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Sunday Times Cryptic 4901

20d: Unexpected item in bagging area is paint (red). (7) I have M*N*A*E. Mancave? Mandate? Montage? Mundane? Can't see the wordplay. Thank you!
13:35 Sun 03rd May 20204 answers, last by Mamyalynne 13:41 Sun 03rd May 2020
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Times Cryptic 27651

Can't get 10 ac: Person seen as unusual confronting monarch? (6) I have F*S*E*. Grateful as ever and wish all cruciverbalists well....
15:41 Wed 29th Apr 20205 answers, last by Spoffy 16:28 Wed 29th Apr 2020
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Bit tough this week. Could someone help please with: 9d: Where council sat to go over ground (5, 6). I have T***T / *****E 26 ac: What's not faked, unusually, about old Lear's character (3, 5, 2, 5)....
20:44 Sat 18th Apr 20204 answers, last by Mamyalynne 20:55 Sat 18th Apr 2020
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Saturday Times 27528

I thought I might...but I can't. 22 ac: Eggs containing good one and one that's raw (6). I have **o*i*. 21 d: Elder for one hour shunning a crowd? (4) I have ***e. "Tree"? but if so why? Thanks again....
17:15 Sun 08th Dec 20197 answers, last by scorpiojo 17:29 Sun 08th Dec 2019
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Saturday Times 27528 7 December

Help please with 13d: Melancholy character of writer - in one line old wounds recalled (2, 9). I have: I* P*N*E***O. Italian reference maybe? Thanks....
16:58 Sun 08th Dec 20195 answers, last by dannyk13 17:04 Sun 08th Dec 2019
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44d Excuse to spread out like a kilt (7) PLEATED surely - but why? Thanks as ever....
20:04 Sun 10th Nov 20195 answers, last by Verbix 20:08 Sun 10th Nov 2019
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Saturday Times Prize 2 Nov 2019

Stuck on last one: Member in the House that is born in Chelsea, perhaps (3, 4) We have: T*E *E*M I know of The Firm, but nothing else... Thanks....
20:31 Sat 02nd Nov 20198 answers, last by Tilly2 20:39 Sat 02nd Nov 2019
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Times Prize Saturday 13 Oct

Stuck on last few: 9 ac: Push on taps to obtain drink in pub? (4, 5) 11 ac: Chap needing transport periodically when on breaks (6) 3 d: Spellbound lover in forest led stray with yarns (8) 24 d:...
13:10 Sun 13th Oct 20195 answers, last by Verbix 13:18 Sun 13th Oct 2019
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Times 27441

25ac: Chips Peter had with spoon at wedding (6). I have *U*N*E so I think it must be QUINCE (slices of - as in Owl and Pussycat poem) but don;t see link with Peter. Any help, please? Thanks....
10:12 Thu 29th Aug 20192 answers, last by aelmpvw 10:16 Thu 29th Aug 2019
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Saturday Times Prize 27438

Stuck on quite a few here: 10 ac: Stern woman in diverting books (9): is it TESTAMENT? Can't see why, though. 15d: Bread collection with hot drinks (4-5): is it HALF-ROUND? Again can't see why. 14 ac:...
16:17 Sun 25th Aug 20194 answers, last by Verbix 16:31 Sun 25th Aug 2019
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16Th July Times

No sleep here until we get 1 ac: "Siamese location on main line" (4-5). We have S*A*-P*I*T. Star-point? Soap-print? PLEASE.... Thanks...
10:03 Thu 18th Jul 20194 answers, last by aelmpvw 10:07 Thu 18th Jul 2019
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Times Jumbo 12Th Jan

Stuck on last one: 30d "Forge bars or girders, primarily yielding this metal in different form?" (4). Looks like IRON but I can't see why... Help, please! Thank you....
09:03 Sun 13th Jan 20193 answers, last by JJ109 09:10 Sun 13th Jan 2019
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Times 29 December

House rules here say can't start a new crossword till old ones finished... Asking for help with: 6d: Old-fashioned sweetheart's somewhere in France (2, 4). We have *E *A** Le Mans? But if so, why?...
17:14 Tue 01st Jan 20198 answers, last by Verbix 17:23 Tue 01st Jan 2019
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Times 27 November

Need help with: 5 d: Certain to arrest soldier donning dress if sozzled in Queensland suburb (7, 8). I have S*****S *A*A*I*E. 9 ac: In rift, apprehension starts to affect rock music genre (7, 3). I...
20:29 Wed 28th Nov 20187 answers, last by fiction-factory 20:34 Wed 28th Nov 2018
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Times Prize 27168

Embarrassed to ask but just can't see it.... 20d Difficult driving plane when one's out of it? (6) *a*ing Thanks!...
19:14 Sun 14th Oct 20184 answers, last by Neveracrossword 19:17 Sun 14th Oct 2018
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Sorry if repeated. 35 d: Old creatures trampled, breaking into bits across pond (11). I have D*M*T***O*S. Any thoughts? Thanks.
11:56 Sun 26th Aug 20183 answers, last by Verbix 12:32 Sun 26th Aug 2018
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Times Cryptic 27125

Stumped on 6 clues! Please save our weekend from despair... 5 ac: Woodlouse, perhaps, one by flower in turf (6) 10 ac: Cheers Henry during defeats (6) 15 ac: Water, perhaps, over by fish (5) (O*I*E) 6...
08:05 Sat 25th Aug 201810 answers, last by Verbix 08:24 Sat 25th Aug 2018
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Stuck on last two: 28d Membrane found defective in a primate (3, 5): we have P** *A*E* and 33 ac: In alternative case he could be one (10): we have **B*S*A*O*. Looks like AMBASSADOR but can't see...
17:58 Sat 11th Aug 20183 answers, last by Verbix 18:07 Sat 11th Aug 2018
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Times 26 July

We can't start the week unless we get 16d: Coup d'etat removing number two by force (4). We have "*e*t". Heat? Beat? Test? Can't see any way in. Thanks....
07:13 Mon 30th Jul 20183 answers, last by mac44 07:37 Mon 30th Jul 2018
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Times Cryptic 27096

Tough one, this, and still can't get 6d: "Boy or girl, upset seeing that, given tea". 5 letters - I have S*C*A - and can only find SOCHA and SACRA - neither makes any sense. Any offers? Thanks....
09:38 Tue 24th Jul 20187 answers, last by Verbix 09:47 Tue 24th Jul 2018

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