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Tls 1277

Done, but just really still niggled by 1ac) Cubist I wounded at fight where Florentine’s to be found? (7,3) It’s BISCUIT (anag) and, I suppose, ROW (fight), and a florentine is indeed a bikky, but...
06:39 Fri 24th May 20192 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 06:43 Fri 24th May 2019
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Tls 1275

Could some really kind person out thereplease just put me out of my misery by parsing 7d) Nothing in Franzen's volume is idle (6) I have L?I?E? and it has to be LOITER as in the verb, idle, and O is...
15:29 Sun 12th May 20196 answers, last by highbury57 17:29 Sun 12th May 2019
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Tls 1275

Good grief, but this one has been thorny! I am now reluctantly prepared to concede defeat with 10ac) Senator and heretic in some classical verse (8) for which I seem to have ?E?A?I?E? I can only see...
09:41 Sun 12th May 20192 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 09:47 Sun 12th May 2019
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New Statesman

Stumped by this beauty (the overall theme hangs around Pete Seeger, incidentally): 17d) Openings of completely original, folksy guitar parts for "Little Boxes" (8) I have ?O???E?S, although I suspect...
09:45 Sat 04th May 20193 answers, last by JJ109 09:48 Sat 04th May 2019
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Just discovered this one abandoned unfinished, and would appreciate closure with - 4d) Name for a character in Bleak House rather than Marysde Conde's Tree of Life (6,5) I have L?G?R?,V?T?E and 5d)...
09:46 Sun 28th Apr 20195 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 09:56 Sun 28th Apr 2019
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Sod's Law: almost done, but utterly baffled by the very first clue - 1ac) Little Elizabeth's are shortly to reach Bishop about writer Angela (6). Anyone?...
21:46 Thu 25th Apr 20193 answers, last by Mamyalynne 21:51 Thu 25th Apr 2019
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New Statesman

NS 444. Loving these crosswords, but/and finding this one tough.Help!! 1ac) Establishment producing fine cocktails (4,4) 13d) Expert putting forward article, enthusiastic about port (9)...
07:09 Mon 15th Apr 201923 answers, last by scorpiojo 08:50 Tue 16th Apr 2019
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Guardian Prize

Not a question, but just to say: thoroughly enjoyed this. Nice one, Philistine! (And it must surely be time to make the prize more alluring, Grauniad?)...
15:07 Sat 06th Apr 20192 answers, last by JJ109 15:09 Sat 06th Apr 2019
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Private Eye 648

There's always one. I just can't crack this last poxy clue: 12) Unconventional dresser with fixed box (2,3) I seem to have T?,S?T, so it looks like TO SET (tv set, fine) but how to parse the rest, if...
09:56 Thu 04th Apr 20192 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 09:59 Thu 04th Apr 2019
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Tls 1269

Please help me with this last one: I really need to go out and get some of this sunshine... 9ac) North Indian city district mostly surrounded by mountains (7) I have B?N?R?S....
12:07 Fri 29th Mar 20193 answers, last by JJ109 12:14 Fri 29th Mar 2019
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3D) Misbehaving, a deputy lays on wine in ancient drama (4-7,4) I have H?C?-T?E?D?Y,?L?Y, and assume it’s HOCK-TUESDAY PLAY, but I’d love someone to fully parse it for me....
19:57 Fri 15th Mar 20192 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 20:21 Fri 15th Mar 2019
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Tls 1266

As usual, it’s the little ones: 13ac) Commodore’s prime location for seafaring work (4) O?O? And 20ac) Parade soldier’s left side in a book (4) ?A?E. Au secours, mes braves, svp......
22:59 Thu 07th Mar 20198 answers, last by Mamyalynne 23:15 Thu 07th Mar 2019
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Tls 1265

I am stumped by NW corner. Mostly by 10ac) Infection girl got from playful Welsh captain (8). I have ???E?L?N, and can only see MAGELLAN. I still can’t see the parsing for PEDALLER, either......
20:57 Sat 02nd Mar 20197 answers, last by Mamyalynne 21:06 Sat 02nd Mar 2019
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Tls 1255

Stumped: 9ac) Annex is about Scotsman who wrote essays (10) I have A???S?N?A? and it looks for all the world like ABYSSINIAN, and I know Johnson’s Rasselas, but I cannot parse it. Annex?? Help,...
09:46 Sat 15th Dec 20183 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 10:10 Sat 15th Dec 2018
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New Statesman Christmas Jumbo

Am almost done - a really brilliant seasonal crossword, sadly Atlas's last - but just cannot crack these last two (and they might be thematic - Christmas period - lacking a definition): 24d) Working...
13:18 Sun 09th Dec 20187 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 13:57 Sun 09th Dec 2018
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21ac) A wayward soldier, promptly caught. (6) I have ?h?r?e and am baffled....
08:54 Fri 07th Dec 20183 answers, last by Neveracrossword 09:03 Fri 07th Dec 2018
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Tls 1250

Can't winkle out last two weemies: 8d) Who's left darling daughter out? (4). I have ?E?R and am stumped, unless it's LEAR, and 28ac) A book about a drug (4) for which I have S?O? and assume it's SOMA,...
16:08 Fri 09th Nov 20183 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 16:11 Fri 09th Nov 2018
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Tls 1247

Urgh! Don't like this one. (I guess it must be Key Novel.) Before I make the fire with it, can someone just give me a plausible explication of 14ac) - Staff accompanying this emperor would be from the...
10:49 Sat 20th Oct 20187 answers, last by highbury57 16:37 Sat 20th Oct 2018
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Last one: cannot disentangle anagram.... 26ac) A crass kid sends off a love poem (5,3,6) I have C?R?S ?N? K??S?E? Groan!!...
18:32 Fri 21st Sep 20183 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 18:35 Fri 21st Sep 2018
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What on earth is this?! I'm sure it's glaringly obvious to someone... 1d) Travel better as weather picked up (4) I have F?G?...
09:50 Thu 20th Sep 20186 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 10:00 Thu 20th Sep 2018

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