Finished but don't see the wordplay on a couple of answers: 2dn - In a loop, knotty - with head finally to sag? (6) I have NOOSED 6dn - Plump canon (5) I have ROUND. I see the connection with plump...
Stuck on three - help please 20dn - Mostly dreadful overacting makes change from Casablanca! (6) ?i???m 24ac - Axeman's the chap with nothing to put bones in (7) ??n?r?x 26ac - Fancy watch does...
Help with wordplay please- last two. 1dn - Not in favour of conservationist group blocking trunk road (4) ANTI? See the "not in favour of" but cannot tie up with conservationist group or...
Help with last two please. I think I've got the answers but cannot quite see the wordplay !! 5dn. Stopping horse, run finger over part of its body (7) TRACHEA? 9ac. State of emperor's back, doctor,...
Any help pleas with 13ac. In Saturn trip, a piece of seaweed is source of energy (7, 3) N * T * R * L / * A *. I am thinking NATURAL BAR but cannot see the wordplay.
Stuck on three 25ac - All the world a stage for Shakespeare (5) ??O?? 19dn - Your kid eating what's served up in restaurant (7) N?S???Y 22dn - Give generously, raising more than enough for Part of...
Phew!! Bit of a struggle this week. Two left - 39ac Hypothesis one can knock down with far-reaching consequences? (6,6) I have **M*N*/T*E*R* 38dn Fool meeting wild animal departs prompt (5,5)...
20ac - OT characters in group assembled for flogging (3,3) I have ?o?/l?t Been staring at this one for 30 mins and nothing is coming. I must get on and do something useful. Help !!
1dn - A small child fails to finish upside-down cake (4) B?B?. Is it Babe or Baby?? Can't make either fit with the whole clue - baba is a cake, which unfinished gives BAB but where does the...
Stuck on last one after a few guesses elsewhere!!! 5dn - Getting on one's horse, needing Monsieur to help in particular (3-7) I have O - D / - A - D - S - Must be Odd or Old something but I cannot see...
I need confirmation/explanations for a few final answers please. 18ac. Vehicle suitable for snow and ice in US, we hear (6) SLEIGH ?? 18dn. Fruit trifle put out of sight, as you might say (10)...
Struggling with a few answers today; 21ac Be out of bed before home help comes round? he may be get the sack! (9) C * P * E * * * R. Cupleaner?? UP = be out of bed -round CLEANER = Home help, but I...