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Polymath 682 - 7a

Hi everybody Grid sorted and all finished except for 7a. To my way of thinking there are two possible answers here, both satisfying clue. I'd be interested to hear other's comments. Geoff...

foxwall

SunTel GK

2dn ?L?E?I?R Beyond what is apparent Too right......

foxwall

Polymath 680

28ac ?H?R?E? K?E?D?R Main character of a book whose author wrote under the name Currer Bell. Charlotte Bronte all right, but then a blank?

Esperanza

Herculis

I have a problem: If 26a is lump (marine fish with ventral fins forming a sucker) and 22d is umber (natural clay pigment) then one of these 2 words is incorrect. Can anybody enlighten me?...

foxwall

DTel GK

If 60ac is Thebes, then Willis doesn't fit for 50dn. Can't be Thebis, surely?

foxwall

Daily Telegraph £500 Brain Games Crossword 29th September

I can't find this anywhere in my copy of yesterday's Telegraph - can anyone give me an idea of why I'm blind?

maeva

Daily Telegraph Prize Crossword £500 brain game Saturday September 29th 2012

31a send for total then add a thousand ?U?M?N thanks for some help...

foxwall

Polymath 675

13ac G?R?I?U?E A set of decorative vases

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Polymath 669

2dn Plant once thought to be a cure for hernias R???U?E?O?T something wort? 3dn Tell about what happened in a distorted way M???E?O?T Baffled, I'm afraid....

Tumblybrown

Grid problems

If anyone has downloaded the above crossword and is scratching their head maybe this will help: 15ac is, in fact, six letters and the clue is "Port in south-west Norway" (6). The answer is...

acryptic

Daily Telegraph General Knowledge (GK) Monday July 2nd 2012

Is it me, or is there an error in the Herculis crossword today? 31a should be "Isabella" (first wife of Robert the Bruce) but it doesn't fit with 25d "facet" (flat surface of...

foxwall

Sunday Telegraph Prize Crossword 2646 Sunday July 1st 2012

Stuck on two.......... 17d Island ultimately seized by order of Reagan (7) g???a?a 22a Problem with ceral crop - hence end of wheat (5) ??g?t Many thanx in advance...

HenHen

Stuck on a couple. Help appreciated 2d- a Jewish fast day commemorating the destruction of the 1st and 2nd temples in Jerusalem (6,3) T?S?A? B?B . Looks like it should be TISHAH BAV, but if so what is...