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Gravest By Stick Insect

In each clue 2 letters ( not necessarily consecutive ) must be removed from a word before solving, always leaving a real word... 1a Pretending to piracy, perhaps not on the level (7) ?ANTING i think...
12:44 Fri 14th Jul 202312 answers, last by ProfessorMaisie 13:57 Fri 14th Jul 2023
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Ev 1596

All done apart from replacing the clashes....just the same asterisk for each one?
14:43 Sun 25th Jun 20232 answers, last by professorplum13 15:17 Sun 25th Jun 2023
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Ev 1595

The defn and the wordplay give a pair of words differing by one letter. The shorter word goes in the grid and the extra letter goes on the top line. 1d Thoroughly searching on the way (6) CO?ING the...
07:30 Mon 19th Jun 20233 answers, last by Neveracrossword 07:50 Mon 19th Jun 2023
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Tls 1481

15a To see village, timeless, perhaps, reminiscent of Auburn (9) ?O?E?I???...
18:24 Wed 14th Jun 20233 answers, last by professorplum13 18:31 Wed 14th Jun 2023
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Ev 1594

In each clue, one word must take flight before solving, replacing the escapee from the next clue (or first across clue from the last down clue 21d Learning half of acorn meal perhaps worthless to...
15:47 Mon 12th Jun 20232 answers, last by Neveracrossword 16:54 Mon 12th Jun 2023
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Ev 1593

19a Second lumbers for groups (6) S?UA?S must be squads but where is the "lumber"? Is quad an old word for lumber?? Apart from that, all done, main man found, but can't see the other 2........
14:16 Sun 04th Jun 20237 answers, last by professorplum13 17:53 Sun 04th Jun 2023
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Azed 1648

10d Vatican treasurers working longer put in some lead for stained-glass windows (11) ?A?E?LE?GAS 15a Smallest part of gene that can change back insect's dorsal surface (5)...
13:04 Sun 19th Mar 20232 answers, last by professorplum13 13:10 Sun 19th Mar 2023
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Ev 1560

Full grid , 2 of the 10 required cell altered....do i just leave the 8 cells of 30a blank? Change the unclued entry to (7,3) ...as in the tv programme?...
14:13 Tue 07th Mar 20233 answers, last by novalis 15:58 Tue 07th Mar 2023
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Tls 1465

28a Enclosed an Anglo-Saxon nobleman without a way to hit out (8) E?R?W?T? 29a Place of higher education that's with it, catering for all (6) ?N???X 25d Plowman getting right stuck into what he has...
20:53 Wed 22nd Feb 20237 answers, last by professorplum13 20:57 Wed 22nd Feb 2023
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Azed 2643

25d Bowled lofted delivery yielding zero score (4) BLO?
14:26 Sun 12th Feb 20234 answers, last by Captain2 14:32 Sun 12th Feb 2023
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Genius 235

How do you read the ignored letters in the grid...? I have a full grid with the ignored letters highlighted (apart from 7d) but the letters don't make any sense... If i read them like a book i have...
11:59 Sat 07th Jan 20235 answers, last by ProfessorMaisie 18:02 Sat 07th Jan 2023
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Ev 1571

Wordplay in 29 clues fails to give one or two letters. Eight clues contain an extra word. The remaining seven clues are normal. 19d Saharan area's green spade abandoned on reflection (3) ?R? (It's not...
15:03 Sun 01st Jan 20233 answers, last by professorplum13 15:09 Sun 01st Jan 2023
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Inquisitor 1783

1. Half-devoured meal near singer's trap (4) 5. On cycling courses swerve (4) 42. Rambler, heading east, for every one to outwit (9) ...ends in H...
10:24 Tue 27th Dec 20225 answers, last by Neveracrossword 12:20 Tue 27th Dec 2022
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Tls 1455

5d Leading characters in short story about unbelievable delays (6) ??A?LS 6d Disabled writer's upsetting avant-garde circle (4) ??E?...
08:53 Thu 08th Dec 20227 answers, last by Toorak 09:00 Thu 08th Dec 2022
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Spectator 2584

20a Wiseacre stops career criminal (7) ?O?LI?E
20:52 Thu 01st Dec 20224 answers, last by professorplum13 20:56 Thu 01st Dec 2022
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Speccie 2582

34d Analysed another gripping French military debacle (5) ?E?AN reran?
09:17 Thu 17th Nov 20223 answers, last by professorplum13 09:29 Thu 17th Nov 2022
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Ev 1560

Six clues have thematic answers. The remaining across clues have an extra letter in the wordplay 10a Cured fish reek, "Do heed Rory," I'd nag from time to time (10, 2 words) O?DLE??M?S 1d Millions...
07:54 Mon 10th Oct 20224 answers, last by ProfessorMaisie 08:36 Mon 10th Oct 2022
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Ev 1559

There may be i) an extra word in the clue or ii) the wordplay may be short of a letter or iii) the answer needs modifying (usually an anagram) or iv) the clue is normal 17d Most crooked rogues turn...
12:41 Sun 02nd Oct 20225 answers, last by professorplum13 13:14 Sun 02nd Oct 2022
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Azed 2622

20a Not a prima ballerina, have great fun dancing round fringe of Bolshoi (9) FO??R??T?
22:45 Sun 11th Sep 202211 answers, last by depresion 17:26 Mon 12th Sep 2022
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Sunday Telegraph

Anyone know which section the puzzles are in please?
07:50 Sun 11th Sep 20221 answer, last by Beachmaster 11:11 Sun 11th Sep 2022

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