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Listener 4225 Innings / Outings By Mohawk

With seemingly no-one yet posting I thought I would have some fun as I have not started a thread before. Some clues a lot trickier than recent weeks given the varying clue options etc., I'm only about...
01:12 Sat 19th Jan 201366 answers, last by contendo 14:56 Thu 24th Jan 2013
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ST club monthly 20111

11a) Periodic arms check favoured, welcomed by washington, bah! (9) I have the answer but cannot settle on the forth letter as being 'E' or 'I' ? I get the defintion and word play for the rest of the...
13:11 Tue 29th Dec 20092 answers, last by tenflags 13:45 Tue 29th Dec 2009
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speccie 1936

Whilst on the speccie; More by luck than judgement I got this right and jumped the right way with the 'troublesome' ones (1A and 15A) however I am being really really slow here and very much Mr Thicky...
11:44 Tue 10th Nov 20092 answers, last by tenflags 12:24 Tue 10th Nov 2009
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Spectator 1937

Thank you to the kind folks who provided the PDF' .. does anyone know if it is acceptable to send it in (i.e. PDF printed out and filled in of course) for the chance of being picked out the bag ? or...
15:44 Mon 26th Oct 200910 answers, last by mintyman99 21:11 Thu 29th Oct 2009
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Times Club Monthly 20108

18a) Subject That Old Black Magic's vocal parts (transposed) depict? (4) ?B?A struggling with this last one - I reckon OBIA as a form of black magic for the definition but can't quite get / resolve...
10:27 Wed 09th Sep 20093 answers, last by cruciverbali 22:28 Wed 09th Sep 2009
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st 4329

22D Get on in the world avoiding society, right? (6) ?r?p?r just can't see it tonight explanation appreciated TVM
20:48 Thu 21st May 20092 answers, last by turnerjmw 20:51 Thu 21st May 2009
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Club monthly 20103

Spenser's footing nothing in deal (6): T?O?D? I have TROADE as it fits the 'nothing in deal' wordplay and I can find a literary reference for Edmund Spenser's' the faiere queen ; 'where foot of living...
10:37 Wed 15th Apr 20095 answers, last by tenflags 11:12 Wed 15th Apr 2009
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times club monthly 20102

14a) switching halves, New Zealander means to collaborate on a website (4). The answer is clearly KIWI or WIKI and I think it's the former but i'm only learning this stuff and not sure of the correct...
09:41 Tue 17th Mar 20093 answers, last by Harry-Wragg 20:39 Tue 17th Mar 2009
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times club monthly 20102

18a) Food unfinished? That's surprising in extravagant Ritz breakfast (5,5). ?H?T?,H?Z?I This one is just drving me mad - any help apprectiated.
09:11 Tue 17th Mar 20094 answers, last by farmerswife 09:41 Tue 17th Mar 2009
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Times club monthly 20102

20a) Full of smoke and mirros, at first masking run of violence (4). F?M? I have convinced my self that it must be FUME (smoke, plus first bit of Full and maybe mirrors = me and you fume before you...
08:41 Tue 17th Mar 20092 answers, last by tenflags 08:59 Tue 17th Mar 2009
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cm special 20100

1d) head off very dirty marks in low shrub (5,5). p---L,-g-M-Thanks.
12:02 Wed 14th Jan 20094 answers, last by aeronut 17:57 Thu 15th Jan 2009
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times club monthly 20099

8d mass with radiation sheilding erected in loose coat. I cocked up here and put 'Simar' instead of 'Symar' both mean Cymar = loose coat but even now I don't get the word play in the clue - please...
16:03 Sat 10th Jan 20094 answers, last by tenflags 12:04 Mon 12th Jan 2009
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14a) bitter-ender, as in submarine, extinguished lives when caught by Germanic invaders? (15) - answer is jusquauboutiste (possibly me at the end instead of te) . I prefer te as I see 'jutes' as the...
12:26 Wed 24th Dec 20081 answer, last by novalis 12:34 Wed 24th Dec 2008
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15d) ignoring diameter, hands' and feet's undersides by turns show lack of depth (9) S-O---E-- (last letter possibly s) - could be Shortness ? explanation appreciated TVM
11:29 Wed 24th Dec 20085 answers, last by BigDave44 12:08 Wed 24th Dec 2008
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15d) ignoring diameter, hands' and feet's undersides by turns show lack of depth (9) S-O---E-- (last letter possibly s) - could be Shortness ? 7d) Worm accompanied by mothers embraced by child (4,5)...
23:12 Tue 23rd Dec 20081 answer, last by mac44 23:20 Tue 23rd Dec 2008
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ST 4308 27d) strokes hares

27d) strokes hares = Dashes or Dasher ? I can see that dashes are strokes and someone who hares around dashes but a dasher makes strokes and also hares around. plus the last 5 letters 'asher' is an...
12:05 Tue 23rd Dec 20087 answers, last by tenflags 13:07 Tue 23rd Dec 2008
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ST 4306 two rings initially each bird required

12A two rings initially each bird required (6) H-O-O- I think it is Hoopoe as in hoop-o-e ; two rings being a 'hoop' and an 'o' followed by an inital 'e' but could it be Hoopoo ? for some other reason...
14:43 Mon 08th Dec 20081 answer, last by ulysses100 14:49 Mon 08th Dec 2008
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What dictionary is the 'bible' for cryptic crossword solvers ?

I would like to get a decent dictionary - Is there one dictionary that folk would recommned as being the best. In particluar is there an accepted 'bible' that cyrptic crosswoird setters / solvers use...
16:41 Sat 06th Dec 200820 answers, last by jocon 12:12 Sun 07th Dec 2008
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st 4302

30a) Almost conclude time's reached for takeoff (6) D---C- I think it is DEDUCT but might be DEDUCE . Cant work out whch way round the logic goes on clue - please explain. 18d) Put paid to it, with...
10:09 Tue 11th Nov 20082 answers, last by BigDave44 10:15 Tue 11th Nov 2008

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