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Sunday Times Mephisto 2936 Sunday December 4Th 2016

12a Broken but frequently operated (5) I think it is: ACTED, but why, please?...

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Saturday Times Cryptic 4716 Sunday October 16Th 2016

1dn Spotting gap, one cuts up (6) Is this ESPRIT - from E.P.I. ? Is for why, please. [I assume 10ac is P HAS E]...

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Saturday Times Cryptic 1231 Saturday October 15Th 2016

39ac Far from hardest place to find vicar swallowing pills (8) ?u?p?e?t - PULPIEST, perhaps...

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Saturday Times Cryptic 26544

10ac Spirits of the dead endlessly appearing - it's hairy (4) MANE perhaps, but why? 19ac Interrupting something destined to grow fashionable (7,2) ?t?t?ng ?n....

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Sunday Times Cryptic Sunday October 2Nd 2016

21d One smashed at overseas wedding beginning to rile cook? (6) PLATE R, but wy is PLATER a cook?...

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Saturday Times Cryptic 26496 Saturday August 20Th 2016

14ac Service's founder to close large town's front before the rest (8) .A.I.I.Y conrains CITY or part of at end....

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Saturday Times Cryptic Saturday August 6Th 2016

22ac Shortly pack basic food for the tropics (4) T.R.

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Sunday Times Cryptic 4704 Sunday July 24Th 2016

14ac Leave nothing to talk about (4) O.A. -= okay, perhaps, but why LEAVE? 4dn City banks after gold (7) O.S.A.S - OR ...

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Sunday Times Cryptic 4702 Sunday July 10Th 2016

13a Female graduate taking Old Trafford side to heart (4) .O.A...

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Sunday Times Mephisto 2912 Monday June 20Th 2016

12ac Why is it SURE = STABLE. but how does - prop, they may say - fit? I think 24dn is ambiguous since 32ac can end in E or A, and either fits 24dn answer....

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