Unemployed remain unchanged, getting something for nothing (4,4) F?E? R?D?. I presume the answer is FREE RIDE (something for nothing) but, whilst FREE seems reasonable for Unemployed, how does... ...
Former Italian PM's "with love" (7) A?O?O?O. Looks like AMOROSO, but where is the definition? The parsing seems to be A(ldo) MORO'S {Former Italian PM's} plus O ("with love"). Is it an &lit... ...
Just one parsing query :- United defeated, gutted when crushed by blow (6) ?E?D?D. I presume the answer is WEDDED (United), with DD (defeated gutted) inside (crushed by) WEED. But how/why WEED... ...
I have an "E" problem. Youngster dropping an E on teeming Spanish island (8) T?N?R?F? The answer is obviously TENERIFE (Spanish island), but I'm having trouble with the parsing. RIFE... ...
Am sure of the answers but don't like/get the parsing of these 4: 1) I'm surprised about backing a real outsider (2,5) N? H?P?R Answer obviously NO HOPER ("real outsider"/"outsider").Why? 2)He takes... ...
Thanks to all for previous answers, but I'm still struggling :- 1)Is a tusk regularly filled with strange bulges at the front? (8) S?L?E?T? 2) Remark's caught you shouldn't have to write down (6) ... ...
1) Happening to stop wife saying something cutting (7) W?????? 2) Renaissance man's gift -- spinning toy, but not top (9) ??N?????? 3)My fault about hotel with dirty room limiting yearly... ...
1) Journalist's memorable sayings seen in cuttings (8) ?A?K?A?S 2) A chum gets dress mostly for the country (3,5) A?U ?H?B? The answer is ABU DHABI ( A bud Habi(t)), but isn't ABU... ...
1) Huband cutting pig up in display (4,3) S?O? O?F. It has to be SHOW OFF (display) with H (husband) in SOW (pig), but how does OFF mean "up in"? The nearest I can get is that OFF means "high"... ...
Just the one parsing problem :- Stuck in the past with a different circle (7) A?R?U?D. Looks like AGROUND (Stuck). Circle would seem to be ROUND, but why is AG "in the past with a... ...
Just 3 Uncertainties :- Adhesive covering back of map apparently synthetic (9) P?A?T?C?Y. Looks like PLASTICKY (synthetic) but, whilst I can see STICKY = adhesive?, I don't get... ...
The Four Tops in concert are gladly extemporising a set of bars (4). The answer is CAGE (a set of bars). C,A,G and E are musical notes (and maybe the four top notes available to singers), but... ...
There are 3 clues where I seem to have the answer but cannot reconcile the parsing :- 1) Give queen chops after having taken large bite (8) P?Q?A?C?. It has to be PIQUANCY (bite) but,... ...
Just the one :- Wisdom mostly shown in French opera (5) N?R?A. Looks like it shoud be NORMA (Italian - not French - opera by Bellini), but I can't parse the rest at all.
Struggling here :- 1) Pop padding novel summary with many, many pages (5,4) 2) 100 years -- not half clever age (5) 3) Dig European bubbly, cracking processed toxin (10) 4) Northern Counties... ...
Just back from a week in Crete for late summer sun. Wonderful. Took 6 Times Xwords with me for the beach. Only one parsing query out of all of those !! :- Proclamation of expert male spies on... ...
Scrubbing hard, burnish copper from Ireland (5) P???S. It looks like POLIS (POLISH less H), but POLIS is the Scottish word for the police not an Irish word??
