16 clues contain a thematic item as an extra word. The remainder fall into two groups (designated A and B), with two clues belonging to both. Group A clues each contain an extra letter, to be removed...
Been beaten by today’s barebones in mail on Sunday 892 5a covers county with gold baubles 7 letters 11a old greek character with hesitation gets an analgesic 5 letters 13a In 11 letters is 2 words...
there may be a letter short in the clue: 16a Planting machine ate a lot of fuel (6) S?E??R looks like seeder?? there may be an extra letter in the clue: 1d Possibly oratorical types, mostly vexed...
Stuck on last corner. Help please, TIA 26a Hallowed figure that is the source of many mysteries (8) --r-s-- 19d Manoeuvre's putting second section before first: sweet! (3,3) -i- t-- 23d One marsh...
Good morning everyone - not a bad day here, a bit overcast but the sun isn't too far away ...tomorrow will be wet, or so they say ....we'll just wait and see !! Nice little bunch of links for us to...
1a dumbarton district with railway station makes lord ache d?l?e?k? i know it is supposed to be an anagram of lord ache, but the K comes from 4d, town near Mauchline that sounds like trossachs loch, I...
help please -last 2 and have looked up for ages-both conductors
32a GER?I?? 7and 26d ?A?I? 5 looks like satie but can't find reference to him being a conductor-thanks...
Wow ! To be honest I loved the anagrams! But am I right that he (she?) got one wrong? The anagram is of "coordinates" but I think the answer might be "containerised". At least that fits my other...
1a. Giving an air of freshness (11)?e?t??????? 5d. Taciturn drunk featured? (5-6) 19a. Hiking when one's loaded(11)b?????????? 20d. State area where one can find folded- over pizza(7)????o?e Many...
1d Scruffy parent almost neat, maybe [4-5]?t,?a?k?, s?u?c? , I thought last word was square but last letter is a c I think 10aorally struggles with group of words [6] ???a?e 13d all-round poetry,...
Help with: 13. Letters of consent arriving shortly, arranged unknown to traveller from Denmark (6) 31. Once again record nothing fancy, sadly, from blundering foreign secretary (6) 9. Happens to fill...
This a crossword where you have to change a letter ending up with a real word. The changers are "men". In this case chess men . I'm stuck on 26a ...........legendary man making a great impression? (7)...
Good morning everyone - not the brightest outlook out there, grey and a bit breezy, with the odd shower thrown in but then, it is Autumn and Winter's not far away. Nice little batch of links today...
Just put a toe through mine and inclined to bin it rather than darn it. I've got loads more (mostly odd ones LOL). Would you bother darning it if you were me?
I have written to the Crossword Editor and by the time you read this it may have been corrected. This morning I was puzzled, but realised that two pairs of clues have been swapped round - 8a should be...
Nearly there!!
Just one question, do I just colour in covering the answers or do I put a background of the colour and leave the answers - if that makes any sense!...
