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7d Right Up To Date (5,2,3,3) s-a--/-f/h-a-- Driving me mad - any ideas? Thanks...

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic 2584 Sunday April 17th 2011

1d, Revised order for the spies could be quite expensive (8) S?E???S? 17d, Dog that's briefly used by experimental scientists (8) ???R?D?? 21d, If detached from life, I certainly can create time for...

seal43

Postage Stamps

I have just come across some old mint British stamps (decimal) which I bellieve I can still use at face value but what if they have 1/2p's on? Can I use, say 121/2p, 191/2p & 201/2p stamps if I...

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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic 2583 Sunday April 10th 2011

3d, Starts off one map showing tide (4) ???P 4d, Exaggerate limitation of Italian maestro in scoreless draw? (6) ???R?O 6d, Provided with troops organised in a way, around king (10) ???R?S?L?D...

boxtops

Did you know that postage is going up?

...on 4th April? A first class stamp will then cost 51p, and second class is going up too. It seems quite a hike, and I've not noticed any publicity - it's only because the PO counter assistant...

Carla05

DM Lancelot ~ last three

Lancelot Last three, help please! 3d ~ make wet again (9) ~ is it REHYDRATE? 16a ~ In keen way (7) I have ARDENCY but I think that's wrong 17d ~ Cook too little (7) ??D?R?O Thanks a lot!...

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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic 2581 Sunday March 27th 2011

10a, South-eastern state in Europe or America (7) G???G?? 6d, Fare at higher level to begin with? That's legitimate (5,5) A???E / ?O??? 8d, Robber taking part in two instalments (6) ???D?T...

Bobbisox

what a sickening sight!

Just watched Sky News and it was showing the demo in London, the camera panned in on this very pretty young girl who looked about 18, she was smashing the windows of a bank, she then turned spent of...

equinox

Haven't got a census form

Cause I binned it. What have you done with yours?...

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Daily Telegraph Cryptic 26,498 Saturday March 12th 2011

22a, Bridging tool ? (7) ???N?ER 26a, A frontier's been moved in wooded area (10) ?????O???T 23d, A bit each (6) ????C?...

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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic 2578 Sunday March 6th 2011

7d, A free broadcasting system , so-called (6) A???I? 10a, Part of steel cable needed for lion , say (6) F????? 15d, Porcelain that's liable to be broken during breakfast (8) ?G???E??...

laddie

Mail on Sunday

Completly stuck today 14a Vincent chief mechanical engineer of North Eastern Railways r???n 16a In psychoology a person of very low intelligence ???e?a?e 30a The infamous sleepy bunny of the TV...

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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic 2576 Sunday February 20th 2011

1a, In which one's routed differently (6) D????? 2d, Try out striker for important game (4,5) ???? / ??T?H 3d, Relative with a piece of youngster's education that's in need of explanation (7) ??????R...

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Daily Telegraph Cryptic 26,474 Saturday February 12th 2011

17a, Herb had no end of Spanish port (8) T???A??? 16d, Attention tailing off while adding to composition (8) ?????R?? 18d, Hearing for the second time of vandalised trailer (7) ????I??...

grimlord

RT4

last few, help please 9a thin layer of creature peeled back - a - i - a 20a spring weather embodies river jumping game - e - - - r - - 21d sound of bells regularly prevails - - - - 23a a comrades...

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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2572 Sunday January 23rd 2011

17a, Someone who's not English in English course (5) A?C?T 4d, Inflexible type putting sign on pole (6) R??R?D...

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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2570 Sunday January 9th 2011

16d, Pursued the ends of liberty with determination (8) ?O?G???? 20d. A pen enclosing about this amount of land (7) ??R???? 23d, Positive starts from politicians leading us somewhere (4)...

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