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Partial wordplay help needed

Peculiar talk at a choral work (7) CONTATA. Definition is clear and AT+A is clear but how does "peculiar talk" = CONT
11:03 Wed 17th Dec 20082 answers, last by PuzzlingGal 11:14 Wed 17th Dec 2008
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1a

The appeal of cricket (4,4) _O_ _/_ _ _T
17:47 Fri 12th Dec 20088 answers, last by PuzzlingGal 18:00 Fri 12th Dec 2008
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14a

Old film company in America (7,5). _E_T_RY/U_I_N. Also need help understanding how this works: Bush may go before it, lending support to cleaner newspaper (5,9) DAILY TELEGRAPH. I know daily is a...
16:38 Fri 05th Dec 20084 answers, last by PuzzlingGal 17:24 Fri 05th Dec 2008
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Telegraph Toughie No. 55

Need help finishing this one. 17A: What's conveyed by a bearing with minimal yen? (6) _ _A_H_. 25A: One at the forefront of colonial experience (5) C_I_ _.
11:23 Fri 05th Dec 20083 answers, last by PuzzlingGal 11:45 Fri 05th Dec 2008
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4d

Bighead carpeted for security reasons (4) T_C_. (Wordplay as well, please and thanks.)
16:27 Thu 04th Dec 20081 answer, last by ulysses100 16:29 Thu 04th Dec 2008
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12d

Campaigning against an area for play? (7) I_ _ _E_D. INFIELD? Don't get the campaigning against bit.
17:38 Tue 02nd Dec 20082 answers, last by PuzzlingGal 18:19 Tue 02nd Dec 2008
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14a

Quietly yearn for table linen (6) NAPERY. That's table linin. How does the "quiety yearn for" play into it?
16:41 Mon 01st Dec 20084 answers, last by PuzzlingGal 16:46 Mon 01st Dec 2008
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3d & 6d

Definitions OK on both. Wordplay help needed. 3D Bird that goes around the pier (8) STARLING. 6D Dead, we are told, and can be eaten (6) MUTTON.
11:37 Sun 30th Nov 20084 answers, last by PuzzlingGal 11:50 Sun 30th Nov 2008
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26d

Suburb of Cairo a sharp turn back (4) _I_A
15:57 Sat 22nd Nov 20082 answers, last by Lie-in King 16:02 Sat 22nd Nov 2008
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8a

Compulsory pre-marital reading-matter (5) _A_N_
12:48 Fri 21st Nov 20082 answers, last by PuzzlingGal 12:52 Fri 21st Nov 2008
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Fish (; )<

Fish around river waterways (8) T_E_ _ _ _ _
10:54 Sat 15th Nov 20083 answers, last by PuzzlingGal 10:58 Sat 15th Nov 2008
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19d

Hits puck then turns (6) _M_A_ _ _
16:28 Fri 14th Nov 20083 answers, last by PuzzlingGal 16:39 Fri 14th Nov 2008
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Telegraph Toughie No. 38

Just getting around to this now and am stuck. Not good with cricket. Can anyone help with this large clue: 7&9 Might lbw in cricket have been similarly short? (4-4,2,1, 11)
10:22 Sun 09th Nov 20082 answers, last by PuzzlingGal 10:27 Sun 09th Nov 2008
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10a

Information about new driver's depression (4). G_E_
14:49 Sat 08th Nov 20082 answers, last by PuzzlingGal 14:53 Sat 08th Nov 2008
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Yesterday's Telegraph Toughie No. 40

19D Heartless discharge for Shakespearean character (6) _U_N_E. Thanks in advance!
11:07 Sat 08th Nov 20082 answers, last by sarumite 11:13 Sat 08th Nov 2008
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Toughie No. 40

21A On the contrary, everybody's tried and tested (8) T_I_L_E_
20:50 Fri 07th Nov 20083 answers, last by PuzzlingGal 20:55 Fri 07th Nov 2008
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Wordplay?

Shares the initial writing (6) SCRIPT I know script is writing. How does the rest work?
12:08 Thu 06th Nov 20083 answers, last by PuzzlingGal 12:21 Thu 06th Nov 2008
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Unsolved Clue

No sport for the amateur (1,6,4) _/P_ _ _N_/G_M_ A Something Game?
17:59 Mon 03rd Nov 20082 answers, last by PuzzlingGal 18:02 Mon 03rd Nov 2008
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20d

Rock means first half of walk is upset (6) M_R_L_ ROCK=MABLE, M(eans) first, I can see but the rest eludes me.
16:37 Mon 03rd Nov 20083 answers, last by PuzzlingGal 16:56 Mon 03rd Nov 2008
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24d

End of grand Dickens character (5) _N_L_ (wordplay too, please and thanks).
15:54 Wed 29th Oct 20082 answers, last by PuzzlingGal 16:00 Wed 29th Oct 2008

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