Super-stuck on 1,9,23: Borrow 5p and settle up with poor children's entertainer (9,11) ??O?G???B/S?U?R?P?N?S (Spongebag Squarepants - best I can do;-) Please help.
Two clues holding out in Crucible's Prize !3a Either half of sweetbread (5) L?L?Y and what must be a Latin phrase 25a Eg Central Park raceis about to block country bumpkin there (3,2,4) R?S?N?R?E Any...
Brilliant puzzle by Brendan today.
One holding out ...
10a Romantic novelist, the writer embraced by a couple, contrarily (5)
O?I?A or O?I?? if 8d isn't PAUL...
Ground to a halt here:
11a Golly! So stern, after beating a politician like Trump? (12)
I think my crossers are correct ... S?O?L?????E?
Please help....
Struggling with a couple - finding Paul's tougher than usual. 11a Juice knocked back with endless food from another planet (6) ?O?I?N 20d Tailor finished off dressing butt (6) ?T?U?E [I think] Thanks...
My last one, 23a, is driving me nuts! I have every `crosser` and I think they're correct. @Lie-in-King, I saw your ABUJA parse (thank you) but just now, checking my Q hadn't already been answered, I...
Such a lovely crossword by Picaroon today!
I've 24d & 27a to go.
27 Spy once noting criminal on edge (9) R?M???T?N (if 22d = END ON?) Only REMOISTEN springs to mind ... help, please....
Please - I'm flummoxed by 2,26d ... N???E? ?S???D A scene with liberal drink supply? Virgin territory, in more ways than one (6,6) and 29a Everybody in Hackney perhaps needs to instruct youth about...
Absolutely lost on this, my last: 18a Children's author admitting actions an online threat (10)
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I can't even make up a word for these crossers....