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Listener 4106 A Change of Clothing by Elgin

A step up in difficulty here. We've floundered our way to a complete grid with crime fighters, an item of clothing and a set of villains, though I am not sure which one is the appropriate one to...

tarasmum

Local Cryptic crossword. Please can you help with thelast answer?

15a Biblical priest has upset the prophet (6) - l - s - a Thanks in anticipation, Tarasmum...

DocHH

EV 935 Naughty Boy by Myno T

Hello everyone, As soon as I saw that a qoutation had to hilighted, and that the real name of the author, plus the work it comes from also had to be similarly shaded, I just knew this EV was one for...

R1Geezer

Should this savage be executed?

http://news.sky.com/s...Murder_In_Connecticut There is no doubt of guilt, can there be a clearer case for capital punishement? Should he spend the customary 20 years in jail first?...

sandyRoe

What is the average wage in the UK and could a single parent with lots...

...of kids live on it? Is the government targeting the worst off in our society?...

SonnyDaze

Saudi Arabia?

If It's true that if you're found guilty of stealing in Saudi Arabia you get your hand chopped off, Now what I would like to know is, what happens to a man who is found guilty of rape?...

foxeystoat

ST 4402 5 d

5d composer ruminates, losing speed(7) Have d?l?b?s.TYVM in anticipation

bluemanx3

st 4401

16a cashiers bag 4 s-c- sack? if so why

PurpleParis

American phone numbers

Can anyone advise me how to get a phone number for someone in the USA? Everytime I google it, I get plenty of options, white pages etc but you have to pay for the privilege! Surely there is some way...

smicks

Everyman - satisfactory answers to clues

Hi, not seen any satisfactory answer as to why 10a "Sympathetic cheering (6)" is "genial"...any comments? Also "Drank regularly round base". I understand base as...

joggerjayne

Golf questions

1. I heard on the radio that, until yesterday, the Americans had NEVER played on the 2010 Course at Celtic Manor. Colin Montgomery has had the fairways cut narrower to reduce the advantage of the big...

jonnyp188

veg songs

can anyone help me with song titles or artist with vegetables in them including play on words.

lashley

spectator 1982

15a cereal almost a cube 5 ?ILLE must be millet without t but why cube? also can someone point me to the 2 clued entries which must be highlighted-many thanks...

DocHH

EV 934

Hello everyone, When I saw the grid and clue listing, and then read the rubric, (no clue numbers, grid numbers, superfluous words in clues deduction of an unclued entry and to cap it all squares to be...

Ximenean

Sunday Times 4400

2 d. "Behaves in a disagreeable way?" The answer must be "opposes", but I can't see why, apart from the literal. I'm probably being very thick: can anyone put me out of my misery?...

midazolam

Listener 4105: Out to Work by Charybdis

Wow...this was great. OK not the most difficult of clues, but what a bundle of fun! Lots of thematic material, the real words making this an extremely clever construction (despite the lack of real...

Explorer-8

calculating percentages

Is there a general formula for calculating the answer to a question like this one? If an item has been bought for £500 after a reduction of 60% on the original price, what was the original...

cdwrover123

Lion/Tiger painting on bank of river. Who painted it please

There is a famous painting of either a lion or tiger on the bank of a river dipping it's paw into the water. Who is the artist and what is the painting called?