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Guardian Prize Crossword No. 24975

Only one to go! I have "IRISH ?R?S" - why could the answer be "Irish Orbs"? Clue to 33 down is "Harp or, on field azure: rainbow is damaging (5,4)"...

oliboop

Guardian sat.

Last one!! Stuck on!! 20D. O-E-E cannot work out which from? ?but of CO (2-3) Many thanks in advance!...

mintyman99

Spectator 1955

http://www.spectator....5831508/crossword.pdf...

Mampara

Independent 7303

27a Bird, maybe one down under, keeping rent back (6)

DocHH

EV 905 Management, by Samuel

Hello EV N&C Wine Clubbers, If my memory serves me well, this theme appeared in The Speccie not too long ago, so the training was useful. The second, but unrelated theme added weight to the...

Ardboe

Inquisitor 1115

Can any Inquisitor solver tell me if 33d is VITE - I have completed everything else but am not happy with this answer. Quickly - yes - but PREDATOR?

Mampara

EV 903

I have 11 of the 13 'extra' letters from the asterisked clues but still cannot decipher the name of the author. Could someone please confirm the letters I have and tell me if the name is just the...

neathlat

st 4369

just one to get 25a stone in an entrance (5) a?a?y

brigitte.gad

chat mag - 25th feb - page 51 the chat pub quiz [11- which body part follows rubber to make a word meaning to strain to see others misfortune

yellow11

guardian24933

two thirds done and stuck -help please conductor,french,round back street"i rfuse" 6 N????? wild,too,about wild Caria's food-and drink 7,4 starts m few rooms are here;if more,already leased...

Handbaglady

Mon Crusader

9 Ac Victom needs notes to catch up (4) D??? 11 Ac More tin and cane to fix old seat of power (7,4) A???E?T ?O?E Thank you....

hairs

Sat Independent

27A Reportedly collected money in a jar (5) U?N?? 17D A broadcast transmitter, here's one! (8) ?S?E???R

BradleyGas

Mampara, you gave me an answer earlier - ***-savvy. I am tearing my hair out to understand how this was worked out from the clue. I see ***-savvy = know-how, but how does the rest of the clue fit in?...

factor-fiction

mephisto 2581

The clue is "One in a quiver, in distress? Hard to ignore that" (5) Letters are A??O? Could be arrow (stored in a quiver) but I can't link it the rest of the clue at all, so it looks wrong....

BradleyGas

Saturday Independent

Any ideas for 1 across please. Know-how combined with 55 parts power (3-5) C-M-A-V- Is it CAM-VALVE? If so, how is it worked out from the clue?...

Mampara

EV 901 - Time For Action

I have followed the weekly thread about the Enigmatic Variations crossword and thought I would give it a go today. Although it has taken me all morning, I have completed it, and wonder how it rates in...

Mampara