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Struggling with this - a quote/passage from a book, diary or journal (or possibly TV/DVD although it's supposed to be 'literal'). The author may have a literary or walking background or connection to...
16:52 Tue 09th Nov 20219 answers, last by Etch 17:06 Sat 13th Nov 2021
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Possibly a literary theme, maybe something of a walking theme or related to a description by an outdoor writer, poet or celebrity. Q. Who lost what between Mortimer's Penning and Cutt's Copse in...
14:34 Fri 05th Nov 20212 answers, last by Hazlinny 21:55 Fri 05th Nov 2021
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May or not be a Cumbria dialect words involved, pretty sure of adjoining letters but I've been wrong before. 9d. Kind-hearted (6) T???E 13a. One for Paul Griffiths, maybe? (5) B???H 6d. Calves (6)...
15:38 Wed 27th Oct 202115 answers, last by johnT 15:58 Wed 27th Oct 2021
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4d. Composer put on diet's content 5d. A storyteller raised the bar (4) 6d. Choose to turn pro (2 words) 17d. Close face extremely greasy (5) 22a. Too much empty river faces a swimmer (5) 24a. Threat...
12:42 Sun 24th Oct 20214 answers, last by dannyk13 12:49 Sun 24th Oct 2021
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2d. Right pocket? 8d. Another creeps on board all right 9a. Instrument beginning to tremble with initial pluck 11a. A little piglet circles a house 13d. A tree with a round top, say 14a. Discuss...
11:53 Sun 24th Oct 20213 answers, last by dannyk13 11:58 Sun 24th Oct 2021
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Last one 21d. Tidy quarters activist evacuated (3) NE?T Is it NEAT or NEST and why?...
13:16 Sun 17th Oct 20213 answers, last by Lie-in King 13:18 Sun 17th Oct 2021
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8d. Furious deities from Ireland, of course 10d. Catch it from different tanneries 15a. Material not worn by an unknown student (7 I think) 20a. Record a backward Frenchman has to cut (9 I think)...
12:44 Sun 17th Oct 20211 answer, last by Gill55 12:46 Sun 17th Oct 2021
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13a. Back from jail, some testify in case (4) L?ST Could be LIST or maybe LEST. Wondering if jail reference could give IST from stir. Otherwise how do they get to answer?...
13:46 Sun 10th Oct 20213 answers, last by dannyk13 13:48 Sun 10th Oct 2021
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5d. Occasional year-end overtime 8d. Impasse, say, broken by male cast 9d. Brief record ruined her meal 10a. Ferocious lion vet treated (7) U?????? (initially had VIOLENT as anagram of lion vet but it...
13:10 Sun 10th Oct 202110 answers, last by Mamyalynne 14:55 Sun 10th Oct 2021
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1d. News about a novelist at sea 3d. Fat suit one made the focus of polemic 15a. Increases reversed after final spike 16a. Men ruined work - it's sabotage 18d. Search for gold dropped in anger (poss...
12:25 Sun 10th Oct 20213 answers, last by Gill55 12:32 Sun 10th Oct 2021
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Last one 6a. Cover story five in Rome back (4) ?E?L Probably VEIL.............. I get where the V (five) comes from, also get the relationship with Veil and cover........... but what's the rest of the...
12:36 Sun 03rd Oct 20214 answers, last by dannyk13 12:38 Sun 03rd Oct 2021
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1a. Victories to do with searches (9) ????U???? 7d. Perhaps another rogue is shocked (9) 9d. Foreign bread formerly closer to eggs in the fridge? (9) 11a. Trial court oddly wanting settlement (6) 13a....
12:04 Sun 03rd Oct 20212 answers, last by dannyk13 12:08 Sun 03rd Oct 2021
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17d. Institute adding nothing to a nest egg (5) F?U?? 24a. Old Tenor admitted to returning late (5) ??T?D Thanks...
13:21 Sun 26th Sep 20213 answers, last by bhg481 13:29 Sun 26th Sep 2021
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4d. Game chased in a French city gets consumed - it's food... 6a. Animal sound from a cow half-seen (7) 10a. Sub located amidships breaks apart (7) ????P?? 13a. A vehicle demonstration after tea (7)...
12:39 Sun 26th Sep 20217 answers, last by Jeff75ers 12:54 Sun 26th Sep 2021
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4d. Comprehensive old stretching (9) E?T?N?I?E EXTENSILE or EXTENSIVE would both fit for this - any idea's? Thanks...
14:43 Mon 20th Sep 20211 answer, last by Lie-in King 14:47 Mon 20th Sep 2021
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17a. Lady of unsound mind turning east (4) ?A?E [Poss DAME]? 23a. A portion of fish a day (4) I have SHAD but besides it being a fish, why? Thanks...
14:05 Sun 19th Sep 20211 answer, last by Lie-in King 14:08 Sun 19th Sep 2021
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7d. Drinker climbing over high bunk (4) ?O?H Found it tough today...
13:42 Sun 29th Aug 20215 answers, last by dannyk13 13:49 Sun 29th Aug 2021
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Something very wrong here or I've messed up big style. a) Consensus say 5d is OPINE, but according to my grid 5d only has 4 letters. 5d. A duck at the top of a tree, say (4) ???H. If 9a is ALTO then...
13:25 Sun 29th Aug 20213 answers, last by dannyk13 13:27 Sun 29th Aug 2021
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5d. A duck at the top of a tree, say (4) ???H (poss DASH ?) 9a. Singer left disheartened in a band (4) A??? (was thinking ALTO but why?) 17a. Bone fragment going back to Iran, oddly (5) ????A 22d. A...
12:41 Sun 29th Aug 20217 answers, last by RAKnightley 13:02 Sun 29th Aug 2021
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2a. Let fool go closer to rich fabric 2d. Head of state in a photograph 4d. Incline added to by the French in secret 6d. Cards boasted about needed opening 10a. Running time restricted by choice (9)...
11:25 Sun 29th Aug 202112 answers, last by Gill55 11:41 Sun 29th Aug 2021

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