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Azed 2452

12a Opening of public bar, distinguished scientists in jumpers (8) _ RA _ CERS It looks like PRANCERS but why? 27d Short poem? Sounds like a whopper (4) _A _ A The first letter is W if AJWAN is...
08:56 Sun 09th Jun 20198 answers, last by JJ109 09:14 Sun 09th Jun 2019
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Azed 2451 - Usual Queries

11a Half crazy (exactly!) about aged goddess (4) G _ _ A I presume this is GAIA (goddess) and GA(ga) is "half crazy", but is AI (or IA) exactly? 18a Production of Tosca, new? __ 2 is fantastic (5) S _...
03:42 Sun 02nd Jun 201910 answers, last by depresion 13:48 Tue 04th Jun 2019
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Azed 2450 - Last One

Fair Scottish pixie in flowing water W _ EL _ ART I hope there is a Scottish word for fair that is WEELFART, because that parses as ELF in an anagram of WATER. I can't find "weelfart" though, so I...
10:26 Sun 26th May 20193 answers, last by Lie-in King 10:33 Sun 26th May 2019
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Azed - Last Few And Parsing Help Please

26d Fabric mark? A firm’s upset with this (5) _ RACK 9d Wretched waste in the sea (4) _ LUE 25a Sliver of noisette consumed red? (6) NEA _ EN (is "neaten" "red"!!!) Obviously I can come up with...
04:08 Sun 19th May 201912 answers, last by JJ109 06:11 Sun 19th May 2019
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Guardian - Last One Parsing Help Please

7d Concert venue providig some basic singing, including opera, though not needed to (2,5) L _ / S _ A - A Obviously La Scala.....but why?...
03:00 Sat 11th May 20196 answers, last by plutocrat 04:31 Sat 11th May 2019
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Guardian Genius - Last One

33a Cork's holes (5) This is one of those crosswords where you have to manipulate the input so all I can say at the moment is that it ends with "S" and either the first letter or the third letter (or...
06:40 Thu 09th May 20197 answers, last by JJ109 08:51 Thu 09th May 2019
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Azed - Parsing Help Please

7a Party William’s cutting (4) S _ CT (I presume it is SECT but I cannot parse it) 29 Organic compound got from major artery in fish (5) IM _ DE (it has to be IMIDE which is the organic compound,...
06:44 Sun 05th May 20196 answers, last by JJ109 07:12 Sun 05th May 2019
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Azed - Last 2

28a Sad sack whenever going round in a fog (6) MIS _ _ T (missat / misast ???) 26 Agricultural communities, one of which may be identified with Muslim ruler (4) _ _ R I The second letter of 26d is...
08:07 Sun 21st Apr 20194 answers, last by JJ109 08:12 Sun 21st Apr 2019
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Azed - Last One

This week the AZED is not a crossword puzzle, with clues in the normal manner. Instead you have to insert a word into the passage, which when broken up makes sense For example 23d It's said an emperor...
13:23 Tue 09th Apr 201910 answers, last by JJ109 14:28 Tue 09th Apr 2019
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Azed

This week the AZED is not a crossword puzzle, with clues in the normal manner. Instead you have to insert a word into the passage, which when broken up makes sense For example 23d It's said an emperor...
12:47 Mon 08th Apr 20193 answers, last by Mamyalynne 13:04 Mon 08th Apr 2019
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Azed 2442

Trying to do this on Monday evening is not the same as Sunday morning! My brain cells seem to be sleeping! Stuck on 4 intersecting answers 14a Old slaver that is off isle with hand on board (5) S _ A...
11:45 Mon 01st Apr 20198 answers, last by Lie-in King 12:01 Mon 01st Apr 2019
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Azed 2438

Help to parse my last one please Unpleasant woman adorns salon, say, shunned by same couple twice (5) _ ESOM Obviously the answer is BESOM (unpleasant woman in Scots), but where does the rest fit in....
03:47 Sun 03rd Mar 20192 answers, last by JJ109 04:01 Sun 03rd Mar 2019
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Azed And Everyman

Everyman 6d Funny story flailing a baton after (5,3,2,1,4) Answer = THREE MEN IN A BOAT The last six letters are an anagram of "a baton" (and the indicator is "flailing").........but I cannot see the...
04:03 Sun 24th Feb 20199 answers, last by geo0939 10:20 Sun 24th Feb 2019
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Azed 2435 - Last One Confirmation Please

14a One divining gold, unrefined stuff, from cane (5) AUGU _ presumably AUGUR One divining = augur, gold = au, unrefined stuff from cane "gur"?? NB there is a note that one abbreviation today is not...
04:11 Sun 10th Feb 201919 answers, last by JJ109 04:58 Sun 10th Feb 2019
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Guardian Genius - Last One

5d Worn out, but lively when cycling (4-2) _ E _ T / UP I have an answer that "sort of" parses, but I am not keen on it. (Feet Up) Seeing if you can think of something different. Many thanks...
12:22 Tue 05th Feb 20193 answers, last by chelle7272 12:27 Tue 05th Feb 2019
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Azed 2434

3d German dish, cold grub (5) C _ _ _ T I think that the second letter is R and the third is O, therefore CRO _ T I hope there is a word CROOT as that then parses C(old) + Root (grub)= Croot "Crout"...
10:29 Sun 03rd Feb 201910 answers, last by scorpiojo 11:02 Sun 03rd Feb 2019
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Azed 2433 Last One + Some Confirmations Please

26a Jock's unshaven ? Wife turning stroppy, gutted. (5) _ IRSI (hirsi ??? from hirsute?) 2d Timber tree raja, ill, planted in fringes of garden (6) GAR _ AN I assume this is GARJAN (an anagram/ill of...
06:19 Sun 27th Jan 201910 answers, last by JJ109 06:56 Sun 27th Jan 2019
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Azed - Last One

17a Chemical compound to merge with neon (5) _ IENE Tie + Ne ??...
15:12 Sun 20th Jan 20193 answers, last by JJ109 15:17 Sun 20th Jan 2019
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Azed

9a Favourite pub for Jock, tot of usquebaugh taken in yard (4) H _ _ F (heaf or hoof!) 2d Lord in the wars, wih quibble about, separate piece of armour (7) P _ L _ RON (I assume it is Paldron or...
14:04 Sun 20th Jan 20192 answers, last by JJ109 14:47 Sun 20th Jan 2019
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Guardian Genius

One and only one of these two clues contains a superfluous "M" in the parsing 25 Some slip close to the flower garden (8) _ A _ T _ R _ _ 30 God’s female, feminist ultimately claimed (5)W _ _ _ N...
13:51 Tue 08th Jan 20194 answers, last by JJ109 14:04 Tue 08th Jan 2019

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