Two 5-letter words still to do: 6d "Quickly gather for jam" _ L _ C _ seen as both BLOCK and FLOCK and I've read the earlier posts: both mean jam but neither fits with Quickly; and 24a "Positively...
Two (for now!, any help please:
2d "Ripe bananas in Indian restaurant (8) _ _ _ P _ R _ E, and
21 d "Ass starts off that beer(6)" O _ A _ E _ , possibly ONAGER?...
Two "maybe" answers, not fully understood:
21a "Little cup held back in passing" - DEMITASSE?
13d "Set aside enclosure to be evasive" - RING FENCE?
Any explanations please....
15a "One holding part of afternoon service? (7) T _ A _ R _ Y: possibly TEATRAY but would that be 2 words or hyphenated; and 2d "A trio of servicemen in reserve (3)" I _ E : possibly ICE (hidden) but...
2 to finish (and they intersect): 13d Row of supporters pass one and split up (9) _ O _ O _ _ _ D _ possibly COLONNADE but why? 20a Heartless advances by city for hosiery (6) N _ L _ _ _ possibly...
Rishi perhaps spent recklessly? According to reports. (4) ?L?E I may be barking up the wrong tree, but I suspect the answer might be BLUE. If BLEW = spent recklessly, phonetically adjusted by...
Seems harder this week! Any help please with: 10a "American president once left lady's name (6)" A _ A _ E _ ; 13a "Spike was one to talk a lot (4)" _ _ _ N; 18a "Leon wrong to make a comeback (4)" T...
(Hopefully this will show the correct puzzle number, 1221). Always seems to one I can't fathom out - this time it's the longest word 14a "Quietly and very detached, she's privy to chat for treatment"...
Trying to catch up because the mag wasn't delivered till today! Couldn't get NACRES so thanks for that. Still missing 10a "Saving face, a peer becomes a priest (5)" A _ R _ N probably AARON (was a...
8 letters second letter f State of confusion in parts of the week? Only what ones heard 4 letters second letter a Irregular dates unknown to me 6 letters first letter s Rare red meat sandwiches not...
3 problems with clues this week: 8d "Irregular dates unknown to me (6)" S _ E _ D _ looks like STEADY but why "to me"? 21d "Sort of car that is the making of pa! (5)" P _ N _ A looks like PANDA (old...
A few beyond me this week: 2d "Sort of mole on Frenchman" (6) _ I _ R _ E (perhaps PIERRE but why?) 6d "Come back to mind about vicious dog" (5) R _ C _ R (perhaps RECUR but the clue meaning is...