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Azed 2430 - Last One Confirmation Please

25d Cheap fags offer a price on lives (5) _ IDIS Could it be Bid (offer a price) + Is (lives)? I haven't been able to find "bidis" though as cheap fags. Thankyou...
05:52 Sun 06th Jan 20193 answers, last by JJ109 06:17 Sun 06th Jan 2019
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Azed - Last One

34 Rear moving forward sat composed (6) Just to complicate matters, this is one of the 4 special clues where the real answer has to be encoded before input. I have worked out the code already, but am...
09:58 Tue 25th Dec 20189 answers, last by JJ109 11:11 Tue 25th Dec 2018
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Azed - Please Help To Parse

16a Renegade concealing high explosive with rubber bag (8) _ E (T) _ CULE. A reticule is a bag, but I can't parse the rest. I am not 100% sure of the "T" 7d Points of view? Majority of forbears will...
11:12 Sun 16th Dec 201813 answers, last by JJ109 11:40 Sun 16th Dec 2018
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Guardian Prize - Last One

Say nothing (6) _ B _ E _ T many thanks...
01:25 Sat 15th Dec 20189 answers, last by geeker 05:47 Sat 15th Dec 2018
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Azed 2424 Last One

21 Scotch bonnet? In short it’s drooping for Jock (6) _ OURIE Is this "pourie"? (scottish for a jug/pitcher). Can't parse it at all! Many thanks...
04:20 Sun 25th Nov 201810 answers, last by scorpiojo 04:38 Sun 25th Nov 2018
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Azed - Last 2

All clues lead to answers of eight letters, and these are to be entered around their appropriate numbers, clockwise or anticlockwise, beginning anywhere. Solvers must determine where each begins and...
06:25 Sun 18th Nov 201825 answers, last by JJ109 12:47 Sun 18th Nov 2018
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Guardian - Last One - Parsing Help Please

Not withstanding its case for prayers (8) E _ E _ S _ NG Obviously EVENSONG, but why? Am I missing something obvious?...
01:32 Sat 17th Nov 20185 answers, last by scorpiojo 02:05 Sat 17th Nov 2018
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Azed 2422

25a Old poet’s immediately energized after book (5) BLI _ E (BLIVE ??) 8d Versatile jazzman? He makes money, certainly (4) MO _ E Thankyou...
11:59 Sun 11th Nov 20184 answers, last by JJ109 12:09 Sun 11th Nov 2018
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Guardian - Last 1

Try to catch lift, that's not closed - it will disappear at a lick (6) _ E _ A _ O (GELATO ???, but apart from "go"(try), I can't see the first bit - at a lick etc = gelato)...
03:08 Sat 10th Nov 20183 answers, last by scorpiojo 03:18 Sat 10th Nov 2018
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Guardian Genius - Last 3

Please note only one of these 3 clues is an ordinary clue, and two are "specal" 1d Hear collapsing building went over again (5) _ E _ E _ 15d Only slightly moving, like old poems one's held up (4-5) _...
00:48 Thu 08th Nov 20188 answers, last by JJ109 01:05 Thu 08th Nov 2018
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Azed 2421 - Last Few

1 Cup drunk, alcoholic, round end of marriage, traditionally encouraged (8) _ PCH _ ARD (upcheard ?? - anagram cup + hard around "e") 17 Hardened clay, see, in grip of cold wind (6) BL _ ISE...
05:09 Sun 04th Nov 201815 answers, last by JJ109 06:39 Sun 04th Nov 2018
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Azed 2420 - Last One Plus A Bit Of Parsing Help Please

27a Early arrival having nosy look around front of mansion? (5) PREM _ ? 14a Male playwright, one eclipsed by female one (5) _ EHAN (presumably BEHAN) but why? 33a Nameless one with this may represent...
05:14 Sun 28th Oct 201820 answers, last by 0pt0 15:05 Wed 31st Oct 2018
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Azed 2418 - Confirmations And Parsing Help Please

25a Under-secretary? No longer compliant (7) SUB _ ISS Obviously SUBMISS (compliant). Under = sub + miss for "secretary no longer" ?? Is this something to do with that in years gone by secretaries...
04:18 Sun 14th Oct 20188 answers, last by Neveracrossword 06:32 Sun 14th Oct 2018
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Guardian Last One - Help With Parse Please

Does "s a" mean "it is" by any chance? 1d Implement - it is inspiring me to collect last of fondant (7) S _ A _ U _ A Obviously SPATULA The compiler of the crossword is PAUL, hence "me" = Paul, and...
01:35 Sat 13th Oct 20185 answers, last by 1ozzy 01:57 Sat 13th Oct 2018
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Azed Last 2 And Help With Parsing Of Two More

There is a special theme/condition each clue is really two clues, side by side but not overlapping, the answers to which are to be entered in the two similarly numbered spaces in the diagram either...
09:00 Sun 07th Oct 201817 answers, last by CrikeyMoses 15:08 Sun 07th Oct 2018
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Guardian Prize - Last One Parsing Help Please

2d CIA, NCA etc with powers to use silver to displace cannabis (8) _ G _ N _ I _ S Obviously the answer is AGENCIES (CIA, NCA etc) and AG = silver, but I don't get the rest Many thanks...
02:58 Sat 06th Oct 20182 answers, last by JJ109 03:09 Sat 06th Oct 2018
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Azed - Last Few

9a Syrian garments showing down! (4) ABA _ (not in my dictionary!) 20d He utters gibberish, rough speech including indistinct words mum missed (7) B _ R _ LER I presume this is burbler (he utters...
04:33 Sun 23rd Sep 20189 answers, last by hankir 13:26 Sun 23rd Sep 2018
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Guardian - Probably Last One

A bit late today due to a power cut! 3d Run through key prelude's opening parts (7) D _ P _ D _ _ (The last letter may be an E, but I am not 100% with that) (I can think of two words that follow the...
02:43 Sat 22nd Sep 20184 answers, last by JJ109 03:01 Sat 22nd Sep 2018
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Azed - Last One + Parsing Queries Please

32a Variable weight when one's tucked in of course (5) ROTA _ Parsing help please 28a It's a time of conflict, wealth lost (7) WARI _ ON Answer = WARISON (war is on) Why wealth lost? 21d Deadly...
03:20 Sun 16th Sep 20188 answers, last by iminoz 05:07 Sun 16th Sep 2018
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Azed - Last Ones + Some Parsing Queries

26d Scottish set creating stir locally on loch (4) _ E _ L (the third letter is probably also an E, giving _ EEL) 23d Pimple, what the most incompetent will fail to shift? (5) W _ ELK (I know that a...
06:35 Sun 09th Sep 201811 answers, last by JJ109 09:01 Sun 09th Sep 2018

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