Hello Please can someone explain the wordplay to: 1 across: Spot this bird to spot another (4) TER_ I'm assuming the answer is tern and 27 across: Reeling drunkard leaves another stain (4)SP_T I'm...
9ac. Foreign grain returned maybe ninety-nine times by railway's bought finally(9). ??N???Y?? 1d.Using craft,steer inside following bow of yacht(4).F??? I seem to be stuck in top left corner so help...
Just two hours to fill this grid but then we had some grid staring to complete the endgame. Still, it was good to have a set of simple clues and an easy romp for a change after some we have seen this...
I have only a couple of clues left to solve, then I can struggle with the theme.Any help gratefully received. NB. There may be an extra word in clues. 42. A. He's called on in international support in...
An enjoyable puzzle but really once you have the grid fill and letters the highlighting is hardly a challenge. Would have been so much more fun without the across misprint letters.
Grid fill a little too straightforward for my liking but fair enough. Not entirely happy with the instruction though. Taken literally it doesn't seem quite right. Anybody else think this? I am...
Got there in the end after a muddled start and it all fell into place quickly at the finish. I enjoyed this puzzle and for me it had just the right amount of difficulty. I love EV Sundays!
Is anyone nearer than me I have a full grid and 4 of the letters which make a word - can't spot the 4 items or see the unusuan wordplay for the 4 entries.
A rainy morning here in the West of Ireland, but I managed to get the last copy of the Telegraph, so was able to enjoy this excellent crossword - not the most difficult grid fill, but an entertaining...
Nearly there BUT I still have PUB (something and ANCHOR?) not beef, discomfiture, trouble , financial backing to find + the last pair - possibles DIN? MAGES (games?) CH? ?ARITE ?OSE . Any ideas or...
I have a full grid (less 31a) and have the message - also 9 words, 5 of which are connected to what I believe is the sporting theme and 4 which are not.
Any tips on where to go from here?...
Another great puzzle from the mathematical master ! Solved all the down clues first, then the acrosses. Then it was great fun cutting and glueing little "dice" to get the answer - thanks...
All done apart from 11a and 2d Both clues need a letter removed from the definition first 11a N 2d I 11a is- What must banker's don? (answer not positive) RE?? 2d is- Current standing for king's old...
Best of luck with this one, everybody. I nearly quit with it being a carte blanche (sort of - at least we have word lengths) with indeterminate numbers of letters to be removed from clues, clashing...