113a Secret Santa (4,5) K?I? K?N?L? The answer is clearly Kris Kringle but only 6 letters in the second name? Is is Kris Kingle or Kris Kindle? Any ideas please - this is my last outstanding clue...
25d H?? The lady who comes first in the eyes of the saints is not a nice person, at all, at all, at all. No way! 27a Gets around Princess Royal to drop a note at last to those who spend lots of time...
27a Mephistopheles, full of wrath returned dressed in uniform (8) ???E?I?D 29a Singer with passion has audience (8) ???A?N?R 21d Sort of mottled food container (3,4) P?E ???? Pie Bowl? Piebald? Many...
27d When it akk comes down to dust, that's what it is (4) S?U?
Is it STUD being an anagram of DUST and if so, why? There is no definition of STUD in the clue surely?...
16a It's hard to see why a concise, short description of a book should actually be endless (4) - B??? 26a It's just not fair to be expelling such disturbed men from country around Elsinore (4) 12d All...
7a Attempt to conserve energy with low card (4) ??E? 1d Crime that I organised by numbers (10) D????M?T?C - I think Diplomatic is the only answer that fits but how to parse? 2d Service for 20 reversed...
2D What Cromwell said should be painted up at last, it's unbearable (5) ?T?A? 29A Family In Scotland, very posh officer sent before Potter Character (6) N?T?I? 10A Banger with rust, unfortunately (5)...
12a Shortly make something for breakfast (4) I have ?r?n and think the answer is Iran on the basis that we are told that 6 clues have no definition and I believe this one of them - the other 5 are all...
1) Dark character-forming vehicle officers cut by half (4) ?E?E. It is very possible that the first word of this clue (DARK) is superfluous to the clue, (because it is 4 letters long). It is also...
18a Santa's team goes all for one and one for all! (4) ???R Is it Four or Deer? But why? 21a It's what we must out-survive, even without Victory in Europe (5) V???S 22d Most ancient Roman that roamed...
Good morning, The Oldie, December 2020 issue, completely stumped “D is the key to solving this puzzle, and stands for the same word in every case” Has anyone made any progress, and how would you...
"our men in havana" are involved in the transport business?. they must be sick (10) A?????N???
Party leaders in U S are in a blue funk of terror over the spread of coronavirus (8) ?A???M??...
5d. R?E?S Communists surround a cardinal with growth (5) REDS are communists and E for East so is it REEDS? But why? There is no definition for REEDS? Or N for North - could it be RENDS ? Any clues?...
17a It is said that Christian leaders have gone off works like the Messiah or Beethoven's 9th (4)
I have _R_L so assume it is ORAL (it is said) - just don't get the rest of the clue?...