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Re the Sunday Crusader

In 24a, the clue is "to a high degree". The answer, according to previous posts, is "something rotten". Could someone please explain this? I have checked the Bard and can make no...

HAZELDEAN

D/EXPRESS CRUSADER

7d. killing (5,2) D?I?G?N 24AC. to a high degree (9,6) something ?o?t?n THANKS FOR HELP

sincnoel

Internet readability

Since I had my PC overhauled recently, I can hardly read what's on screen because the wording is so faint. How do I make it bolder (ie, blacker?)

oddjob99

28 across.Service in the Roman Catholic Church traditionaly read or chanted at 3-00 pm.(4) I have N?N? but can not find anything that makes sense to me but I am a Methodist. My last one, many thanks...

sincnoel

Tel GK

4d ... four letters ... abbreviated measure of volume used in cookery equal to 15ml ?B?P

chewinggum

Herculis

just stuck on two. 16dn Italian phrase literally meaning "in the fresh air" 22dn word used to denote birds with colourful plumage. Thanks a lot

sincnoel

Crusader and his Squire

I am mortified at being stumped by any clue in this xword but 22a has got me. "Transpired" ... I have T?R?E?O??. Shomething sheems wrong shomewhere.

Pumbah

Mail on Sunday Crosswords 2 January

Has anyone yet worked out how to submit their completed Prize Crossword 1470 AND Sir Lancelot Crossword 457, as they are ( in my copy at least) on the front and back of one page? And they overlap! (NO...

sincnoel

Sunday Crusader

18a The clue is "medieval trumpet" but the answer seems to be "sackbut" -- which was a trombone, not a trumpet. Or have I got it wrong?

Headbanger

Has anyone ever won a prize in a newspaper crossword competition?

I send mine off every week but haven't won for about 25 years..I still get a lot of fun doing them though.My theory is that because there is so much help available on the internet and from Answerbank...

sincnoel

ST £500

3d ... Head off wild cat on a Scottish island. I have I?N? which presumably makes the island Iona. But where does the wild cat come into it?

jeremykayp

Herculis today

Last one, cryptic& quick complete! 27a Instrument for tracing the outline of architectural mouldings. (9) C_M_G_A_H. Must end in graph, but can't find it anywhere. Thanks in advance for any help....

sincnoel

Sir Lancelot

11d ... bird with a spotted breast. ?I?T?E ?H?I?H

sincnoel

DT £500

Need just two to finish. 125a: A set of jewellery intended to be worn together (?A?U?E). And 86a: The name of the jinni in the film Aladdin (?E?I?). The latter couldn't be genie ... could it? Which is...