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Spectator 1896

30d Channel screening thoroughly supercilious satire (6) ???uty 18d Endless disorder in valley estate (7) ?e?e??? 1a Whimsical cook admitting sloth (5) fa?r? 15a Power that abides is Scottish aim (5)...

snappy0

10/1 factfinders crossword scotsman

7d. An unpredicable and potentially difficult situation or problem (3,2,5) C--/-F/----- 8d A place of honour (10) P---E---C-

BigDave44

Toughie 76 - Wordplay

14d Confectioner arranged to pay 2 shillings (6-4) I must be missing something. I know the answer as I've entered it online, but what has the second part of the clue to do with the answer? Is it some...

singapore54

dt toughie

11d kingdoms's second railway ship 5,7

DGR

London Underground Stations - East of England Co-op Quiz

This quiz provides cryptic-type clues to 40 London Underground Tube Stations and I am stuck on four of them. No. 5 is "You might take this to get to Chelmsford". Liverpool Street is the railway...

Bell-Quill

Herculis

If, in the Herculis X-word, Cenotaph is 8 down, then what else can 11 a be other than Digitalis? The clue is "A powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from the Foxglove. To fit in with Cenotaph it must...

toalisi

Guardian - Shed

1dn- Shake, getting 55oz stirred ? (8) 4dn- Law officer gains first-class degree for discovering resin (7) 5dn- Rushed nurse to East - and it's proverbial colour (8)

gomera

express on monday

circular rotating holder for slides in a projector C _ _ O _ S _ L large crater at the top of a volcano resulting from the collapse or explosion of the cone _ A L _ E _ A

littlelamb

Lions its on the map

34. Co-ordinated neckwear (8,3) 48. Pair of valleys (3,5) 57. Fresh fight (9) 63. Peter pans friend (5) 77. Chess piece, chocolatier (6,8) Have a couple of ideas but can't find no reference. Can...

simmoshouse

dt 25823

5d - A disposition of arms (6) A--m-o 14d - piece of rough material - could be smoother (5,5) e-e-- paper?

ltaddy

st no 4311

11 across: Tom's sour type of pie (4) Maybe 'tart' but where does Tom com into that? 14 down: Work managed well without Norman, perhaps (7) All I can make is soprano, but do idea why? Come on clever...

can'tdo

Sat Tel GK 10th Jan

If 20d is celesta and 23d is alpha particle, what is 27 across? Rural term for a three wheeled auto rickshaw (5)? I can only find Tuk-tuk on Google or Wiki and am in confusion. Last one to finish,...

davey b

morph

Stand around, having gap after a call S?O?T

the old mill

Sir Lancelot crossword.

.(1d fail to make runway.(10) (??????h?o?) 2d Secondary growth.(10) (??????a?i?) 11 ac American financial business.(7-4) (??????e,Bank)3d One who throws.(5) (??r??)

madge2

imos

Muslim devil e?l?s Ta

saoirs

sunday business post

9d financial punishment that suggests that being at high velocity is ok[8,4]. Finding this hard going today so looking for a start. Many thanks in advance

agnostic2

DT cryptic 30 Dec 08 No. 25812

17a Succeeded breaking into Russian city oil centre (5) t-l-n. Only just got round to doing this crossword! Many thanks. Sedge47 tells me the answer is Tul s a. Could you possibly explain why, please?...

cantatrice

Times cryptic jumbo 795

Please may I have some help with - 6d Uplifting piece of music appreciated, that`s used in joint production. (5,3) 26d. Weak candidates getting one point on Houyhnhnms, say (8,6) I have ?T?L?ING...

Mike-I

brainteaser

both of us are common and yet uniquely contain the famous five with a degree of order