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tedsgran

Spectator 2681

30d Crooked financier heartlessly absconded (6)???O??
08:59 Thu 21st Nov 20242 answers, last by tedsgran 09:08 Thu 21st Nov 2024
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FleshpotsOfDevon

Spectator 2674

A clever jaunt from Lavatch this week,  and they certainly know how to increase one's vocabulary! ;) 
10:22 Thu 03rd Oct 202421 answers, last by Neveracrossword 20:59 Thu 10th Oct 2024
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tedsgran

Ev 1644

30a Italian city to secure ancient hotel (4) ?ARI The wordplay yields an extra "N"  Bari ? Italian city..parse? I can see the specific location to highlight (8 letters?) but unsure of the equipment... ...
13:06 Sun 26th May 202411 answers, last by quinol 17:21 Mon 27th May 2024
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tedsgran

Azed 2693

8d Conveyance, half to do with the kitchen, we'll collect in the vestibule (7) S??C?L?       last letter possibly i 10d Pip displaying depression when book opens (4) L??S 23d West Indian is hanging... ...
12:06 Sun 28th Jan 202415 answers, last by Lie-in King 17:29 Wed 31st Jan 2024
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tedsgran

Ev 1623

My "extra" letters have gone wrong somewhere... first 2 words 3,5   then goes awry...DANGBUYISCHEEEN... which are wrong and i must have missed some?
07:55 Mon 01st Jan 202413 answers, last by Lulu666 10:37 Mon 01st Jan 2024
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tedsgran

Ev 1622

Full grid, the hater changed....which down clues need changing?...I've changed 13d so far, but can't see the other 3....
13:10 Sun 24th Dec 20234 answers, last by ProfessorMaisie 14:20 Sun 24th Dec 2023
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tedsgran

Tls 1506

3a Judge not soft on film like CATS (according to Eliot) (8) ?E?L?C?E     looks like jellicoe?
08:04 Fri 15th Dec 20234 answers, last by tedsgran 08:24 Fri 15th Dec 2023
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tedsgran

Tls 1505

9a Handy vehicle provided by a Beckett character to put on a list I've shortly in each case returned (5,5) ?I?A?  S?A?K looks like VITAL SPARK
08:58 Fri 08th Dec 202312 answers, last by Lie-in King 14:08 Fri 08th Dec 2023
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Matakari

Spectator N0 2631 By Doc

Good evening, a very smooth Doc offering this week! I’m done except for the Unclueds. As I do not possess Brewer, I’m forced to use my wits and Google, as well as the red squares, to see how many... ...
21:49 Thu 16th Nov 202324 answers, last by Cloverjo 19:16 Fri 17th Nov 2023
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tedsgran

Ev 1612

From the answer to each clue  a letter must be deleted wherever it appears before entry into the grid. Definitions rfer to full answer...wordplay to the mutilated answer. 6d Fish in France and... ...
16:46 Sun 15th Oct 202318 answers, last by Neveracrossword 05:25 Sat 21st Oct 2023
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tedsgran

Ev 1811

All but 1 of the clues either have an extra letter in the clue OR have an extra letter in the wordplay... 8a Lovely item covering rural birds (4) ?I?E 12a One caught cutting spiked chemical compound... ...
11:49 Mon 09th Oct 20235 answers, last by JJ109 12:12 Mon 09th Oct 2023
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tedsgran

Tls 1490

26a Mayo novelist I introduced to Arundhati? (6) R?O?E?
11:42 Thu 17th Aug 202312 answers, last by FleshpotsOfDevon 16:34 Thu 17th Aug 2023
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Matakari

Right Is Wrong By Flowerman

Good evening, a tricky puzzle to keep me thinking while I await the Spectator! I’ve got quite a few of the Down clues from which, I assume, no extra words must be removed like for the 20 across clues....
13:57 Wed 02nd Aug 202355 answers, last by ProfessorMaisie 12:46 Sun 06th Aug 2023
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tedsgran

Tls 1484

21d Gabonese academic finally gets with a French essayist (5) P?R?C Could it be Perec (french essayist) ??...
20:20 Fri 07th Jul 20233 answers, last by tedsgran 21:29 Fri 07th Jul 2023
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tedsgran

Tls 1483

11a Robert the poet, filled with strength by a supporter providing inspiration (5,6) F?N?Y / ?R???? 1d Father initially pampering his older sister in Aphrodite's city (6) P????S...
12:50 Thu 29th Jun 20232 answers, last by tedsgran 15:01 Thu 29th Jun 2023
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tedsgran

Genius 240

Number of letters not known ( 4-10)....jigsaw grid...so basically blind solving Simian really losing head in area with many trees Persian queen sans husband hosted by reportedly wise listener in the...
09:45 Tue 06th Jun 202316 answers, last by Loki2034 10:58 Tue 06th Jun 2023
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Matakari

Enigmatic Variations 1593 By Skylark ( Back To The Hints Section For Me )

Good morning, thanks to the hints, I’ve been able to find a few, but the following are still giving me some trouble. Unable to find three-letter review. Four-letter “design” noun, plan,plot, French...
07:31 Tue 06th Jun 202313 answers, last by Matakari 13:00 Tue 06th Jun 2023
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hankir

Ev 1592

Four clues contain a superfluos word and 21 have a misprint somewhere in the clue. 26. Wasted pound in meal for oven (4) ?OU? 32. In this respect he is missing kidney (4) ?E?? 33. King wins showing no...
16:46 Sun 28th May 202321 answers, last by ProfessorMaisie 20:21 Sun 28th May 2023
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tedsgran

Speccie 2606

35a Calamity in field, river rising in curves (5) O?EEC ogees would fit the curves ...then Ceres would be wrong...and how would ogees parse?...
07:29 Thu 25th May 20239 answers, last by donny48 07:05 Fri 26th May 2023
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tedsgran

Tls 1475

22a One playing in a perversely popular kind of mode (6) I?N?*? crosses with: 19d Former sailor's novel about a swindler's daughter, left behind in an East End place of worship (7) C?*?C?L...
11:32 Thu 04th May 20235 answers, last by tedsgran 11:45 Thu 04th May 2023

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