4 D. Fish perhaps still active in this river and rising dam (5) ?met?
9 D. Short of energy, posh local inhabitant a little lost for time (7)
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24 D. Hard man swallows bone I discarded (6) ????l? 34 A. Tailless gazelle has dry fleece (6) ??h??? Sorry for the lack of letters - this one corner has given me lots of problems. Thanks for any help....
25 D. Wretched in vehicle, brought up last part of meal? (8) ????a?u? 26 A. Very afraid I must replace one right inside (8) i???r?o? (I can see 'interior'/ inside, but not the reasoning). Thanks....
34 A. They're hot, burnt out, and should be left in peace (5) ea???
7 D. Fortifications - classical things proficient fighter has put about (6)
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7 D. Second entry essentially covering a former US politician (5) t?i?e
I can see 'trice', (second) but I don't see how that works with the rest of the clue, so it could be wrong!...
This will make sense only to those who've done, are doing, this puzzle. I have completed the grid and thought I had got the theme -but the 'work' I've got in mind does not have the required number of...
25 A. Bigot's ending with internalised hate, ultimately, for a "moony" woman (6) ?h???e
15 D. Spoiled injunction judge cancelled (8) b?n?????
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24 A. Beetle, for example, accepted at first within one order of insects (7) a?arin? I can see 'acarina' - which has ' a car in a/cepted' and relates to mites, insects. On checking Chambers, I saw...
I found this to be much more straightforward than last week and have finished all of it, including the changes and highlighting. I have one little niggle, though - are we left with real words after...
16 D. Unable to move about, thanks to half-inch cut (9) c?t???n??
14 D. Periodically, patrol's very brave cycling around Belgian city (9)
c?a???r??
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22 D. Believer rudely glib about hypocritical saint (6) p?p?s? (I had a couple of possibilities, both ending 'st'/saint, but I wasn't sure if they were classed as offensive.) This is my last one to...
Male artist ignores long-haired cat in tree (5) m?n?o
I can see 'mango', a tree, but I don't understand how the rest of the clue works. Thanks for any help or explanation....
Having finished this off and done the highlighting, I've just realised I don't really understand the last line of the preamble ' More appropriately than usual, The Chambers Dictionary (2011) is...
I'm halfway through this, but finding it tough. 1 A. I reflexively drink with second brownie? (7) in????? (Not 100% sure of the 'i') 26 A. Old locations for stars from Tinseltown (3) ?n? The preamble...