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Guardian Prize Crossword 27,435 Saturday February 17Th 2018
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Ah Enigmatist, we meet again. And once again you've put me in a bad mood. Having spent an hour jamming words into the grid based on what fitted, rather than understanding any clues (well OK, a couple of them were alright, but some are still ... enigmatic I guess). Anyway, five left, out of patience, can't be arsed to persevere any more, so here I am.
18 Queen's name included in list for Swampy? (7) L_R_E_N No clues. Even a wikipedia regex search came up with nothing.
20 Chap last in Tour: "I don't want any more cycling!" (7) R_ _ _ H _ N Roughen=chap?
24 Strong liquor street bar had in short supply (6) _T_ _ _ O
22 Loveless woman of some allure to set about Valentine's rival (6) T _ _ _ I _
17 Great disappointment for ice cream lover? Topping embellishment (7) C _ _ _ R _ T Currant, coronet?
Meh.
18 Queen's name included in list for Swampy? (7) L_R_E_N No clues. Even a wikipedia regex search came up with nothing.
20 Chap last in Tour: "I don't want any more cycling!" (7) R_ _ _ H _ N Roughen=chap?
24 Strong liquor street bar had in short supply (6) _T_ _ _ O
22 Loveless woman of some allure to set about Valentine's rival (6) T _ _ _ I _
17 Great disappointment for ice cream lover? Topping embellishment (7) C _ _ _ R _ T Currant, coronet?
Meh.
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18, Had brute-forced Lernean from the clue, but google didn't turn up anything, so I ignored it.
20, fair enough. Kinda.
24. Hadn't heard of it.
22. Hadn't heard of either the answer, or houri, but had tried the TO around the outside a couple of times, and wordsearch had failed.
17. Thought there must be a cornet coronet link, but having had it explained to me, I still can't see the connection.
But now I can get on with my day, so *** ... :-)
18, Had brute-forced Lernean from the clue, but google didn't turn up anything, so I ignored it.
20, fair enough. Kinda.
24. Hadn't heard of it.
22. Hadn't heard of either the answer, or houri, but had tried the TO around the outside a couple of times, and wordsearch had failed.
17. Thought there must be a cornet coronet link, but having had it explained to me, I still can't see the connection.
But now I can get on with my day, so *** ... :-)
I'm having a slow day, sorry - very good.
Seems like an affable chap.
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Seems like an affable chap.
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