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The Times 28368

Drunk as a skunk perhaps draped round looker? (3-4) P?E ?Y?D. It looks like PIE-EYED (drunk), with EYE as the looker, but why/how does "a skunk perhaps" = PIE D?...
18:17 Sun 14th Aug 20224 answers, last by Lie-in King 23:11 Sun 14th Aug 2022
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TioMateo

The Oldie 416

Attitude adopted by jet-set hostesses (5) ????S Explicit mostly about old church organ part (7) ?????E? Impressive thing put up to protect rise of iron bonds (4,5) R??? K???S Girl from hospital...
13:27 Sat 13th Aug 20229 answers, last by TioMateo 14:56 Sat 13th Aug 2022
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TioMateo

The Times 28356

I'm finding this puzzle surprisingly difficult. Maybe the heat has addled my powers of cerebration. 18Ac Lady who's breaking rule (4,4) ???? S??? 18Dn Learner among US draughtsmen with no tips...
10:06 Wed 03rd Aug 202213 answers, last by Pete65 11:27 Wed 03rd Aug 2022
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TioMateo

The Week 1322

11 Ac :- Dud? Roger almost! (5) M?O?E. Why is it MOORE? 25Ac :- Animal sound coming from low church (5) M?O?H. It looks like MOO (low) + CH (church) = MOOCH, but why is MOOCH an "Animal sound"? CotW...
18:23 Fri 29th Jul 202213 answers, last by klazomaniac 15:07 Sat 30th Jul 2022
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TioMateo

The Times 28320

4Dn :- Cow pat? (4) N?A?. It looks like NEAT, but I can't reconcile with "pat". 16Dn :- American battle against tea that's thrown over? (8) ?N?I???M 25Ac :- Support Garment (3) ??E...
19:07 Sat 18th Jun 202213 answers, last by Neveracrossword 14:20 Sun 19th Jun 2022
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TioMateo

The Times 28214

3 x parsing queries :- 1) Making call, I land (5) I?D?A Looks like INDIA (land?), but don't get the rest. 2) Art working for a while perhaps to create a storm? (7) T?M?E?T. Looks like TEMPEST. I get...
21:03 Sat 11th Jun 20228 answers, last by TioMateo 13:26 Sun 12th Jun 2022
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TioMateo

The Week 1309

16Dn Make-up fancifully in vessel used by Apple? (8) E?E?I?E? It looks like EYELINER, but I can't parse it. CotW :- Destroy egg sandwiches near bananas (10) INC???????...
14:10 Tue 03rd May 20228 answers, last by TioMateo 09:11 Mon 06th Jun 2022
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Jaimsieboy

No. Of "I"S - Mos

I get 12....TIA
11:15 Sun 08th May 20226 answers, last by TioMateo 20:17 Mon 09th May 2022
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TioMateo

The Times 28260

Three clues from last week's prize crossword, where I know the answers but don't understand the parsing :- 1) Coin that was rectangular? Normal shape for coin! (5) OBANG 2) Summer featured days on the...
17:03 Mon 18th Apr 202211 answers, last by TioMateo 09:39 Wed 20th Apr 2022
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The Week 1306

1) Flowering plant primarily put on a little ground (10) ?O?E???L?A 2) Forwards not at work? (8) ???I?E?? 3) Get a move on for fish (5) ????? 4) French delicacy, certainly not fast food! (8) ??C?R?O?...
19:16 Fri 15th Apr 202213 answers, last by Neveracrossword 20:01 Sun 17th Apr 2022
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TioMateo

The Times 28248

2Dn :- Add extra material to half of Wagner's Ring, perhaps (7) L?R?N?R. Having received no response to my question re The Week 1304 (wrongly cited as The Week 1234) at 18.29 this evening, I am...
20:48 Sun 27th Mar 202214 answers, last by Neveracrossword 21:12 Wed 30th Mar 2022
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TioMateo

The Week 1300

Clue of the Week :- Replacement of fossil fuels requires years longer to develop (5,6) - originally in The Independent, Serpent. It looks as if it could be an anagram of "years longer" (indicator...
15:47 Fri 04th Mar 20225 answers, last by TioMateo 15:53 Fri 04th Mar 2022
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TioMateo

The Oldie 408

Everybody may see soldiers used in American attractions (7) A?L?R?S. It looks as if it has to be ALLURES (ALL + RE inside US), but that would require an ALLURE (Noun) to be an ATTRACTION. Is this an...
17:19 Mon 27th Dec 20212 answers, last by TioMateo 17:29 Mon 27th Dec 2021
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TioMateo

The Times 27324

3 Answers, but I need help with the parsing :- King who sang by accident's heard in three countries (7) B?N?L?X The answer is BENELUX. I get "three countries" and that LUX if homophonic with luck's...
20:33 Thu 18th Nov 20218 answers, last by TioMateo 20:47 Thu 18th Nov 2021
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TioMateo

The Times 28064

Another 2 left over from on holiday, and a query on ANT :- 1) Sat thus starting off sitcom? (7) F?I?N?S. Well, it's obviously FRIENDS (sitcom), but the rest...? 2) Article in papers concerning for one...
15:51 Sun 17th Oct 20215 answers, last by Mamyalynne 16:05 Sun 17th Oct 2021
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TioMateo

The Week 1279

Last one, plus a parsing query :- It's taken up in hard-bitten academy? No longer (4) ?A?E Venomous creatures in Government succeeded (6) ?O?R?S. Presumably, it's COBRAS, but I'm not very impressed...
10:30 Fri 01st Oct 20214 answers, last by TioMateo 10:56 Fri 01st Oct 2021
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TioMateo

The Times 28080

I was fortunate to be one of the five winners drawn out of the hat for this competition. First time ever (in 54 years!) for The Times Saturday competition. Winning didn't, sadly, leave me with no...
12:21 Sun 19th Sep 20217 answers, last by TioMateo 13:35 Sun 19th Sep 2021
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TioMateo

The Times 27258 & 27264

These have been unfinished in my bedside table for over 2 years, as I cannot parse either part of, or all of, the clues. Help please. 27258 1) Free Entertainment is announced in formal document (8)...
17:31 Mon 19th Jul 202110 answers, last by Mamyalynne 18:36 Mon 19th Jul 2021
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TioMateo

The Times 28008

Just a couple of parsing queries :- 1Ac Newspaper feature on screen is hit in a big way (8) W?L?O?E? I think it has to be WALLOPED (hit in a big way), but I don't understand "Newspaper feature on...
16:35 Tue 22nd Jun 20216 answers, last by Lie-in King 16:52 Tue 22nd Jun 2021
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1234matt

The Week 1265

STUCK ELENOR CATCHES LOUD BORING CHAP BACK HOME FROM TOURS? E? F?M?L?E Who could have orchestrated Brahms Nocturne? ?O?E?T ?????A?N Notes with gardens said to get potting wrong? M?S??? Congress...
14:33 Sat 19th Jun 20218 answers, last by Mamyalynne 16:25 Tue 22nd Jun 2021

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