Good evening, I’m stuck on the following and would appreciate some Answers/Hints, thanks! ACROSS: 1 One rep loses a Hebridean (8) : IS?E?AS? 21 A child getting into musical instrument nearly caught by...
Well after a frustrating day where little seemed to go well or as planned, it was nice to sit down to this weeks ev. Less nice to see no numbers, but not as it turned out a disaster that soaked uP...
Banging my head against brick wall and any help gratefully received.
21d Rotten lot achieving balance (6) ???S??
23a One’s huge cost a financier holds back (5) ????O
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I think I've finished this puzzle but not totally sure ..... I think I must have either made a mistake or missed the point. I have 2 of the 7 additional letters out of order and this makes for an...
So tired of seeing this theme again and again and again............ 1a revealed quickly, so I figured this would be a piece of cake, and the top was indeed quick; got bogged down in the bottom half...
Stuck on last one: 6d "Candy/is dandy/but liquor/is quicker" (Ogden Nash) is an example of one (7). I have I?I?R?M, suspect its ends in GRAM. My 6a is INCISED with which I'm not 100% happy....
There is an extra letter in the wordplay in each clue: 6d Worthless and ultimately foolish streak R?CH 4d Badly behaved child cut short life - answer is BRAT but where does "cut short life"...
Struggling with 3 today and any help is welcome 25d Pasture (7) L _ A _ O _ E 15a Boat trading with the Malay Archipelago and later Bombay and Calcutta (4-8) E _ S _ I _ D _ O _ A _ 23a In South...
This puzzle was just the right degree of difficulty for me - some have been far too easy of late. Last few clues took a while before all fell into place. However there were four wrong word lengths -...
Really struggling today. I'm not sure if my letters are correct and therefore making it impossible for me to solve this. Anyway - all help most welcome. 13a Musical refrains (11) _ P _ S _ R _ P _ E _...
Hi all Hopefully I'm not treading on Mintyman's toes but as I know a number of people enjoy The Spectator crossword I have saved a pdf of it and can email it out to interested parties. To save me...
1d Small lunar impact crater named after British astronomer (4) W?S? 2d Ecclesiastical site in Rome (7) L?E?R?A 4d Terminating in an abrupt taper, especially at the end of a leaf (9) M?C?O?D?E 14d...
two short and any help gratefully received
1d House shortlisted for demolition, it's not needed T?E ?O?D?
27d Possibly old Rover's disheartened with short tail ?C?T
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