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Sorry I am late with my question. Advent is a busy time! I really only have one query: 36 ac Trouble one's got about flaming people deciding things in advance. The answer must be predestination which...
16:22 Sun 18th Dec 201611 answers, last by stevenj 09:21 Mon 19th Dec 2016
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A really tough one, I thought and I nowhere near finished it before bath time last night but I think I am there now. Plenty of queries really but I shall restrict myself to two. 16ac "some vacillate,...
13:06 Sun 11th Dec 20162 answers, last by stevenj 15:13 Sun 11th Dec 2016
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And my other query is 6d. Dark envelope. specially prepared for hiding change in. With the letters I have, i think the answer is "saturnine" which meets the dark bit (I looked it up..) but I don't get...
20:27 Sat 03rd Dec 20167 answers, last by stevenj 20:49 Sat 03rd Dec 2016
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It's me for my weekly tutorial please. My (aged) laptop keeps crashing and i have lost the text three times now. So i am going to send this message in bits. I have two answers that I don't really...
20:23 Sat 03rd Dec 20163 answers, last by Lie-in King 20:35 Sat 03rd Dec 2016
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Hello. Me again. I have three queries please. 49 ac. Garment, much-loved, just right to wrap one about. With the letters I have, petticoat fits. But why? 45 d. Place for one in a pie? If petticoat is...
20:49 Sat 26th Nov 20163 answers, last by stevenj 21:01 Sat 26th Nov 2016
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At last I have finished in time to ask for clarification. For the last two weeks, I got the last answers just as bath time arrived so I just had to hope that the answers were correct but not know...
20:45 Sat 19th Nov 20164 answers, last by stevenj 21:01 Sat 19th Nov 2016
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Bath time won again! Plus we had a friend of SWMBO' s with her 3 year old and new baby. I was exhausted by the time they left! Anyway, I more or less finished the crossie but there is one clue that I...
09:42 Sun 23rd Oct 20164 answers, last by scorpiojo 14:38 Sun 23rd Oct 2016
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I didn't have time to seek clarifications last night as bath time arrived too soon and two of my queries have now been answered. ( I was particularly keen to work out " alto" . I was one till quite...
10:42 Sun 16th Oct 20166 answers, last by stevenj 10:50 Sun 16th Oct 2016
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My usual plea before bath/bedtime. I need a few explanations yet again. 6 ac. Author producing series of books after long time. I have a?e?t so the answer seems to be agent. Age and NT fit but what...
20:02 Sat 08th Oct 201612 answers, last by stevenj 10:15 Sun 09th Oct 2016
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Could some kind person please explain two answers for me? 21d Weaver keeps brown chair in store. The answer is lumber room which I know ( because I looked it up) was a room where rich people stored...
19:44 Sat 01st Oct 20169 answers, last by stevenj 20:07 Sat 01st Oct 2016
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Just when you all thought i wouldn't be requesting help, up i come with Steven's Weekly Appeal for Guidance (SWAG). As ever, most of the guidance i need is to explain WHY certain answers are correct....
16:14 Sun 18th Sep 201616 answers, last by Neveracrossword 09:41 Tue 20th Sep 2016
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Hello. it's me reporting for my weekly tutorial. There's one that I know the answer but can't work out all the reasoning; "Plot on field inside abandoned after cutting part from tree". The answer is...
18:25 Sun 11th Sep 201618 answers, last by stevenj 19:20 Sun 11th Sep 2016
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After a month being treated as if I was a 7 year old by my Irish nana, I am back! I struggled ( not match fit?) but I think I am nearly there. But there are three clues where I am fairly sure of the...
10:01 Mon 05th Sep 201611 answers, last by stevenj 17:47 Mon 05th Sep 2016
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Could someone help me with these please" Did away with the language (7). I have ???e?e? So the answer might be "deleted" but I don't get language part. The other one is " it's trivial when immersed in...
13:37 Mon 01st Aug 201620 answers, last by scorpiojo 16:13 Mon 01st Aug 2016
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I really thought that I was going to be able to finish this one without the need for an explanation. But, annoyingly, there's one that I don't quite get. " tall building holds street record when put...
18:05 Sat 23rd Jul 20163 answers, last by aelmpvw 05:46 Sun 24th Jul 2016
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Please can I ask for explanations, yet again? Important station in Perth bringing in key counter-terrorism unit (7,6) From the other letters I have the answer seems to be " special branch" which fits...
19:08 Sat 16th Jul 20166 answers, last by TheChair 07:40 Sun 17th Jul 2016
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As I had finished the Times cryptic, I decided to have a go at Azed's crossword. Very humbling! I have managed just 8 answers with a tentative two more. SWMBO says I have spent too much time on it. As...
08:46 Thu 14th Jul 20163 answers, last by stevenj 19:35 Sat 16th Jul 2016
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Fill this writer's purse regularly and fly East (10) I have I?p?e?n?t? So the answer seems to be impregnate which meets the fill part and pre from purse. But I can't see the rest. Can someone help me...
20:01 Sat 09th Jul 20165 answers, last by Lie-in King 20:12 Sat 09th Jul 2016
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Wow! This was a tough one. I wasn't able to start until Monday as we entertained SWMBO's relative all weekend. Trip to Kew Gardens took up most of Sumday. ( Great place but very expensive imho) But I...
13:46 Wed 06th Jul 201610 answers, last by Mamyalynne 16:23 Wed 06th Jul 2016
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Hello again after a couple of weeks absence. And I am late this week because SWMBO took me to Winchester ( beautiful cathedral etc) but for a weird reason. One of her friends organised for her husband...
15:58 Tue 24th May 201638 answers, last by Jackdaw33 22:59 Fri 27th May 2016

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