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Mail 17274

7d Blasted initiate, latest in company (6)  BLOODY - but why?
12:49 Wed 24th Jan 20242 answers, last by cracker222 12:58 Wed 24th Jan 2024
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Mail 17219

22d. Name in audience for German-born composer (6). XAXDXL  - presumably HANDEL.  Why?
21:15 Wed 08th Nov 20235 answers, last by cracker222 21:20 Wed 08th Nov 2023
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Mail 17069

4d Fool, perhaps, feeling under pressure in turn avoiding start (7) DESSERT. I get fool as in gooseberry, but not much else so why?
20:15 Sat 22nd Apr 20232 answers, last by cracker222 20:19 Sat 22nd Apr 2023
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Mail 16,984 - Parsing

Two I cannot parse: 28a Unyielding fighter left in borders of territory (6) FEISTY 29a Extreme amusement? It is found in term at college (8) HILARITY...
19:40 Fri 16th Dec 20225 answers, last by cracker222 19:49 Fri 16th Dec 2022
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Times 4948

8d Book rook pinched taken intro Police Department as promised (7) PLEDGED Why?
17:32 Thu 01st Apr 20213 answers, last by Mamyalynne 17:37 Thu 01st Apr 2021
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Week 1241

3d Boy idiot fools around with maiden in novel (4,2,7) SONS OF SOLOMON but I can't quite parse it. Help please
00:31 Sun 03rd Jan 20219 answers, last by vygotsky 17:30 Mon 04th Jan 2021
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Mail 16,403

13a Station director to use all bar first of mikes (6) DEPLOY, but why?
20:50 Mon 28th Sep 20202 answers, last by cracker222 20:52 Mon 28th Sep 2020
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Week 1221

26a Make a minister wriggle on radio, nothing less (6) ORDAIN Why?
21:01 Thu 13th Aug 20205 answers, last by Neveracrossword 21:07 Thu 13th Aug 2020
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Week 1206

11a William in the Sally Army gets a girl (6) S?E?L? Presumably SHEILA, but why?
20:07 Sun 03rd May 20203 answers, last by cracker222 20:09 Sun 03rd May 2020
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Saga May 2020

23a Winner returns without headgear due to displacement (7) ECTOPIA. I get the headgear = TOP bit but not the rest of the wordplay...
12:11 Thu 30th Apr 20206 answers, last by Mamyalynne 12:16 Thu 30th Apr 2020
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Week 1202

Three I don't understand: 16a Pro English novelist (8) TROLLOPE 24a Model overeating or not? No! (8) NEGATIVE 13d Fraudster out of depth set up financial institution (10) MOUNTEBANK...
21:07 Sun 29th Mar 20207 answers, last by cracker222 21:29 Sun 29th Mar 2020
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Week 1201

29a No longer married, masses cite singular feelings of joy (9) E??T?S?E?. Why?
17:49 Sat 28th Mar 20205 answers, last by cracker222 20:58 Sat 28th Mar 2020
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Week 1185

10a One with determination goes around transport vessel (9) FREIGHTER. So FIGHTER, but where does the RE come from and why the 'transport'? What've I missed?
22:01 Thu 06th Feb 20204 answers, last by dannyk13 08:00 Fri 07th Feb 2020
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Week 1189

19a Single whiskey consumed in stable block (9) S?O?E?A?L Presumably STONEWALL, but why?
21:17 Fri 24th Jan 20203 answers, last by Mamyalynne 21:22 Fri 24th Jan 2020
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Week 1187

Two to get. 4d Kitty shown up in twist (4) ?O?P 18d Bishop managed to hide object for Irish Abbot (7) ?R?N?A?...
20:38 Thu 12th Dec 20196 answers, last by cracker222 20:46 Thu 12th Dec 2019
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Mail 15929

10d Stress among rivals that comes from another place (4,8) PEER PRESSURE Why "that comes from another place"?...
19:11 Wed 06th Nov 20193 answers, last by Neveracrossword 19:20 Wed 06th Nov 2019
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Week 1176

Country lighting half out (6) NATION. Can someone parse this please...
14:33 Fri 27th Sep 20193 answers, last by cracker222 14:36 Fri 27th Sep 2019
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Week 1175

All done for a change, but 4d Great King but not a reliable cook? (6) ?L?RED Presumably ALFRED but how is it parsed?
22:09 Sun 22nd Sep 20192 answers, last by cracker222 22:15 Sun 22nd Sep 2019
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Mail 15922 - 20A

No point withdrawing help for climber (4) PITON. OK, so a piton is "help for climber", and it is an anagram of "point", but how does this clue work?...
19:25 Thu 16th May 20193 answers, last by Mamyalynne 19:38 Thu 16th May 2019
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Brickwork Bond - Which One?

I was hoping to post a picture but it seems I can't at AnswerBank, so here's a description of a house wall in Cambridge. Header; 2 Stretchers; Header; 2 Stretchers; and so on. The next course is the...
20:32 Wed 24th Apr 20196 answers, last by cracker222 20:18 Mon 13th May 2019

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