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Sunday Times Cryptic

Am complete but require clarification on 11 across (5) Some went along with cards after deal - T?A?N - I have TRAIN but cannot parse this at all - can someone please explain the parsing to me?
09:32 Sun 06th Oct 20132 answers, last by mra1 09:44 Sun 06th Oct 2013
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Tls

Still have no clue as to the answer for 18 across - mother of Scott's boy - H???T - has anyone any ideas?
19:21 Fri 04th Oct 20132 answers, last by mra1 20:05 Fri 04th Oct 2013
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Stuck on the last 2 - assistance please! 14down (10) Logical claim of working press in learning process ?M???N?R?G and 18across (5) mother of Scott's boy H???T - all this hinges on the incorrect...
13:07 Fri 04th Oct 20133 answers, last by NC4BBQ 20:56 Fri 04th Oct 2013
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Mephisto

Help! Have been at this since Sunday and have now managed to finish bar 16 across (6) usual empty container up front is source of brown sugar - ?ITUL - have gone through Chambers alphabetically,...
19:31 Thu 03rd Oct 20134 answers, last by kayakamina 19:52 Thu 03rd Oct 2013
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Sunday Times Cryptic

Have been tearing my hair out over the last 5 - just dont get them ie 10 across (9) lightning all but pierces plain ??E?N????; 5 down (3-7) show-offs point controllers the wrong way initially...
20:14 Sun 29th Sep 20134 answers, last by mra1 20:21 Sun 29th Sep 2013
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Times Jumbo Cryptic

Stuck on the last one - 57 across - (5,3,4) Blemish visible on a giant's face? G?R?T ?E? S?O? - all I can think of is Great Wen Spot - does this make sense?...
16:29 Sat 28th Sep 20135 answers, last by mra1 16:40 Sat 28th Sep 2013
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Saturday Times

Stuck on the last one - 24across (4) is this just the thing in centre of Agen G?T? - Gate? If so, why? Any assistance will be greatly appreciated
17:23 Sat 21st Sep 20133 answers, last by mra1 17:29 Sat 21st Sep 2013
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Times Jumbo Cryptic

33 down (4,7) Just get together for a quick quiz Forster advised - I have ONLY C?N?E?T - can only think of CONTEST - am I correct?...
15:54 Sat 21st Sep 20135 answers, last by roslyn251254 16:27 Sat 21st Sep 2013
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Tls

This is a stoater! Particularly 5 down(4,8,3) Post-modern novel owing existence to that of Charlotte Bronte W?D? S??????? ?S?A; 8down (10) Giant success for Benedictine physician appearing just after...
21:35 Fri 20th Sep 201314 answers, last by NC4BBQ 07:31 Tue 24th Sep 2013
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Mephisto

Really ground to a halt here - If I could get the undernoted I might just be able to work out the rest: 5 down (2 words) Register left out what's in Daily Express's support? E?GERA??; 21across (8)...
18:59 Sun 15th Sep 20135 answers, last by mra1 19:08 Sun 15th Sep 2013
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Tls

Stuck on 25 across (7) Natty Pathfinder H?W?E?E This does not square with anything to do with the Leatherstocking books by Fennimore Cooper - anyone any ideas - I really could use some help here...
17:43 Fri 13th Sep 20136 answers, last by mra1 17:49 Fri 13th Sep 2013
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Mephisto

Last 2 have stumped me ie 15 across (6) parental affection showing in, for example jokes on the way back ST?R?E; 14 across (6) Choice involving space for full assembly ?PENUM (the E in this and the...
19:05 Sun 08th Sep 20136 answers, last by Neveracrossword 06:19 Mon 09th Sep 2013
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Sunday Times

Really dont get 4 down (8,7) Expansionism isn't defeatism - Happy New Year M?N?F?S? D?S???? - may be it is staring me in the face but I dont see it at all - can anyone explain this to me?
15:17 Sun 08th Sep 20134 answers, last by BigMac 15:32 Sun 08th Sep 2013
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Times Saturday

I am probably being very thick but I just cannot get the last one viz 21 across (6) Asian girl had pie and rolls regularly polished off - ?E?A?I - can only think NEPALI which if correct I cannot parse...
17:53 Sat 07th Sep 20133 answers, last by BigMac 18:10 Sat 07th Sep 2013
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Before I submit this, I would like a wee bit of clarification please. 16D (8) They are still abstracts - on the presumption that still refers to one used to produce alcohol can anyone confirm whether...
18:22 Fri 06th Sep 20132 answers, last by mra1 18:39 Fri 06th Sep 2013
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Crossword Monthly

Going great guns, thought of finishing without the usual assistance - ha - fat chance - I am stuck on 3 in the bottom lefthand corner - all hingeing on one another viz 19 across (5 -4) Poet's perky...
08:03 Wed 04th Sep 20137 answers, last by mra1 10:52 Wed 04th Sep 2013
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Times Cryptic

Stinker today - has taken me over an hour - stuck on 2 - 14 ac(8) Heath Robinson has top gear T?R?O??? and 8down (4,4) at club fellow consuming horse meat speciality ?A?H ???P - can anyone help...
16:12 Thu 29th Aug 201310 answers, last by aelmpvw 16:30 Thu 29th Aug 2013
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Mephisto

Stuck on 3 viz 8down (8) a drunken plonker found in railway aslant RA?I?HLY: 18 across (6) there's a shortcoming in peg tapering off N??ING and 32 across (5) babe cuddling a chap handy to have around....
08:36 Thu 29th Aug 20133 answers, last by mra1 08:55 Thu 29th Aug 2013
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Times 2 Holiday Jumbo

Last one - am at my wits' end here - 21 ac Amplifying electron tube ?L?S?R?N - I had thought electron at first but the S is correct being Hammerstein of Rogers and that ilk - have googled it, tried...
13:08 Tue 27th Aug 20133 answers, last by mra1 13:19 Tue 27th Aug 2013
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Times 2 Bank Holiday Jumbo

One of the clues refers to small pieces of toasted bread - croutons does not fit - the only thing which does is grissini which are baked and are long thin sticks - (19 down ?R?S?I?I) - no success with...
12:12 Tue 27th Aug 20136 answers, last by Mamyalynne 12:29 Tue 27th Aug 2013

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