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Chambers dictionary online

My subscription has expired and Chambers will no longer renew it without a code from a printed book! I also bought the CD-ROM version, but it is not compatible with my Mac computer. Now how can I...
10:23 Sat 10th Jul 20101 answer, last by Handbaglady 11:15 Sat 10th Jul 2010
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Mephisto 2601

13d Mythical magicians? Wicked spirit waving goodbye to Oscar (10) A?PUN?ULAS (not yet sure about the initial A). 7d Where to find getaway vehicle belonging to despot caught right off? (6)...
13:37 Sun 04th Jul 20106 answers, last by crockshard 08:13 Mon 05th Jul 2010
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21:04 Sat 03rd Jul 20104 answers, last by factor30 21:07 Sat 03rd Jul 2010
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18a Chemist back on track in West London area (10). I have M?R?L?D?N?E (maybe). I have only been able to sit down with this crossword this evening, but is it much harder than usual, or just my...
20:12 Sat 03rd Jul 20106 answers, last by MarkRae 20:24 Sat 03rd Jul 2010
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20d A mistake about ring left at the end (7). A?O?I?H. I can only think of 'abolish', but can't see the wordplay!
17:03 Sat 26th Jun 20105 answers, last by crockshard 17:08 Sat 26th Jun 2010
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Local quiz - a plant, flower, shrub or tree

Last few to go! 'Oriental hot beverage'. 'Rather foppish male' (Dandelion? Lad's Love?). 'It's a materialistic girls dream to' (Lady's bedstraw?)....
10:26 Fri 18th Jun 201017 answers, last by grasscarp 09:48 Sat 19th Jun 2010
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Local Quiz - a plant, flower, shrub or tree

(Eg 'a prickly wine' = hollyhock). So what is 'Once was the universal household decoration'?
09:45 Fri 18th Jun 20102 answers, last by crockshard 10:20 Fri 18th Jun 2010
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17a Place for filming golfer meeting obstacle on course (7) E?H?R?E
10:12 Sun 13th Jun 20102 answers, last by crockshard 10:16 Sun 13th Jun 2010
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40a Rampager's name largely connected with city (6) ?A?T?R .
14:08 Sat 12th Jun 20105 answers, last by crockshard 14:18 Sat 12th Jun 2010
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Sunday Times Mephisto 2597 Sunday June 6th 2010

Last letter: 24d Cap on Baptist church? Not half (5). ?ERET. Must be 'beret', but how is 'eret' half a church?
13:46 Sun 06th Jun 20102 answers, last by crockshard 14:34 Sun 06th Jun 2010
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Finished, but don't understand 23d: Stars the French lap up. Must be 'lepus', but why?
13:15 Sun 30th May 20105 answers, last by crockshard 13:18 Sun 30th May 2010
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Mephisto 2595

Can someone please explain to me 32a? (A little set cry of grief fills Pericles, for example). 'Diorama' is a little set, but I don't understand the rest!
10:42 Mon 24th May 20102 answers, last by crockshard 10:50 Mon 24th May 2010
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33d Film showing end of Olympian run (T?E ?O?E? ?U?H). I thought it was 'The Gold Rush', but now doesn't fit with 47a. And 48d Defensive blunder by inexpert player is character forming (A?H?M).
10:31 Sun 16th May 20105 answers, last by bibblebub 10:36 Sun 16th May 2010
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27d National union man is on expenses mounting cases ?N?S?S. Is it 'enosis' (Greek union)? Or 'onuses'?...
17:42 Sat 15th May 20104 answers, last by bibblebub 17:45 Sat 15th May 2010
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23a Demos we should fear at the present time? ?R?E?S
17:26 Sat 15th May 20102 answers, last by crockshard 17:34 Sat 15th May 2010
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19a Card game my granny passes about . 'Cooncan' is a card game, but what has my granny to do with it, please?
12:27 Sat 15th May 20104 answers, last by crockshard 12:36 Sat 15th May 2010
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mephisto 2592

14:58 Sun 02nd May 20101 answer, last by cruciverbali 16:21 Sun 02nd May 2010
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Pivate Eye 416

22a Hairy pair of investigators getting their ends away (5) D?C?Y. Must be 'dicey (=hairy)', but why? CID + eYEs, but why pair?...
20:18 Wed 28th Apr 20103 answers, last by bibblebub 20:24 Wed 28th Apr 2010
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Mephisto 2589

19d Curt historian picked up peaceful woman - a real pickup (7) ?IV?NER. Livener? (historian Levi, but whence the REN?).. Diviner? (DI, peaceful woman?)..... And 20a Conjecture informally about fare?...
15:44 Sun 11th Apr 20107 answers, last by crockshard 16:05 Sun 11th Apr 2010
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7d Either half of hardback (5) S?E?N.
14:30 Sat 03rd Apr 20103 answers, last by crockshard 14:35 Sat 03rd Apr 2010

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