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if you could get 5 musicians for a jam session

to play the blues, who would you pick, mine would be BB King, Eric Clapton, Seasick Steve, wynton marsalis, Albert King, i'd probably have more but lets see....

Zabadak

Listener Crossword 4143: the Bottom Line by Charybdis

Not so much a Listener Crossword, more a plea for sanity. A neatly put together grid with an eye less to the difficulty of solving than to the transparency of the message. Nothing too difficult here -...

suebinn1

DM Fri

2d Three figures describing one figure ????L ?????????? many thanks...

flyfish

dm

1d steal (7) your help please

slinky.kate

movies with a tennis theme

full metal racket beetledeuce the umpire strikes back...

dr b

EV 972 Extraction by Oxymoron

Oh no, it's Mr. O! Greetings you Brits, Swiss (honorary) and any Croatians who may be lurking. A difficult EV, I thought, that would not be out of place as a Listener. Many obscure words for answers;...

countrywalksgirl

sunday life cryptic, last two

Can you help with last two please. 6 down its useful for plotters (5,5) ???p???p?r 13 ac Quietly fasten on a shrub ??i?e? Many thanks...

sandranufc

Saturday Times Jumbo Cryptic 929 Saturday June 11th 2011

Last one to finish last week's puzzle. 32d Fool, say, cautious about one-time musical (5,7) ?W?E?/C?A?I?Y Looks like Sweet Charity but can't see the word play.

mikey4444

ST 4438

5d..." Idiot crowding round interior of broken convertible " L?O??? ON I have seen this answered as LOOKED ON. Idiot I can see ( LOON ) Interior of broken I can see ( OK ) But I don't...

Zabadak

Listener Crossword 4142: Noye by Samuel

Is 12 across blessed with the correct clue? I've seen the same clue (31 across in this case) leading to a different answer on occasions, but I can only work out one single word answer which doesn't...

tommy-h

times cryptic 24880 Monday June 20th 2011

8dn, Attractive girl of mousy disposition (5) D?S?Y I cannot decide between DISHY DUSKY OR DUSTY as before all help or comment is appreciated,TIA

endanger33

Spectator 2018

37d limp or come to a standstill 4 24d rum pair of painters township supported 8 22a likely (so it seems) to jell with old -time woman (7, two words) 5th A 41a Spider of ripe age murdered good flies 6...

mike11111

Firefox 4

I am currently on Firefox 3.6 which generally serves me well (compared to IE anyway). I have just received an email from Yahoo urging me to upgrade to Firefox 4, promising faster downloading. I am...

rich47

Herald Crossword

stuck on two.....1a She's not engaged in second-hand ideas (10) ??v?n?r?s?.......... and 15a Right - free maze abruptly. It will exhaust (9) r?m?e?z?e all help gratefully received...

dr b

EV 971 Track by Loda

Can this be the first post on this puzzle? I thought it was very well done; the theme dawned on me very late in the game - I suspect those who caught it early on had an easier time of finding the...

Carla05

last two DM Tues

17a~stand beside a disc~jockey working round Italy (six) ?D???N 14a~ Unit supports a learner who's accompanied (five) A???E ~ is it ALONE? Thanks in advance...

RATTER15

Old age approaching, would you rather lose your mind or your body?

Im talking "Senile Dementia" not other kinds of brain damage. With old age approaching, if you had a choice, do you think you would rather hold on to your sanity or you physical abilities....

starwalker

Listener 4141 : Trailblazers by Dysart

Grid fill is proceding quite quickly and smoothly, especially when compared to last week. However, I know that this will rapidly slow down as I know nothing about either the two adversaries or the...

russianblue

word for ''return to civilian use''

DocHH

EV 970: Suitably Abbreviated by Chalicea

Hello EVers, I didn't hand around solving this weeks offering, even resolving the clashes didn't keep me in suspense! I'll be absent for the next two weeks, off on holiday, so please accept my...

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