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The Times 28002

It's strange how it happens so often : 2 minutes after my last post, I solved 3 of the queries I had raised. No such luck with the last 2. 19Ac What of Roman Britain's capital? (4) ?U?D Looks like...

15 Down At Which Food Going Off Is Served? (4,5) H?K? ?????

23 across Test of a German city (5) ??i?? 20 down First book for each around border (6) ?????? 25 across Part of speech given by one setter literally (8) ?n???t?? 27 across One who fixes tax with some...

The Week 1258

11Ac Conductors in Boston have nothing to go on after this (4,5) L?S? T?A?N. It looks as if it has to be LAST TRAIN, but why? Clue of the Week :- McEnroe, say, magnificent on grass (9) S????????...

The Week 1257

1) Playing afternoons not on for a prom (3,5) ?E? ??O?? 2) Breaches of the peace in a short expression reportedly (7) A???A?S 3) Where rents go, strictly speaking (2,3,6) T? T?E ?E???R 4) Start living...

The Times 27960

1) Make pet harmless, the rule at Christmas? (6) D?C?A?. Looks like DECLAW, but does the word actually exist? - not in Chambers. 2)Monster ("bully") youngster clutches almost tight (8) is definitely...

The Oldie Genius Crossword 397

1) Dark character-forming vehicle officers cut by half (4) ?E?E. It is very possible that the first word of this clue (DARK) is superfluous to the clue, (because it is 4 letters long). It is also...

The Week 1248 & The Times

The Week :- The lowest digit nailed (3,3) ?I? T?E Looks like BIG TOE, but why? The Times :- 1) Writer of verses for Mass (5) P?U?D Looks like POUND, but why? 2) Did well sorting out what comes next,...

The Times 27894

Stuck on bottom right hand corner :- 1) Son, drunk, kicks daughter and kitty for no good reason (5,4) ??U?? ???? 2) Old kingdom's relations on mend, after setback (6) ?????? 3) Relative stages...

The Times 27846

Two from a month ago :- 1) One clothed in a nudist camp has words with vile men stripped down (7) T?X?I?E The answer is, unsurprisingly, TEXTILE, but I do not understand either the definition or the...

The Week 1242

Term for ball over Becker's head? (3) L?B. Okay, so it has to be LOB but, if O = over and B = Becker's head, where does L come from?

The Times 27240

Two queries from an old unfinished puzzle of 2 years ago :- 1) Review total jazzman not using small piano (7,2) The answer is SUMMING UP which takes care of the definition (review), but could somebody...

The Week 1240

1) African teacher's assistant holding pen (6) ?S?A 2) CotW :- Mondeo car in America has built-in music player (7) O??????...

The Week 1241

1) Harry's chum spinning tale before and afterwards (5,2) L?T?R ?N. The definition would appear to be "afterwards" and the answer is surely LATER ON, but how/why does RON = Harry's chum? 2) Commune in...

The Times 27829

Just two niggly parsing issues :- By now cryptid must be finally dismissed (3) Y?T. It's not exactly rocket science to arrive at YET(for By now as the definition), but the wordplay....? I've no idea...

The Times 27798

1) Royal put on proper coat (6) ?R???R 2) Card game (3) S?? (The 3rd letter is the 4th letter of the answer to 1) above. 3) I'm leaving mum's fishy foodstuff (6) T?R?M?...

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...

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??...

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...

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)...

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...

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