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The Times 29070

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"... ...
18:25 Sun 10th Nov 20249 answers, last by TioMateo 18:40 Sun 10th Nov 2024
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TioMateo

The Times 29058

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... ...
21:58 Wed 30th Oct 202410 answers, last by Lie-in King 22:47 Wed 30th Oct 2024
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TioMateo

The Week 1434

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.
18:53 Sun 13th Oct 20242 answers, last by TioMateo 19:39 Sun 13th Oct 2024
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TioMateo

The Times 29040

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... ...
19:50 Wed 09th Oct 202414 answers, last by scorpiojo 20:54 Wed 09th Oct 2024
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TioMateo

The Times 29032

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... ...
18:17 Tue 08th Oct 20245 answers, last by Neveracrossword 07:01 Wed 09th Oct 2024
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TioMateo

The Times 29034

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??
16:14 Tue 01st Oct 20243 answers, last by TioMateo 16:25 Tue 01st Oct 2024
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TioMateo

The Week 1431

I have logical answers to 3 clues, but cannot resolve the parsing.   1) Express poll, underlying support not changed (2,2) ?S?S.  AS IS = not changed, but...?   2) Fly first-class out of Belgium twice... ...
09:47 Tue 17th Sep 20245 answers, last by MargeSimpson 14:20 Tue 17th Sep 2024
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TioMateo

The Times 29004

Just the two :-  Old-fashioned ideas, wanting installation of party line (6)  C?R?O?  Why is it CURIOS?   Craft's fifth design (5) P?A?E
20:52 Wed 28th Aug 20246 answers, last by writesbad 07:30 Thu 29th Aug 2024
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TioMateo

The Times 28943

Paris accepting blame ultimately for artist's murder perhaps (7,7).  CAPITAL OFFENCE.  I get the definition (murder perhaps), and PARIS = CAPITAL,   ....but the rest?   Favour old person like me... ...
17:59 Sat 17th Aug 20245 answers, last by quinol 08:04 Sun 18th Aug 2024
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TioMateo

The Week 1410

CotW:-  Peers in a box (4)  (Brendan, The Guardian)
12:58 Sun 21st Apr 20244 answers, last by TioMateo 13:04 Sun 21st Apr 2024
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TioMateo

The Times 28876

I managed to come up with all of the answers, but there are 6 clues where I do not understand (nor sometimes accept) the parsing :-   Arab nation reversed hold on island (7)  K?W?I?I.  It can hardly... ...
19:25 Thu 28th Mar 20245 answers, last by TioMateo 19:53 Thu 28th Mar 2024
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TioMateo

The Week 1406

Just the one :-  Blossom that is seen behind duck (6) D?A?I? Is it DEARIE?  If so, it seems a bit feeble if "Blossom" and "duck" are both terms of affection, being used to provide yet another term... ...
12:53 Wed 27th Mar 20243 answers, last by Lie-in King 13:22 Wed 27th Mar 2024
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TioMateo

The Week 1404

Cut bottom nearly a job for me (3)  D?C.  I can only think of DIC(e) and DOC(k), both being shortened (nearly) versions of words meaning CUT.  But the "nearly" comes after "bottom" not after... ...
17:03 Mon 11th Mar 20243 answers, last by TioMateo 17:08 Mon 11th Mar 2024
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TioMateo

The Week 1396

CotW :-  Outspoken England footballer getting stick (4) (Picaroon, The Guardian).
17:34 Mon 15th Jan 20245 answers, last by TioMateo 18:12 Mon 15th Jan 2024
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TioMateo

The Times 28773, 28774 And 28785

1) Short file, kept by alliance in Somerset, that goes sideways (9)  CARTWHEEL.  Why? 2)Northern town taxi turned towards a centre (5)  BACUP.  Why is UP "towards a centre"? 3) Spontaneous... ...
16:54 Tue 19th Dec 202315 answers, last by TioMateo 18:37 Tue 19th Dec 2023
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Chaseman

The Week 1388

Two short solutions that annoyingly I can't work out. 1d Tabloid newspaper is carrying leader on Rupert Murdoch ?R?S. The Star is a tabloid and an anagram would be ARTS but why Rupert Murdoch? 28d... ...
08:11 Sat 11th Nov 202313 answers, last by Neveracrossword 21:03 Sat 11th Nov 2023
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TioMateo

The Times 28722

I'm stuck on 4 from Saturday's Times :-   Body position doubly misrepresented in teen's CAT scan (6)     S?A??? Plan for tennis court in sports facility followed by quarrel (9)  R???A?G?E Performances... ...
22:24 Wed 04th Oct 202311 answers, last by bobbinwales 22:43 Wed 04th Oct 2023
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TioMateo

The Times 28719

Just the one query from today's Times (This time I get the parsing, but don't understand the Definition).  Parisian in grand lady's housing when queens have gone off, maybe? (7) E?D?A?E. EN... ...
13:17 Wed 27th Sep 20234 answers, last by Lie-in King 13:28 Wed 27th Sep 2023
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TioMateo

The Week 1380

Can somebody help me with The Week's CotW :-  Problem with corruption in China? (3,7)  T??  ???????   The only thing I can come up with is TAX EVASION, but I can't parse it and don't think it's... ...
17:10 Wed 20th Sep 20233 answers, last by Lie-in King 17:26 Wed 20th Sep 2023
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TioMateo

The Times 28697 And 28698

A few unsolved left-overs :- Times 28697 Inner glow passes for beauty (5) L?O?S. The answer is LOOKS (Beauty), but the Parsing....? Port of ME : what's after that on main road, west of hospital (5)....
17:55 Mon 11th Sep 202312 answers, last by Lie-in King 18:05 Fri 15th Sep 2023

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