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The Oldie 393

Stuck outside with pot, one might fix food (6) S?E?E?
15:41 Fri 16th Oct 20202 answers, last by Calibax 15:43 Fri 16th Oct 2020
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The Week 1230

Letters carried by KLM? Yes and no! (8) A?P?A?E? It would seem it has to be ALPHABET (Letters), but could someone please explain the wordplay. I have a strong feeling I'm not seeing something that is...
10:35 Sun 11th Oct 20203 answers, last by Calibax 11:02 Sun 11th Oct 2020
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The Times 27749 & 27754

1) Bit of smoke's back in top piece of lab kit (8) T?S?T?B? It's obviously TESTTUBE but, whilst I get TTUB = "bit of smoke's back", why/how does TESE= "top"? 2) What may pick up fool with no work,...
19:56 Mon 05th Oct 20205 answers, last by Calibax 20:02 Mon 05th Oct 2020
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The Week 1229

1) Scraps in a shower after match (8) C?N?E?T?...
19:41 Sat 03rd Oct 20203 answers, last by Captain2 19:43 Sat 03rd Oct 2020
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The Week 1226

No end of bother with stir in river (4) O?S? OUSE obviously fits, but I can't justify any parsing to get there.
13:04 Tue 15th Sep 20202 answers, last by Martyn27uk 08:10 Wed 16th Sep 2020
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Telegraph Toughie 2331

Still stuck on the last 4 or 5 :- 1) Instruments independent business expert used to probe planet (8) ????M?A? 2) Pert girls showing endless pluck (7) G???N?S 3) Novosibirsk? Snob is upset with this...
15:29 Fri 11th Sep 20209 answers, last by bookbinder 15:40 Fri 11th Sep 2020
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Telegraph Toughie 2331

1) Reporting to greatly admired person set back the little guy (8) ?????D?? 2) Sort of hoax used by Napoleonic soldier (6) ?????? 3) Man with attitude - one introduced to bring equilibrium (12)...
11:05 Fri 11th Sep 202012 answers, last by Llanfair 12:06 Fri 11th Sep 2020
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The Week 1225

Perhaps a fine time (8) ?E???N?? Dotty daughter on newspaper (4) ?A?? Surrey's top feature in part of festival (6) ?R?N??...
11:30 Wed 09th Sep 202010 answers, last by dannyk13 11:58 Wed 09th Sep 2020
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The Week 1224

Rishi perhaps spent recklessly? According to reports. (4) ?L?E I may be barking up the wrong tree, but I suspect the answer might be BLUE. If BLEW = spent recklessly, phonetically adjusted by...
20:15 Sat 05th Sep 20203 answers, last by rtxwdtrier 07:17 Sun 06th Sep 2020
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The Times

1) Crone's smile entertaining lord soldiers deserted (6) ?????? 2) Too brash in design, it's felt, with tassel (8) ??R?O?S? 3) Choking smoke beginning to burn Basil? (7) P???E?? 4) Mischievous goddess...
14:55 Thu 20th Aug 20206 answers, last by Neveracrossword 14:59 Thu 20th Aug 2020
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The Week 1222

Clue of the Week :- Brenda's more swanky upmarket transport (7) P?????? (originally from Private Eye, Cyclops) Could it be "plusher"? But, if so, why?...
09:39 Sun 16th Aug 20204 answers, last by JenniferJH 08:48 Thu 20th Aug 2020
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The Week 1221

1) Not enough time given to survey (5) S???? 2) Put off stuffing last of spaghetti? I should be (6) D????? 3) Bit of antipasti in pecan nuts? (6) ?A???? 4) Game played in small car? (6) ?E???? 5)...
18:31 Mon 10th Aug 202019 answers, last by fiction-factory 19:37 Mon 10th Aug 2020
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The Week 1220

We hear "aglitter" right for e.g. smashing actress (7,6) ?A?R?E? W?L?E?...
15:30 Sun 02nd Aug 20201 answer, last by Lie-in King 15:31 Sun 02nd Aug 2020
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The Times 27726

A tiny detail at the end...... "Is this person a foreign ally?" (3) A?I I originally put in an L to give ALI, not having given it a great deal of thought, but felt ALI was an Arab (foreign) name and...
10:24 Mon 27th Jul 20204 answers, last by aelmpvw 10:44 Mon 27th Jul 2020
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The Times 27726

Just one parsing query :- Football club bagging a leading trophy (2,3) F? C?P The answer is obviously FA CUP, and I get that "trophy" is the definition. But could someone please parse the rest of the...
18:22 Sun 26th Jul 20202 answers, last by Pete65 18:25 Sun 26th Jul 2020
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The Times 27720

1) What a batsman might do: leave (3,3,3) ??T ??? R?N I presume this is CUT AND RUN but, if it is, I am stuck on two others :- 2) Oppose note from America (4) B?C? The C comes from CUT above 3) Note...
09:11 Mon 20th Jul 20207 answers, last by dannyk13 09:16 Mon 20th Jul 2020
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The Week 1217

1) Two guys overlooking first-class collector's items (10) ?I?T?R?A?A 2) Out of skirts, most excellent Spanish lady? (4) ?N?S 3) Mercedes skid: team's on the edge (4-4) S?D?- S?I? It's obviously...
15:20 Thu 16th Jul 20204 answers, last by Mamyalynne 15:40 Thu 16th Jul 2020
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The Times 27714

1) Heating engineer to show surprise with power cut? A lot getting cut off (6) G?S?A? All I can think of is GASMAN, which I suppose could be a heating engineer, but I can't make any sense of the rest...
18:09 Mon 13th Jul 20203 answers, last by Jackdaw33 18:13 Mon 13th Jul 2020
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The Times 27700

1) Great German workers' party nevertheless to be sold short (9) B?E???V?N. Possibly, the fifth letter is H, if the crossing clue "Endless things for tiller to do in in London area" (4) is SOHO, being...
18:23 Tue 30th Jun 202013 answers, last by TioMateo 17:06 Wed 01st Jul 2020
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The Week 1214

1) Match announcement heard in bars (5) B?N?S 2) Beauty proves the rule? Not entirely (6) E?T?E? Presumably this is ESTHER, being contained within (not entirely) "proves the rule". But I don't think...
17:28 Wed 24th Jun 20203 answers, last by TioMateo 17:52 Wed 24th Jun 2020

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