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Help With A Dingbat Please!

Any ideas on this last one of a quiz?? "with" is written to LHS of box containing "riah" Thanks for putting me out of misery!!...

cloudpirate

Saga Magazin January 2014

Labour offering trite quotation on country dwellers (8-4) I have A-C-D- - - - - - - Must be Arcadian something..but what? all answers acknowledged with thanks in advance

magistra

Mephisto 6 D. Pedlar From Jo'burg Is An Old Meddler S??use

Totally stuck on this one.

magistra

Mephisto 11 Ac. Wrestler's Nerve Showing In Shortened Match S??otoni

I thought ON = showing, and shortened match = SUI(T), but can't figure out the rest.

lexia

Daily Telegraph Cryptic 27374 Tuesday December 31St 2013

5 across: like a Romantic poet of an earlier age - strange irony in that (7) --r-n--? Thanks in advance

mra1

Have completed this but am puzzled by 3 of of the clues - 10 down (7) prejudices Chinese response which blocks plonkers. The only possible answer is biasses - unusual spelling which Chambers gives but...

magistra

Mephisto Entries Has Anyone Else Had Trouble Emailing This Week's Competition?

I've sent mine twice , and had a message saying it's not valid.

magistra

Mephisto

Is it just me, or might there be a mistake in the RH corner? I want to put MYOPE for 7 dn (What I 'ave aspirations for as a shortsighted person), but this won't work with PATBALL for 15ac (Very good...

haggisbasher

Sunday Telegraph

Appreciate some help with the last one on today's General Knowledge 7d Someone without taste or refinement. 9l etters b*r*a*i*n Any help greatly appeciated...

alaking

Saga December

I am puzzled by my last clue 4d - Is it Midday or Midway? Many thanks for any help!!

pilkie

Giant Crossword

9down. 10letters. (5,5) Clue. Doesn't move -e-p-s-i-s 39across.5letters clue.sea undulation -----. I thought waves but it puts a V in 35down.4 letters clue. Nought -v-o 32down. 4letters clue. Rebelled...

supersuezy24

Womans Way No 43

6d: quibbling(13): p?e?a?i?a?i?? 23a:shed(4,2): ?e?? ?o...

Neveracrossword

Mephisto 2774

My last one... 3 D. Fog index rejected (5) ne?ed All I could think of was 'newed', but couldn't find it in Chambers. Any help appreciated. Thanks....

magistra

Mephisto

29a C-A-Chemical in bodily tissue, not one in very old person 24d A--ADE Helmet seen as burden to army not actually fighting...

hilty

Rt41

AUTHOR THROWS KEEN PROGRAMMER IN RIVER ?H?C?E?A? FREE TO EMBRACE A BUST R?I? ANY HELP FOLKS???...

lashley

Indie 8417

help please 1a dirty film about corruption is man's bag 7 S?R???? 10,28 working in case Wernham Hogg's closing,taking in secretarial assistant 9,7 no letters 11a grind of tutor typing?6-4 D?N???-????...

saladdodger

Mephisto 2771

Not too bad for a "Paul McKenna" but I can't parse my last answer: 21a Mining licence is admitted on most open country - it gets permit ?EG?LISE must be LEGALISE? but how does the wordplay work...