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which six letter word becvomes opposite in meaning when the initial letter is removed?

mon crusader

2 4a time in african car c-t-r i think 26a pass it with one small complaint c-o-t-s i thinkand finally 11a he makes a withdrawal and points to new creed s-c-d-r thanks in anticipation

lorrymorry

opposites

which six letter word becomes opposite in meaning when the initial letter is removed?

brainiac

Times Jumbo Cryptic 626

Move quickly in following reconstructed walkway by canal (6,4) -O-I-G -A-H I'm sure it's Towing Path, but what is the wordplay?

pldcav

Times 18/2 Sat Xword

22d Right of pair to cross barrier perhaps (6) - R - D - R, if I've got the across clues right (I'm not totally convinced by NOD for 27a Tip some winks?, or HEADGEAR for 29a Mortarboard, especially?)

pldcav

Times 11/2 Jumbo 625

10d US soldier in time set about battle, seeing venomous attacker (4,7) 40d Runner in wrongful arrest, one safeguarding funds (9) Answers are presumably GILA MONSTER and TREASURER, but GI and MONS...

cranefly

Times 2 Jumbo saturday feb 11

Answer to 53 across please - 3 word phrase

pldcav

Times 7/1 Cryptic Jumbo 620

21d Shell-like substance at heart hollow material (7) B - M - A - T, so presumably BOMBAST, but I can't see why. Any ideas?

lady_p_gold

Sat Times Cryptic

Finished but cannot justify one clue .. By Romans, river is diverted around a Galilean city (8) T_B_R_A_N we think it should be Tiberian but can't quite get where it is coming from....

scampibubble

Can anybody solve these brainbusters? London, clock, hebrides, surprise david, gregory, martin, nicholas socrates, octavius, hanibal (sic), dante papua new guinea, morocco, liberia, grenada iceland,...

ringer

Rhyming words

The solutions lead to two words which rhyme eg "twice the aggravation (6,6)" would be "double trouble":1. Disaster prone nursery man 2. Distracted pie filling 3. Lively bird 4. Brighter pudding Thanks

maglynda

birth rate

Which is the only country with a nil birth rate

Shirleyx

crusader crossword daily express 16.12.05

5d - he pours a concoction for a charmer (7 letters) o?p?s?s opposes fits but I don't undertand why

genius55

sat guardian help please

report of chorus work by retired general with piercing look think it is ??e?l???e wickedness found in archbishop l???i??

pldcav

Times Sat 10/12

3d Dash out of the tube for milk (7) s - u - e - e, so probably SQUEEZE, but can anyone explain the first part of the clue? (I can just about manage to make MILK = SQUEEZE)