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Saturday Times Jumbo Cryptic 924 Saturday May 7th 2011

9d. Business (old) in fashion in Turkish port (9): I have T-E-I-O-D Any suggestions out there please?...

Sat Times 24747

14ac. Saying nothing, dropping hot fruit juice.(4) ?T?M. I have stum as the answer, slang for keeping quiet an also a grape juice but I can not see where hot comes into it.

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Saturday Times Prize Crossword 24688 Saturday November 6th 2010

23ac: Backward hospital omitting to house place for GP (5) I have I-O-A, all of which appear to be correct, so I'm obviously missing something....

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Saturday Times Jumbo Cryptic 875

40ac: Rampager's name largely connected with city (6) -a-t-r? 45ac: Look at mountain route full of grey vegetation (8) l-p-r-s-?...

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Huddersfield Committee Of Yorkshire Cancer Research Quiz

All answers can be found in Yorkshire: 1. Black, for example, English and French (6) Absolutely stuck with this one. 2. Building follows horse in shallow receptacle (14, 2 words) I'm hung up on...

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Mephisto 2528

`3d: Thing legally cut about essential colleges (7) I've got CHONE_S Even for Mephisto this seems strange, and Chambers doesn't help. The N is the least certain of the letters in situ. Any offers?...

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Places in Yorkshre (Cryptic)

Winning caption follows home for the inconsolable (12, 4) Sounds like you've put on 14lbs (10)

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Times 23,916

23ac: Starts to lecture sexy, sordid gal on stripping (7) E_ _ _D _ A 22dn: For crunch match initially loading dice (5) C _ _ _ P Answer's probably CRISP, but can't see why. Thanks.

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Times Jumbo 753 Cryptic

53ac. As senior statesman you'll be entertained by academic (5) E-Y-N

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18d. Weaselly American threatening jazz fan, 5, 3 Have got BLACK CAT as answer, but can't justify it. Black = threatening, cat = jazz fan. But, why weaselly, why American? Is there a specific American...

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Private Eye 1201

Ex-PM wedded to Prince of Darkness! (6) -H-R-N Looks like Sharon (former Israeli PM), but can't work out why. Any thoughts?

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Times Cryptic Jumbo 725

7d: Where pips are expected (2,3,5) O- the -a-t- 28a: Filthy channel cut, showing change of heart (5) S-w-r The answer seems to be sewer, which is a filthy channel, but how is clue justified?...

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Times Jumbo Cryptic 723

18ac: Close, say, to continent from whence came palefaces.(8) - A - N - S - A If answer is Launasia, why?

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Times Jumbo 718

25 ac. Assuming the answer is Anemones, as I had from men + ones, where is the justification for the 'a' at the beginning? I still can't work that part out.

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