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Inquisitor 1568

With help I have completed the crossword but can't make sense of the instructions at the beginning, obviously this will only apply to those who have completed the crossword . It wants a letter from...

pantonsteve

Local Cryptic - Just Seeking Confirmation

1 true frenchman in the empire [5] r???m - realm ? 2 lady took stuff back in advance initially [6] - if realm is correct i've got ?l?c?a so thinking alicia ? - letters from advance initially ?...

hankir

Mephisto 3036 Parsing

Caution! Answers are mentioned. I don’t understand why these answers. 12. Italian company on greeting (4). CIAO? Company (cia) on Italian greeting works. 14. In error lead oblivion and endless...

Fizi

I Cryptic 2412

Literal mind oddlyrejected taking drug for disease Think it’s typhoid but why Ebays upset about a tv I flogged Think it’s evocation but why?...

Farrwest

Speccie 2383

Can someone please give me a little help here by giving me the clue numbers of a couple of the pairs. Thanks

Ripper

Inquisitor 1566

Half of the clues are Definition and Letter-Mixture, in which a sentence containing the definition of the answer also contains a mixture of the letters of the required entry. In the other half of the...

anotheoldgit

Tommy Robinson's Case Referred To The Attorney General.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45951152 Will he now be allowed the freedom to speak openly in a higher court?...

anotheoldgit

Sadiq Khan Accuses Home Secretary Of "playing To The Far Right"

https://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/special-shows/speak-sadiq/sadiq-khan-accuses-home-secretary-far-right/ /// "These sick Asian paedophiles are finally facing justice. I want to commend the bravery of the...

Daij

Saga

2d Repressed writer replaced? (4-2) ?E??-?P 5d To go in the middle of Battersea Dogs Home shows guts (6) ?N?E?? 12d Cry of pain society girl is first to issue (7) (?E???C?) 8a Hide the contents of...

saladdodger

Ev 1353

Misprint in definitions in all clues 1.Bill caught object aimed at eight once (6) (starts a/b/c) .. the E in eight is probably the misprint 2 . First class prophet, reportedly is core. (5) starts...

Ripper

Inquisitor 1565

Completely stuck! 'from one clue in each pair' does this mean a pair being 8/9 A, 12/14 A, 15/17 A etc and does the moved letter affect the definition or wordplay? Perhaps some kind person could give...

Farrwest

Specie 2381

Probably because it's Friday I'm having trouble getting going with the ladder from 1a to 45a. Can someone kindly give me a leg up to get started - Thanks

chalky2850

Dt 28874

15a What's having detrimental effect on mother,getting old (8)D??????? 14d To kill time,I acted strangely (9)??A???A?E 17d Terrible performer? Not a person taking charge (8) ?I?????R...

yellow11

Azed2418

help please 6a bit of money requred to fitx part of her underwear?5 ????A something bra? 10a establishing pay for job,i'll be in organised tax fringe 10,2 words,ends g 11a our lot almost entirely...

hankir

Mephisto 3033

8. Rocket previously sharp pest (8) ON?ON??? 23.Twist in narrative catching half -cut person no longer passed up (6) ?O??DE Thanks...

AMartinP

Azed 2,418

9d: Worthless stuff, this? It's garb that never dates (7): age?es?. I can only think that it's "ageless", which fits the definition, but what's the rest??...

AMartinP

Azed 2,417

I'm completely flummoxed by this puzzle; I can't even get the only "normal" clue, which is 1a: Greetings to those who are excited about how remaining clue answers are distributed? Can anybody, please,...

kvalidir

Unwarrented Personal Attacks And The Derailing Of Threads In Other Catagories.

I have just been dragged into a disagreement on another thread in News, which was toddling along well until a member posted amongst other things this. Does anyone else find the constant niggling of...

hankir

Inquisitor 1562

Three. Astericked clue has two answers. Same length. 13d. * Shots usually travelling to th right, except a number going near the middle (6, Three letters same) I have SHI??A and THI?KS 24. * came...

vesalius

Azed 2416 Help Please

One to go and I have abandoned hope of finding the answer. 6d. "Confidential answer received almost all changed" I have AL?TER?. I'm assuming that it is the foreign language one referred to in the...

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Inquisitor 1568

Local Cryptic - Just Seeking Confirmation

Mephisto 3036 Parsing

I Cryptic 2412

Speccie 2383

Inquisitor 1566

Tommy Robinson's Case Referred To The Attorney General.

Sadiq Khan Accuses Home Secretary Of "playing To The Far Right"

Saga

Ev 1353

Inquisitor 1565

Specie 2381

Dt 28874

Azed2418

Mephisto 3033

Azed 2,418

Azed 2,417

Unwarrented Personal Attacks And The Derailing Of Threads In Other Catagories.

Inquisitor 1562

Azed 2416 Help Please

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