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Guardian Prize No 29, 320

I'm having trouble parsing 1 Across:

Smooth musician's 'Stranger on the Shore'? Certainly not (9)

S?N?P?P?R

I'm assuming it's SANDPAPER (from the verb form of "smooth"), but I can't make sense of the... ...
07:59 Sat 02nd Mar 20246 answers, last by bhg481 08:22 Sat 02nd Mar 2024
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Private Eye 757

Johnson on fatherhood: "It's a healthy option to some extent" (3-3) N?N?A?...
10:01 Thu 13th Jul 20232 answers, last by Orthrus 10:06 Thu 13th Jul 2023
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Guardian Prize No 29, 039

I've found this particularly tricksy today, as some of the answers (including all of these) contain words that have to be represented in the grid by symbols, so I can't give the usual letters and...
11:40 Sat 08th Apr 202323 answers, last by donny48 14:14 Mon 10th Apr 2023
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Bogtrotter

Private Eye 742

Have completed the body of the puzzle, just need to fill in the letters round the edge. I thought it might start "As if the Labour party have got to show . . ." but there's no f in the list of letters...
09:54 Mon 26th Dec 20222 answers, last by Bogtrotter 11:27 Mon 26th Dec 2022
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Can't Parse One In Guardian 28, 853

As is often the case with my LOI, I can't see how the clue works: Upset on sea, wretched mostly - so it is! (3,2,3) ?A?/?E/M?R It's obviously MAL DE MER from the definition "Upset on sea", but I can't...
10:25 Sat 03rd Sep 20224 answers, last by Orthrus 11:03 Sat 03rd Sep 2022
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Guardian Prize 28,847

I'm having trouble placing anything in the grids - I've got quite a few of the answers, but I've hit a wall, in that there's 2 12-letter answers, both of which I've solved, but which appear to not...
09:35 Sat 27th Aug 202220 answers, last by Orthrus 12:50 Sat 27th Aug 2022
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Guardian Prize - Having Trouble Placing In The Grid

So with today's Guardian Prize, I've got the theme and 10 of its associated partially unclued answers, and all but 16 of the others, but I don't understand the instruction about the solution to...
14:12 Sat 28th Aug 202119 answers, last by MOBIUS 17:56 Mon 30th Aug 2021
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Can't Parse One In The Guardian (Again)

Wool supplier hiding blemish books clothing course (9) ?E?M?R?E? I have NEWMARKET ("course" is the definition), but I can't see the construction at all....
10:17 Sat 05th Jun 20215 answers, last by Orthrus 10:21 Sat 05th Jun 2021
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degreen2014

Jumbo Crossword

Darned. 7 Letters 1 Word [?o?g?n?] Thank You...
10:13 Sat 05th Jun 20212 answers, last by Orthrus 10:15 Sat 05th Jun 2021
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Wolfram9

Everyman

Some pretty poxy clues in the xword this week peoples, but we managed to finish it :)
02:46 Sun 23rd May 20217 answers, last by VivianD 13:59 Sun 23rd May 2021
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davey b

Guardian Prize

Sinners supposedly recollecting dead man in prayer A?A?/O?D/?V?
10:43 Sun 11th Apr 20216 answers, last by davey b 10:45 Sun 11th Apr 2021
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Guardian Prize

Classic music genre rejected by Roosevelt briefly (3, 4) ?H?/O?K? I have THE OAKS (racing classic), but I can't see the construction at all....
09:51 Sat 10th Apr 20212 answers, last by Orthrus 10:17 Sat 10th Apr 2021
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Guardian Prize

24 down 10, doctor operated to save skin on thigh (4, 6) ???P/?????T 24D is MARK and 10 is LEFT I have DEEP THROAT (anagram of OPERATED and TH, the "skin" of THIGH), but I can't see how it fits the...
09:36 Sat 10th Apr 20215 answers, last by Indianan 10:27 Sat 10th Apr 2021
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Guardian Prize 28410

I've got one I can't parse and one I can't get at all: Precipitation from a Jersey sewer (4,4) A?I?/?AIN - I've got ACID RAIN but I can't construct it and Scores but Roman is frightened (4,6)...
09:23 Sat 03rd Apr 20216 answers, last by pnin 11:18 Sat 03rd Apr 2021
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Guardian Prize

One I can't get: Chocolate producer from a hundred with a gong in 23 (5, 5) ?A?A?/?E?N? 23 is TINTIN...
11:54 Sat 20th Mar 20216 answers, last by suziecreamcheese 15:17 Sat 20th Mar 2021
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One Last Paul I Can't Parse (Guardian Prize)

Paul's done it to me again. I've got all the answers but there's one I can't parse: Builder's coat put on, hold buttons up (8). C?A?D?N? I have CLADDING, but I can't quite see why....
10:33 Sat 13th Mar 20213 answers, last by aelmpvw 10:41 Sat 13th Mar 2021
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Can't Parse One In The Guardian Prize

I've got to the last clue in the Guardian Prize and I can't parse the obvious answer. Gap garment a third off - Over nine grand! (7) ?P?C?N? I have SPACING but I'm baffled as to why....
05:10 Sat 20th Feb 20212 answers, last by Llanfair 05:30 Sat 20th Feb 2021
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Can't Parse One In The Guardian Prize

As is so often the case, I've finished the Guardian Prize (#28,356), but I can't parse 1D: Diet of mostly odd junk? (4,4) _A_T _O_D I have FAST FOOD - can someone explain it?...
10:48 Sat 30th Jan 20214 answers, last by Toorak 10:57 Sat 30th Jan 2021
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Problems Parsing Paul (Guardian Prize 28,344)

I've finished the grid, but there's a couple of clues I can't fully parse: 12A Help out, or fail to help children's author (2, 4, 3) DO ONES BIT - I can see that "children's author" = NESBIT, but I...
10:49 Sat 16th Jan 20216 answers, last by dannyk13 10:55 Sat 16th Jan 2021
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Spanishfly

Stumped On Paul

I'm totally stumped here. To get foot in, what's 14? "The capital of Lebanon, twice bombed, returned to former glory (7) "...
10:17 Sat 16th Jan 20218 answers, last by JJ109 11:14 Sat 16th Jan 2021

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