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The Times 28770

Just the one parsing query :- Secretiveness of triads finally revealed by Secret Service evidence (9) R?T?C?N?E. Well, it has to be RETICENCE (secretiveness), but I can't parse it at... ...

Radley

Vend 1066

This is a dingbat. VEND 1066 thanks for any help....

kuiperbelt

Dice Problem

Find the numbers represented by the 3 ??? https://ibb.co/XYSc27x...

Bez1954

All The Answers Are Fabrics - Getting Desperate. Closing Date 9/4/23

All answers are all fabrics 1.Sort of brown fish with Scottish eye (8) 2.Went fast in American ship? The opposite (7) 3.Finally, all about dried fruit or scales? (8)...

tobytronic

The Age Of The Universe In Seconds.

Is 13.7 Billion Seconds Ago the Year 1588? Current secular concensus for the age of the universe is 13.7 Billion Years. If those years were seconds, would that be 1588? The year of the defeat of the...

ausecours

Help

50-50 crossword 28 across See old tree collapsing...

OldChestNuts

Plusnet Broadband Cpi + 3.9%

Hi has anyone figured out the CPI used by Plusnet for April 2022? My broadband deal was at £23.99 before any price increase. Now Plusnet new bill is £27.89. The CPI seem to have applied is more than...

di1606

Famous People

Hi help please Answer both parts of the clue to find a name 1) One who was proud heard the excitement (6,7) 2) A war hero on the river (5,3)...

flowergarden

B U Your S

Song from a show

glenlass

Diocesan Mag

2. Destory the remote Donegal island (7) 15. Almost crow, short foot (5) 22. Was the convention held here (linkword) (6) 24. Half a Cuban dance.allow (6) 25. Previous.y (6) All dwelling places, don't...

iminoz

Ft 16263 Parsing

26a. Being completely out of it (6) M?R?A? I thought it may be 'mortal' but I've seen it answered as 'merman'. Can't parse either way....

MChamb913

Christmas Quiz

'S not a dance 8 letters Loosely based on Christmas...

Jayzee2016

Guardian Prize

Help, please.Just one more to finish: 15a: Tory wearing light blue - racy? - but can't parse

iminoz

Azed 2374

Can anyone parse 17a? Barley of a kind? Granary displays one but not garden (4) ?IGG Looks like BIGG, a type of barley...

barnaclebill58

Sunday Times 4744

2d Possible result of union's publicity:pipeline limits. Answer is offspring. I can get the "Possible result of union" bit (worthy of Cyclops in the Eye) but can't get the reason for " 's" or the rest...

1945austen

The Answers Are All Flowers - Extra Information

Sorry folks. Q9 Animal's measure is 9 letters...

Mick-the-Miller

Dt 28320

Morning all - stuck! 7d - Find fault in character's weight (7) t?n?a?e I think it's probably 'tonnage' but haven't a clue why? TIA...

chardon713

Sunday Times Cryptic 4593 Sunday June 8Th 2014

8d Become upset about artist being alive (7) T?E?I?G Think this is "teeming" ( as in " the sea was teeming/alive with fish" )... but can't see the wordplay. Also ... the "t" of teeming is based on 6a...

JONAP123

The Most Satisfactory Experience

crossword clue - adopt a position for the most satisfactory experience (8)

DavyL

I Prize Crossword

Radiocarbon - dating UK rocks providing mild environmental hazard. (10,9) ------o-n-, r--------. I know it's an anagram but I just can't see it. Many thanks if someone can get it....

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