I'm getting there - slowly! But I could do with help on the following. In some clues there is a sequence of three letters to be removed before solving (always leaving a real word)6 across: Unionist...
19D Squares cut up into two small ones (7) I have S_AR_ES. Is it scarves (carve in s,s)? 26D Non-standard currency, silver, foot from side to side (5) I have _E_GS. If I put in Ag for silver, I can...
Help with: 14d. State that uncovered alibi was sometimes protecting witness’s head (6) 30a. Hide construction apt to infuriate pedants in choosing their headings (4) 31d. Hand facilities over before...
Got pretty far with this challenging one and would appreciate now some answers for the following, please. Thanks in advance! ACROSS: 31 Poet, a fellow dissecting rodent (6) C?V??? 32 Skilled poet did...
help please and parsing any hints re theme helpful eg is gravity the phenomenon? 20a with hi-hat ,Mary's beaten uneven beat 9 ????T?MI? 22a after dessert ,king's in plane 6 ?O?BE? sorbet? 26a dye a...
Requesting some hints for the following, please: ACROSS: 1 Criminal adopting plan to snare (7) B????T? ( BANDITS ? ) 6 Period of indulgence in activity securing gold (6) ( PARDON? ) 16 Wrote a spy...
Last 2 ..crossing each other
7d Brushwood in places about India (4) RE*? extra/ignored letter in wordplay is "S"
12a Addicted German to become active (5) G*?EN
* in both answers.....
Wordplay ignores a letter or gives an extra letter.. 9a Plant trial abandoned in rock(6) ??A?I? 19d Catholic in Home Counties worried about hormones perhaps (7) ?E????? 31a Essayist backing Scottish...
There may be a misprint in the definition.. 13a Duo ordering after partners got soup (6) possibly M???D? 21a Mason's busy - not available OK? (4) possibly K??? 41a Decide to store half of rice in a...
There are special instructions: From the answer to each clue the solver must omit one letter wherever it occurs (often more than once) before entry in the diagram. Definitions in the clues refer to...
Answers to the following, please ! Thanks in advance! ACROSS: 1 Put an end to fight where you get a pinch (8) ??????O? 23 Page turned by rotter investigating brother (7) ??????L 27 Former half of...
So near, yet so far! I've found one books name (starting with c) are all the others by the same author (AC) or am I on the wrong track again? If someone could give me a clues about another books title...
There may be a misprint in the defn... Crossers don't help since some entries have to be modified before entry.... 14a With leader of Klan lost at sea, got to know how to behave without restraint (8,...