Grid almost filled in, I know the 'theme' I've found the woman, I've found the 'receptacle' for the last word. But, I can't trace the 'obnoxious' item. The woman is 11 letters, the receptacle is 11...
8. ....but a jumbo completely destroyed this one! (3,5) is this an anagram of another word for jumbo? 12. Big jazz fan found at front of clubs. What a swinger! (5,5) is this a sportsman? 34. Tropical...
Well, after a lot of rubbing out, I've filled the grid, got the film,the actors & their roles. But, I have no idea as to what word I need to insert in the phrase. I feel it's somehow involve an...
Are the answers on the right all real words either reversed or upside down? Need help with: Adulatory greeting means rage is briefly set aside (3) begins with A or B One revealing secret route right...
The answers are names of car models.
i.e. A game played on horseback hitting a ball with a stick = POLO
The maker may have seen the design of this car, as art, perhaps?
Thanks in advance...
12 down" Humourless king astride horse dispatching lower athletic beast (9, 2 words) PO?AR?EA? (? polar bear, but why?) Now to the 'three adjacent squares' I was thinking of 'SHE' after singing the...
I've got the 'theme', but need a nudge to help me along. The clues may have an extra word. 31 across: Plant pap beside female bird (7,2) TE????? ( I SO want this to be teat hen!) 36 across: Enormous...
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...
23 across: compact telescope (9) MON?C?LAR. Surely monocular? but not in Chambers as such.
153 down: Water-driven wheel (7) T?R?I?E
Thanks in advance...
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...
Am I correct in thinking this has something to do with Rugby? (I have a name at 3 down which suggests it is?) My main problem is the perimeter which I can make no sense of - any help would be...
All answers have an extra letter in the word play (and some are 'themed' missing a word for which you leave a blank cell) 30 down: Check the Parisian crab cooked in Will's strong liquor (6) ???A?N 31...
Last (I hope!) bit of help needed. Some may have misprints in definitions 21 down:Craftsman perhaps who knows rank (4) T?ER I'm sure it should be tier (tier is a rank, but I can't work out the...
I'm stuck on the bottom left (I must have made a mistake) There may be misprints in the definition. 34 down: Actor's part to get underway it's said (4) ?NLE 35 down: Dwelling hit hard keels over (4)...
16 down: This lush shaded valley in Bodnant Garden is the perfect place to enjoy a drink in the newly refurbished kiosk. (3,4) T?E ???L
Thanks in advance...
Still needing help with 2 down (it has a misprint to be replaced by an O) Step out of bounds blocking cross for Reds (7) ?TE???? 7 down: (misprint replaced by T =type?) Exalted Whitehall hype...