug 2024
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Radio Times 2

Took away second half performed (5) I got the answer to be 'acted', but can anyone tell me why, please? The only thing I can think of is that it's part of 'redacted' which means 'took', but 'red'... ...
09:36 Thu 04th Jan 20242 answers, last by Pyxis 12:57 Thu 04th Jan 2024
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Sunday Times Cryptic 5024

The parsing of this is doing my head in! 7d. “Daydream influenced by a region of France”. (14) From other letters I got, I know the answer is “Departmentally”. I even checked that answer was correct,...
10:41 Thu 09th Feb 20232 answers, last by Pyxis 10:47 Thu 09th Feb 2023
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The Times Quick Cryptic 1702

This is an old crossword, 16/09/20, but I only discovered it yesterday in a pile of papers. I got the answer to this clue, but the parsing has flummoxed me. I've tried searching on google, (it seems...
07:26 Thu 10th Dec 20203 answers, last by Pyxis 07:29 Thu 10th Dec 2020
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Radio Times 23

Am very stuck on two clues: 7a......Painful sound developed out loud. (5) ?R?A? I assume this is groan, but don't understand the indications. 8a.....Green shrub cultivated by American plant. (9)...
06:09 Sun 03rd Jun 201810 answers, last by Pyxis 06:57 Sun 03rd Jun 2018
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Rt 18

23a Outward appearance of similarity about to go. (9) I know the answer is SEMBLANCE, but I can't work out why. The definition looks to be 'outward appearance of similarity', but how does 'about to...
08:25 Wed 25th Apr 20182 answers, last by Pyxis 08:47 Wed 25th Apr 2018

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