Another tough one this week. Nevertheless, anyone else finding it elementary so far? p. s. Sorry to miss last week's discussion - my login was repeatedly rejected until Tuesday. Seems ok now, though.
Merry Christmas one and all last few while waiting for dinner 32a Bangs on about conservative routine that's tedious (5,7) _O_E_/S_R_T_N (must have a letter wroing somewhere) 39a It's given a...
I have all the answers for this and have deduced the top and bottom lines to read "Best Wishes from Mr Toad" but I can not see the relevance of the "Ross think first of three" and how to decide which...
Last two clues Dance requiring girl with oomph sa-s- presumably salsa but don't fully understand sal+? Punching fine odd bod boxed en-ase- encased? again don't undertsnad cryptic part
Theme of puzzle is nuts and bolts Last answer, to which there is no clue is -O-L a type of Bolt (broadly understood) I have the 4 nuts (cohune,ginger,casher,areca) and 3 bolts(bar,arrow, Robert) can...
Has anybody worked out what the quotation apparently running round the periphery is? What's the significance of the extra letters contained in some ( all? - but doesn't appear to be all ) clues. To...
Have solved all clues but has anybody worked out the location ( presumably somewhere in Scotland ) and the two means of approach? Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks
Has anybody had a go at this week's tricky Dumpynose ? I've completed the grid other than 3 squares, but several of the clues I am at a loss to explain : Can they puncture vanity in detention centre ?...
Further earliers, how do you read the answer to 8d - with y at the end as the first two words would indicate, or e as seemingly last two words do? I've not done that many Speccie crosswords so don't...