What a pleasure to have a straightforward puzzle that we could manage. This one was a pleasure from start to finish and great for us relative newcomers. I am glad there is one like this now and then -...
Talk about a disappointment! The NS has at last produced a weekly crossword and it's a reissue of one published in 1954. Rip Van Winkle is obviously on the editorial staff! What does anyone else...
Unsure of one last answer... 17 ACROSS Miss left with this plain face? You can see cosmesis'll fix that SO_LE (5) I'm hoping it's SOCLE - A plain square block higher than a plinth, serving as a...
help please 5d a version of faulkner's characters on the candlemass road 7 R???E?S i think reavers as he wrote the reivers and author of candlemass road wrote the reavers but that makes 9a end in a...
Nearly finished except for 9D which I am unsure of. Clue: Headland area's skyward ridges. I have ASA_ (4) Could it be ASAR? If not, please help/hint (I don't have Chambers hard copy) Thanks in...
Good morning everyone - this link will take you to today's online Spectator - page 57 for the crossword.
http://thespectator.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx...
stuck and first entry disappeared-help please 1a sailor's finished small section at front of vessel 8 A???C??? 12a sing out selling cream bun 4 U??? 14a dubious shakespeare reading ,mostly private ? 5...
I have finished (I think!) but need confirmation/explanation of two answers. 3 DOWN He apparently staged the end of Portsmouth C_R_E_L_E (8) CORNEILLE seems to be the answer. What is the link between...
Hi folks Final SOS as my brain doesn't seem to be able to finish this week.. I previously asked for subtle hints re 5 DOWN Chopin's little boat crossing lake: CLO_ (4) The answer and explanation would...
Just stuck on one 16 DOWN Star attraction in book _O_P_O_E Only word I can find that fits is LOOPHOLE - but what is the literary explanation or wordplay? Help appreciated. Thanks.