Sorry to be asking so early but two clues are based on Tolkien and he is a closed book to me even more than Game of Thrones! 14d Good conservative king fires those that helped create Khazad-dum(8) 23a...
Last one and I’ve done the hard work but can’t get this.
Strangely, Guy Montag’s job doesn’t do this when the shooting stops.(10)c*a*e*i*e*
Am pretty sure the letters are right....
Spoiler alert!!
2d Section on the right at start of exam has test about texts much shorter than 18(10)s.o.y.t.e.
Now 18 is Moby Dick. So short.....?
Mystified. Letter(s) wrong somewhere?...
Last one and I just cannot see it.
22d To his navy pals,Leonard is dead macho when topless(5)d.t.h
Ditch or Dutch? Can’t see how it glosses. Help please as cricket starts soon!...
10a Journal with article by a runner(5) ..g.n
6d In dubious battle Jim turned on network(5)n...n
Two clues intersect. Middle letter of 6d is first letter of 10a. That’s all,folks!...
Swine transformed,one feature in Homer(6) .i.e.n
Pretty sure about the letters. Is it the Greek bard or Homer Simpson I should be pursuing? Anagram of swine plus another letter? Can’t see it....
TLS 1281 27a
Where to execute male toddler initially?(6)
T...E.
I haven’t got 25d but might ifI get help here. It’s only three letters and I’ll have two!...
26aThey drove Michell and Bailey to ultimately key meetings (10)I know it’s Byatt’s novel Possession but am getting no further. I have D.S...I... Help here will open up the other little teasers in...
The clues and grid sadly do not match up today. 13 and 26 across are two obvious examples. Have been in touch with TLS editor but it’s hard to see how a corrected grid can be made to work. O...
25aCompany ultimately disappointed by actor’s first and third part(4).o..
Body? And if so what does that make 22dGreen-eyed waif is quiet with a ‘proper ‘ accent? (5)If body then ..y.d...
Trips playing unknown stretto about middle of opera(9)T.R.E.T.S Anagram of stretto with e (middle of opera) and x or y for the unknown? Or is it three....? Last one before the snow brings the country...
TLS 1259 27a A prime minister in heaven (4,4) ..r./h..e I can only come up with Lord Hume. Is it? Chap touring a west African capital is a noted singer (8) I have P as the first letter and possibly L...