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Tilly2

Spectator 2695

All done I have the poem and can see the unclueds as prefixes but I can't find the word I'm looking for. I wanted it to be 41ac but I have 'shire' for that. What's gone wrong?
18:07 Sat 22nd Mar 20258 answers, last by teacher1 19:15 Sat 22nd Mar 2025
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NobleRoman

Listener 4853 Inventor

I have the grid - the block to move.  I cannot find the inventor despite heavy searching.  I cannot get it from the wordplay provided.  I have tried searching for what I think the title of the... ...
12:49 Wed 05th Feb 20254 answers, last by NobleRoman 15:58 Wed 05th Feb 2025
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Maxxer

Spectator 2688

Another reasonably straightforward puzzle - I thought 43a was well hidden. However I can't quite work out the wordplay in 25d The heart of holy Adriatic port (4) It can only be 'Bari' but why...
12:17 Thu 30th Jan 202525 answers, last by Maxxer 22:17 Thu 30th Jan 2025
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Maxxer

Spectator 2687

A nice, gentle offering from Fire this week; but I'm struggling to parse the wordplay in 24a: Returning to minister's house, discovered cat hiding in furniture (8) 'Ottomans' fits but can someone... ...
13:09 Thu 23rd Jan 20252 answers, last by Maxxer 13:37 Thu 23rd Jan 2025
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Codon

Spectator Christmas Crossword

First of all Happy New Year! For 79 across:Heartlessy cheat Caledonian exchange,the missing letter is an o and I think the answer in the grid must be tick,but I can't make a five letter word out of... ...
09:19 Thu 02nd Jan 20254 answers, last by Codon 10:41 Thu 02nd Jan 2025
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yellow11

Guardian

8a putin is so reactionary some back out 7,starts r 9a pole with fiddle meeting leading osteopath 7,starts r 11a seen out with copper 6,starts N 13agovernment PA dropped independent 4,starts... ...
17:11 Tue 31st Dec 20246 answers, last by Neveracrossword 18:28 Tue 31st Dec 2024
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quinol

Azed 2739 Last 2 (Lights) Help Please

copper with support of law trailing bloodsucker cule-c reputation once made in battle helo-s
16:27 Sun 15th Dec 20243 answers, last by quinol 18:37 Sun 15th Dec 2024
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Pete666

Genius No 258

Need help with the last clue: 20d. Coloured skirt seen in the past (6) H-G-E- Answer contains a double letter which is omitted from wordplay.
21:20 Wed 04th Dec 20244 answers, last by Pete666 23:49 Wed 04th Dec 2024
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quinol

Genius 258 Help With Parsing Last One Please

15d irish centre perhaps strips - I think have the word defined by last word of clue, but don't understand 'irish centre perhaps' - 1st 2 letters are in irish but...
15:52 Wed 04th Dec 20242 answers, last by quinol 16:56 Wed 04th Dec 2024
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tedsgran

Azed 2736

4d Culmination? With this one comes to earth (4) N?ON neon?noon?  Parse?
17:23 Sun 24th Nov 20244 answers, last by tedsgran 18:34 Sun 24th Nov 2024
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JJ109

Genius 257

Last two hopefully! The clues are wordplay only. (definitions are elsewhere) 25a Creature taken for a ride outside, only needing to have one central bit C?N?O?T?D (concocted, contorted, consorted??,... ...
04:53 Tue 05th Nov 20243 answers, last by JJ109 08:11 Tue 05th Nov 2024
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Chuffa24

St Mephisto 3339 Sunday August 25Th 2024 “Massive Motor’s Stuff In An Objective Way I Take”

1A "Massive motor’s stuff in an objective way I take" (6) I think the answer is HUMMER (but I don't understand the wordplay - can anyone explain please?
18:00 Thu 29th Aug 20242 answers, last by Chuffa24 19:43 Thu 29th Aug 2024
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hypotheses

Sunday Times Mephisto 3332 Sunday July 7Th 2024

A dour struggle today. I'm afraid Mr. Grimshaw and are not on the same page. New setter?  Normally I can knock this off in half an hour or so but not today! Am I being particularly dense or are... ...
08:44 Mon 08th Jul 20245 answers, last by hypotheses 10:50 Mon 08th Jul 2024
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pomona

Seasons Greetings Xv

All done apart from the end game....How to draw the 3 triangles please...?
09:13 Fri 29th Dec 20234 answers, last by ProfessorMaisie 12:31 Fri 29th Dec 2023
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ricky53

Colours

Colours. It's a golf club quiz sheet so it's for club funds. 
  clue 1. Tiger's shipmate has fallen overboard. 
16:46 Sun 26th Nov 20238 answers, last by TheWinner 20:15 Sun 26th Nov 2023
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lashley

Spec2629

have now completed grid but no ikdea where to start fot the 2 pairs of clued answers-if anyone could give me their numbers eg 1a etc i'd be very gratefuland work out the last bit.isit me or is... ...
21:37 Thu 02nd Nov 20235 answers, last by ProfessorMaisie 22:43 Thu 02nd Nov 2023
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JJ109

Azed 2672

This is a Carte Blanche crossword where you also have to enter the bars. You do not know where the clues fit or the number of letters. I have solved all the clues apart from two and placed all the...
15:40 Sun 03rd Sep 20233 answers, last by JJ109 15:48 Sun 03rd Sep 2023
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JJ109

Ev 1605 Parsing Help Please

I think these are my last two. Each clue has a superfluous letter 15d Funeral ode that is driven by decreased turning up under extreme pressure (7) The answer is EPICEDE (a funeral ode), I can see...
15:11 Mon 28th Aug 20235 answers, last by JJ109 21:54 Mon 28th Aug 2023
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professorplum13

Azed 2670

2d Graze by the sound of it in northern pastures (4) RAI? raik is a northern pasture? but graze?...and the clue says pastureS ?? 35a Title of distinguished Japanese book, short one (4) SAM? Samuel for...
10:48 Sun 20th Aug 20234 answers, last by professorplum13 11:11 Sun 20th Aug 2023
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FleshpotsOfDevon

Azed 2669

Can I check if I’ve got these two correct to finish - Young salmon, light brown, feature of Mull seafood restaurant? - PARTAN Bomber attack sounded clearly under power - PRANG Thanks!...
14:50 Sun 13th Aug 20235 answers, last by ProfessorMaisie 15:57 Sun 13th Aug 2023

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