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Mail 17274

7d Blasted initiate, latest in company (6) BLOODY - but why?

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Mail 17219

22d. Name in audience for German-born composer (6). XAXDXL - presumably HANDEL. Why?

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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?

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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...

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Times 4948

8d Book rook pinched taken intro Police Department as promised (7) PLEDGED Why?

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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

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Mail 16,403

13a Station director to use all bar first of mikes (6) DEPLOY, but why?

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Week 1221

26a Make a minister wriggle on radio, nothing less (6) ORDAIN Why?

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Item Cooked With Curry Mainly

7 letters beginning with T

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Week 1206

11a William in the Sally Army gets a girl (6) S?E?L? Presumably SHEILA, but why?

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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...

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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...

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Week 1201

29a No longer married, masses cite singular feelings of joy (9) E??T?S?E?. Why?

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The Week 1201

Heard someone raising a glass for English racecourse. (9)

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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?

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