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Last (tiny) one! 3D Spring's _Father and Son_ reordered, S?A. Possibly SFA for the initial letters but it doesn't ring a bell. In fact nothing rings a bell. Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA!...
20:04 Sat 11th Jun 20222 answers, last by smallsizenun 20:14 Sat 11th Jun 2022
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The upper right-hand corner has baffled me. 5a Waldo author's basis for sauce... T?E?O??, and 8d Copy of Oedipus written up neat ??R?N. If 5a connects to 9a (PESTO) I'm still not seeing it. Of course...
00:41 Fri 24th Dec 20214 answers, last by smallsizenun 17:12 Sat 25th Dec 2021
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No question for once, just a tip o' the hat to the setter. This one has been so much fun! And a happy Halloween to all....
22:05 Sat 23rd Oct 20211 answer, last by Mamyalynne 22:07 Sat 23rd Oct 2021
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Parsefail once again... 22D Parts of poetry can be a chore for schoolkids. I have L?N?S and my best guess is LONGS (i.e. syllables), while a SLOG is a chore, but that leaves N as the odd letter out,...
16:27 Wed 20th Oct 20213 answers, last by smallsizenun 16:39 Wed 20th Oct 2021
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Last one! 20a Capulet's first act, clumsily restricting Romeo's entrance. C?A?M The nearest thing I can come up with is CHARM in the sense that to charm is to put on an act, C=Capulet's first (letter)...
23:03 Wed 29th Sep 20214 answers, last by bobbinwales 05:54 Thu 30th Sep 2021
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1D - "Two, we hear, at Royal Academy on the up in erstwhile capital" I believe is DJAKARTA, but I can't parse the first part of the clue. ARTA = "at RA" backward, so far so good DJAK = two, we hear;...
15:22 Wed 18th Aug 20214 answers, last by Mamyalynne 15:33 Wed 18th Aug 2021
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A small quandary with 10A, "Does a Glaucus, to start with, perhaps qualify as one?" S?A?O? If the first 6 letters of the clue make the answer, I construe SEAGOD. But on second thought, you could...
22:47 Tue 02nd Feb 20214 answers, last by smallsizenun 22:56 Tue 02nd Feb 2021
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The last one... 17a, "Substanceless novel about a volunteer group related to Labour." N?T?L, and the only word I can think of that makes sense is NATAL, but I can't parse it. I'm guessing Labour means...
20:28 Thu 29th Oct 20206 answers, last by smallsizenun 21:05 Thu 29th Oct 2020
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18a Polish horse associated with The Queen and a man of note? I have ?O?E?GER which was baffling until it came to me that it may be polish not Polish, yielding hone=polish thus HONEGGER a man of...
15:35 Mon 08th Jun 20203 answers, last by smallsizenun 15:42 Mon 08th Jun 2020
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Last one, 17d: Retirees I become weary with, having chronic fatigue syndrome arising. E?E?H?I I've thought of the Lotophagi, the Seven Sleepers, those dudes in "The Garden of Proserpine," the...
19:17 Mon 23rd Mar 202011 answers, last by ProfessorMaisie 19:49 Mon 23rd Mar 2020
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Only one little one left, 6a When to bring in training for superiors of Dykes? ?P?S, for which my guess is OPTS (Other People's TimeS), but the reference eludes me so it is just a guess. Help anyone?...
16:23 Wed 11th Mar 20204 answers, last by Mamyalynne 16:38 Wed 11th Mar 2020
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27a Writer about endless fish... fish... A?P?I?G and all I have come up with is AMPSING (ampse being evidently a category of fish, with Johannes Ampsing, Dutch physician and author 1559-1642). But...
16:41 Tue 17th Dec 20197 answers, last by Mamyalynne 16:55 Tue 17th Dec 2019
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10a has me stumped: Play's policy on extremely chintzy decoration. C?M?E?I?E must surely be CYMBELINE (unless the last letter is O after all), but I cannot think how it is parsed. Any help will be...
16:23 Sat 30th Nov 20193 answers, last by smallsizenun 16:43 Sat 30th Nov 2019
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Parsing fail once again -- 13d "Writer projecting parts for audience in Pirates of the Caribbean" ?U?C?N?E?S must surely be BUCCANEERS, but all I can come up with is partial anagrams, i.e. SEER =...
15:54 Sat 28th Sep 20195 answers, last by smallsizenun 16:05 Sat 28th Sep 2019
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Had fun with this one right up to the end. 13A Books about daughters left with the Queen's kid. I have T?D?L?R. TODDLER=kid would work, with L=Left and ER= Queen, but I cannot parse the "books about...
21:20 Fri 20th Sep 20194 answers, last by smallsizenun 23:14 Fri 20th Sep 2019
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Nearly finished -- a rare achievement with a Myrtilus! -- but stumped at SW corner. For 22d Wolf beer and one's spirit is lifted, I have AMEER (beer minus the b, with ame=soul above), but then 26a...
16:48 Mon 08th Jul 20196 answers, last by shoota 17:11 Mon 08th Jul 2019
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Stuck on the very last one! 26D, We hear cider drinker would show the way, ?E?D. Don't see a ref. to _The Cider House Rules_. Learned from google that Devon Colic was caused by LEAD poisoning from...
16:11 Wed 05th Jun 20192 answers, last by smallsizenun 19:57 Wed 05th Jun 2019
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Am stumped on the last 2 short ones. 1A A gigantically snotty fellow? I have ?U?G?S and all I could come up with was (heh) DUNGUS. Also 13A Article written about quiet and droll linesman. I have ?A?H...
15:26 Thu 30th May 20194 answers, last by smallsizenun 15:37 Thu 30th May 2019
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Down to the last one -- 11a, Talk about hankering for Gossip in a Library? I have ?H?T?H?T and what suggests itself is CHITCHAT, but I can't parse the "hankering" bit. O' course I could be completely...
23:02 Tue 26th Mar 20195 answers, last by Mamyalynne 23:40 Tue 26th Mar 2019
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Finished except for SE corner --24d Passage from Vidal's debut put off dean. I have A?L?? and am guessing ALLEY (=passage) but if the reference is to Gore Vidal's Williwaw it eludes me. If correct,...
17:57 Tue 05th Mar 20195 answers, last by smallsizenun 18:40 Tue 05th Mar 2019

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