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Daily Telegraph General Knowledge (Gk) 524 Tuesday November 6Th 2018

Prize gk online I am either stuck or there could be an error in the crossword. 18a City on Belarus on the Neman River (6) ..O.N. Think it must be GRODNO However, that creates a G in the following. 14d...
00:32 Wed 07th Nov 20183 answers, last by Lie-in King 00:38 Wed 07th Nov 2018
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic 2976 Sunday November 4Th 2018

Parsing explanations required. 4d Namely, awfully nice and picturesque (6) SCENIC Where does the SC come from? 5d See about cutting charge? It's not straightforward (8) INDIRECT Cryptically,...
11:40 Sun 04th Nov 20182 answers, last by dannyk13 11:43 Sun 04th Nov 2018
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Guardian Prize Crossword 27645 Saturday October 20Th 2018

22d Present case for music on radio (5) E___E 24a Head did act when ordered (6) I think these are EMCEE and ADDICT. I guess HEAD could be an addict as in CRACK HEAD. Not sure about EMCEE. Am I right...
21:38 Sat 20th Oct 20183 answers, last by Captain2 21:41 Sat 20th Oct 2018
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Daily Telegraph General Knowledge (Gk) 521 Monday October 15Th 2018

3d. Old French coin (7) C_R_E_U...
17:40 Mon 15th Oct 20181 answer, last by Lie-in King 17:44 Mon 15th Oct 2018
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Sunday Telegraph Prize Crossword 2973 Sunday October 7Th 2018

19a Sun's effect on selected players that produces traction on board (7) C_P_T_N I guess it must be CAPSTAN but unusually, I cannot understand this at all. So am I right and, if so, why?...
11:44 Sun 07th Oct 20185 answers, last by dannyk13 11:52 Sun 07th Oct 2018
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Daily Telegraph Prize Crossword 28863 Saturday October 6Th 2018

8d One working in the kitchen cooked sports cuisine (13) _E_C_S_I_N_S_ Looks like PERCUSSIONIST (anagram of SPORTS CUISINE) but why would they work in the kitchen?...
13:20 Sat 06th Oct 20184 answers, last by geevo 13:22 Sat 06th Oct 2018
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Guardian Prize Crossword 27633 Saturday October 6Th 2018

8a Motor racing, timid? Unlikely (5) _I_H_ 24d Melt tip and root of eggplant stuffed into razor shell (6) R_N_E_ Not sure if either are "not further defined " clues...
11:40 Sat 06th Oct 20182 answers, last by JJ109 11:43 Sat 06th Oct 2018
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Private Eye Eye Crossword 635 Friday October 5Th 2018

Usual situation. Last one, have an answer, cannot parse it. 28a Not a Brit's sort of job? (9) F_r_i_n_r Must be FOREIGNER as it is 'Not a Brit'. However, don't understand the 'sort of job'. Another...
23:12 Wed 03rd Oct 20187 answers, last by stainl88 16:52 Thu 04th Oct 2018
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Guardian Prize Crossword 27615 Saturday September 15Th 2018

As usual, have answers but cryptic parsing missing... 21a Odd choice (4) R_R_ must be RARE and hence a double definition. I can see that ODD is a synonym but CHOICE? 18a Dialogue as yet unmentioned in...
13:47 Sat 15th Sep 20182 answers, last by emeritus 13:51 Sat 15th Sep 2018
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Guardian Prize Crossword 27609 Saturday September 8Th 2018

Parsing question 18a Is embracing spin in part of symphony refinements (12) I_P_O_E_E_T_ I have IMPROVEMENTS for "refinements". I guess the I and S from "Is" are around the other cryptic bit but I...
13:12 Sat 08th Sep 20185 answers, last by stainl88 13:18 Sat 08th Sep 2018
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Private Eye Eye Crossword 633 Wednesday September 5Th 2018

Sorry last one I cannot parse. 21d Brooded: "Nonetheless, Trump's only just got started" (7) T_O_G_T must be THOUGHT (brooded). The rest is a mystery...
21:38 Wed 05th Sep 20182 answers, last by Neveracrossword 21:40 Wed 05th Sep 2018
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Private Eye Eye Crossword 633 Wednesday September 5Th 2018

Think I have the answer but, yet again, cannot cryptically parse it. 18a Trump, acquiring name for Mexican leader, snapped "***! Become white!" (4,4) The * is a letter i. T_R_ P_L_ must be TURN PALE...
21:19 Wed 05th Sep 20184 answers, last by Neveracrossword 21:29 Wed 05th Sep 2018
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic 515 Monday September 3Rd 2018

2 left... 25a Poet in bare study (6) _R_D_N Last bit must be DEN and only poet coming to mind is DRYDEN. That would mean DRY is "bare". Does that make sense and if so, how? 7d Odds still short (5)...
10:47 Mon 03rd Sep 201818 answers, last by stainl88 14:21 Mon 03rd Sep 2018
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Observer Everyman Crossword 3751 Sunday September 2Nd 2018

Again, I have a parsing query... 7d Sport to be announced in ring, first off (7) I have N_T_A_L so it has to be NETBALL (sport). But why?...
10:51 Sun 02nd Sep 20182 answers, last by dannyk13 10:52 Sun 02nd Sep 2018
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Daily Telegraph Prize Crossword 28833 Saturday September 1St 2018

I have an answer to 4d but have not been able to parse the cryptic bit. Person in charge perhaps is not a single person (2,3) I have NO ONE. I get the "not a single person" but how does the first part...
12:42 Sat 01st Sep 20181 answer, last by dannyk13 12:45 Sat 01st Sep 2018
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I Prize

Parsing query. 5a Name of US rocket - you could make it go SATURN that is the name of a US rocket but what is the cryptic bit?...
20:23 Sun 19th Aug 20184 answers, last by Captain2 20:26 Sun 19th Aug 2018
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Guardian Prize 27573

3d Decent result of spring cleaning (3,2,5) I had the letters N?T ?O ?U?T? ... is it NOT SO RUSTY? also 12a Wet grass (4) ?E?D ... I can only come up with WEED as a possible double definition but am...
22:45 Sat 28th Jul 20186 answers, last by Mamyalynne 17:20 Mon 30th Jul 2018
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Eye Crossword 630

26a Stupid *** gets in *** as magazine proprietor (7) I have.... S_R_B_S Looks like Strobes to me (possibly anagram of "***" and "b" representing "***") but if that is the answer, I...
16:05 Wed 25th Jul 20188 answers, last by dallasbotswana 18:22 Sat 28th Jul 2018
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Guardian Prize Crossword 27399 Saturday January 6Th 2018

Struggling so just ask for a couple. 21a. Indian being place with hot produce. S---H -E-R 1d. Take on English date. E-----...
12:20 Sat 06th Jan 20184 answers, last by Lie-in King 12:23 Sat 06th Jan 2018

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