Am trying to finish local crossword without much luck. Answer is given as 9 letters, but compiler always puts nine letters although answer my be: 2,7; 3,6; 4,5; 5,4; 6,3; or 7,2. Clue is 'Internal...
Looking for some Dickens characters - not the usual ones, but some of his younger ones. They are suggested but no numbers are given of the letters. 1. The boy who eloped and ran off to get married at...
Have I gone wrong somewhere on 38D? Clue is A light-hearted medley of several well-known medleys (9) I have ?u?d?i?e? u from skull; d from dines; i from schilling and e from noble. Any help...
T V connections. I am looking for the following persons, who appeared on TV, and I have to supply his/her real name, via the TV persona. Question 1: A Chief Inspector who liked to cook? Question 2: He...
Gardening Question. The following is a cryptic style question and I have no idea. Question: Name the flower - a car filled with a herb? The number of letters is not given. Any help will be greatly...
Am having trouble answering the following: needed to complete the grid.
1) Inputs data to a computer (5,2) I have r?a?s ?n
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Straight-forward x-word looking for nine-letter words as a rule, but these may be split as, for example, 2/7; 3/6; 4/5 or vice versa. The setter does not give you the breakdown.... !. Culpable due to...
I am looking for two of these to complete a local quiz. Any help would be appreciated. a) 49 B in the N L b) 123 S C I am also concerned about his one: 7 C of the R. Is it 7 colours of the rainbow, or...
25d...... Did Pooh & Piglet go round a spaniel? The letters I have fit but never having read the books - poor education perhaps, I don't know. Any help will be appreciated. The question arises...
Need one to finish off, but try as I have - no luck Have a) accredits (9) for 'grants authority; b) star signs (4,5) for divisions of the zodiac; c) in off (2,3) for white in the pocket, and d)...
Stuck a bit in right-hand corner...... 1. Humility (5) 2. Explanation (7) [Have ?????n? - is it account?] 3. Mythical creature (7) [Have ?????i? - is it griffin or gremlin?] 4. Part of body (4) (If...
Currently trying a quiz that involves cryptic suggestions that lead to either Pastimes, Hobbies or Games. Examples: The French are angry (8) - Lacrosse. I am stuck on the following and would...
The following 'cryptic' clues all relate to towns or cities in Britain. There are no given number of letter to the answer, but the first letter of the answer is given. I have tried to solve but now...
First of all - Merry Christmas to all ABers: Stuck with a few, so any help appreciated: 1. Hot wine drink (5) Is this negus? 2. Unfastened (5) Have e?o?e. Have I gone wrong somewhere? 3. Caption (5)...
"First Names" The following all point to a word that ends in a boys or girls name, e.g. A type of squeeze box = concertina = Tina. 1. Great wickedness 2. Initial, original "A type of...
The answers all relate to sweets or chocolates old and new: You were so successful with the previous ones, and I have now exhausted my 'little grey cells' (with apologies to Hercule Poirot) that I am...
Example = Woobbly Infant (5,4) = Jelly Baby. I am looking for the following: 1. Sweet Nothins (5) 2. Nine, ten eleven (5, 5) 3. For being good children (6) 4. City Transport (6,6) 5. A Television...
Can anyone out there help me with the first names of: 1) Mr Bumble the Beadle 2) Miss Havisham: jilted on her wedding day. 3) Mr Barkis: he was willin' I've tried various sites without any joy, but I...