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20a Book not very suitable for the festive season. I have N - E - so it is presumably NOEL. Wordplay please anybody?
11:03 Sat 21st Nov 20092 answers, last by Timessolver 12:35 Sat 21st Nov 2009
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16d cold skate, say, served on flat plate as seafood (8). C - A - F - S - This could be crawfish, or crayfish, it seems to me. But 'cold' and 'skate' providing the C - - -FISH, how do 'raw' or 'ray'...
12:12 Thu 19th Nov 20095 answers, last by Timessolver 15:03 Thu 19th Nov 2009
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12:06 Thu 19th Nov 20091 answer, last by Timessolver 12:23 Thu 19th Nov 2009
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8d Protective covering isn't designed for a plucky player (8) Seems to be 'lutanist' but is 'luta' a protective covering? 11a Pole bird found on shore(5) If 'lutanist' is right, might this be 'swift'?...
08:31 Thu 05th Nov 20093 answers, last by Timessolver 09:14 Thu 05th Nov 2009
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11a Passage seen by judge during ramble around castle, say (5,5). I have - A - O-/P _ _ _ E. Help please!
09:23 Sun 25th Oct 20092 answers, last by Timessolver 09:33 Sun 25th Oct 2009
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Times Jumbo 835 cryptic

32a Instruct one playing a game of Boston (5,6). Answer seems to be 'court tennis' which Google says is a game, but what does it have to do with Boston? Does anyone know?
20:59 Sat 24th Oct 20093 answers, last by Timessolver 06:37 Sun 25th Oct 2009
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27a Candle-extinguishing service - E - E - R - E Any help please?
16:06 Thu 22nd Oct 20092 answers, last by Timessolver 19:14 Thu 22nd Oct 2009
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Is anyone else upset that 1(and 6) across 'Team upsetting mother with ugly play' (8,6) giving (I think) the answer 'Plymouth Argyll' is not a perfect anagram of 'mother' and 'ugly play'? or that 19a...
09:42 Wed 09th Sep 20095 answers, last by Timessolver 14:32 Wed 09th Sep 2009
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18d Light rowing boat (5) R - A - L help please?
14:02 Tue 18th Aug 20092 answers, last by Timessolver 16:51 Tue 18th Aug 2009
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1a If it is MISPRINT, can anyone tell me the explanation? Also for 4d NOOK please?
17:11 Wed 12th Aug 20094 answers, last by Timessolver 20:09 Wed 12th Aug 2009
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10a clue: Share out nothing with Matthew & Co? (5). Answer is ALLOT. I'm a bit confused (Matthew & Co are NT, not OT, if it is to do with the Gospels). Any help please?
12:53 Sat 08th Aug 20094 answers, last by Timessolver 14:55 Sat 08th Aug 2009
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Proud mum

Everyone, I was away for the weekend, so haven't been near the computer (and I do have a few things to ask you all) but did get the Sunday Times in Norfolk & found that my son had won the Clue Writing...
11:58 Wed 29th Jul 20093 answers, last by Tallulah! 16:48 Wed 29th Jul 2009
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Now that we've all got 'Tarragona', that makes 14a 'octavo' clue: A month before, I'd left a gap in the paper (6). I can see the month (Oct) and 'octavo' is paper, but why the 'avo'? What am I missing...
23:16 Sun 19th Jul 20094 answers, last by Timessolver 16:50 Mon 20th Jul 2009
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To Lie-in King

Just looked in past posts to see if SPADEFUL had been explained anywhere (from Times Jumbo 823 cryptic 13d clue: Two saints cover up crack in some earth (8)) and saw your explanation. I like the 2...
08:38 Sun 19th Jul 20096 answers, last by Timessolver 13:04 Sun 19th Jul 2009
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Help with 42a please. clue: Horse moving damn badly needed to make ground?(4-4) Have: H - - - / M - N -, Also, is 47d IMPOST? clue: Weight that's born by incoming cargo ship?
18:04 Wed 15th Jul 20096 answers, last by Timessolver 21:14 Wed 15th Jul 2009
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13d Abbey town south of Oxford (10). What do other people think this is? I live in a nearby county & have never noticed any such town!
06:40 Sun 12th Jul 20095 answers, last by Timessolver 18:56 Sun 12th Jul 2009
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17d clue: Author's latest on list, about to move up (9). Answer turns out to be 'generator' I think, and I can make out 'rota' going up, or 'genera' going downwards, and going 'about TO' with last...
13:37 Fri 10th Jul 20092 answers, last by Timessolver 15:29 Fri 10th Jul 2009
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Bizarrely, this comes from Sunday Times Christmas crossword of 2006 (discovered among some papers). All done now, but 16a clue is: I travel with Santa, say, and belt around the Arctic? (3-5) Answer is...
12:14 Thu 09th Jul 20095 answers, last by Timessolver 16:49 Thu 09th Jul 2009
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44a PM recalling current King's instincts (8). I can see that the answer 'Disraeli' is reversing Lear's id, but how do we get the other 'i'? 53a Country area I found further west in old kingdom(7). Is...
07:12 Sun 05th Jul 20094 answers, last by Timessolver 14:04 Sun 05th Jul 2009
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Puzzled about 29d. Clue: Sex turning up in sensual festive occasion(8) Answer is 'carnival' i.e. 'carnal' for 'sensual' with (I think) VI (six) enclosed & 'turning up'. So is 'sex' a typo? Or am I...
15:47 Mon 29th Jun 20093 answers, last by Timessolver 16:50 Mon 29th Jun 2009

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