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The Week 1170

Killer briefly in company (6,8) C????? M??????? (This is the puzzle's "Clue of the week" which originally appeared in the FT). It looks like the second word could be MURDERER, but I'm stumped on the...
20:09 Thu 29th Aug 20192 answers, last by Mamyalynne 20:12 Thu 29th Aug 2019
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The Times 27426

"Nomad's extended round trip" (4) L?P?...
09:08 Sat 17th Aug 20191 answer, last by mac44 09:09 Sat 17th Aug 2019
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The Times 27024

My posting of 3 minutes ago didn't show the second clue I can't solve, so I will try again without writing the only word I can think of to fit the given letters. If it doesn't go through again, I will...
16:30 Fri 16th Aug 20193 answers, last by Toorak 16:32 Fri 16th Aug 2019
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The Times 27024

1) "In which mercury's rising - I see it's fantastic outside" (8) E?G?T?E? I think it has to be EIGHTIES, which suits the definition part re high temperature, but I can't parse the rest of it. 2)...
16:23 Fri 16th Aug 20191 answer, last by ichkeria 16:26 Fri 16th Aug 2019
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The Guardian, Brendan

Male attached to palindromic female (4) A???
13:34 Fri 21st Jun 20193 answers, last by dannyk13 13:36 Fri 21st Jun 2019
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The Week 1162

1) Capital needed in raising family (4) ?I?A Why would this be RIGA? 2) Fellow spoken of in spring (6) ?E?S?R 3) A complaint from East London heard? (4) ?C?E
19:25 Thu 20th Jun 20194 answers, last by Sam1960 19:29 Thu 20th Jun 2019
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The Times 27006

Silly person picked up fabric (4) ?N?T
14:10 Thu 20th Jun 20192 answers, last by dannyk13 14:10 Thu 20th Jun 2019
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The Times 26988

Thank you to aelmpvw, dannyk13 and goodgoalie for their prompt answers at lunchtime. I am embarrassed to admit that I don't understand the word play of ANY of the 3 clues. Would someone be kind enough...
17:58 Wed 20th Mar 20194 answers, last by TioMateo 18:32 Wed 20th Mar 2019
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The Times 26988

1) Time of depression, maybe, in eastern UK town (9) C?L?R?I?E 2) Turn up with possible substitute for stick : carrot? (4,4) ?O?T ?R?P 3) Some fungus spreads across touching edges (6) ?R?E?S...
12:26 Wed 20th Mar 20195 answers, last by dannyk13 12:31 Wed 20th Mar 2019
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The Times 27252

Berate beastly male following an offensive four-letter word (9) T?T?A?R?M The answer is obviously TETRAGRAM (four-letter word), but I don't get the word play. Labour baron sacked after powerless Iran...
15:14 Wed 20th Feb 201910 answers, last by TioMateo 18:02 Tue 26th Feb 2019
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The Week 1140

1) Clobber I'd cast? Yes (9) E?D?S?A?T 2) Tricked someone, as Number 10 rarely did in the past? (6,1,4,3). Letters definite are P-L--- A -A-T -N- . The answer would appear to have to be PULLED A FAST...
18:21 Fri 01st Feb 201910 answers, last by Captain2 19:18 Fri 01st Feb 2019
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The Week 1142

(This clue appeared originally in The Independent) :- Centre reportedly does attract one (4) H???
16:46 Fri 01st Feb 20193 answers, last by Mamyalynne 16:50 Fri 01st Feb 2019
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The Week 1139

1) Big game on the way - older Jaguars must pass it (4,4) ?O?D ?E?T 2) Sounds like German's gone for an opening (4) ?E?T 3) (This clue originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph):- Brad and Angelina...
17:38 Fri 28th Dec 20189 answers, last by TioMateo 15:19 Fri 26th Apr 2019
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The Week 1138

The favourite candidate for the missing Theme Word appeared to be BLACK, supported by Woodside187's interesting suggestion of it being endorsed by the answer ARMBAND. What puzzles me is that the only...
15:09 Fri 28th Dec 20183 answers, last by Lie-in King 15:16 Fri 28th Dec 2018
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The Times 26948 (January 2018)

1) What one would give to be involved in the group matches! (5,5) ?L?O? D???? I can see why this clue could be used to give the answer BLOOD, but how can it produce BLOOD DONOR, or is it something...
20:05 Thu 27th Dec 201812 answers, last by Mamyalynne 21:51 Thu 27th Dec 2018
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The Times 27216

Last one from this puzzle:- Shock from head of church shifting a little power to the right (5) A?P?L The answer seemingly has to be APPAL ( = Shock), and the word play seems to involve PAPA (= head of...
19:17 Thu 27th Dec 20185 answers, last by vetuste_ennemi 19:49 Thu 27th Dec 2018
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The Times 27216

Offer to contribute to very modest gaudy (8) T?N?E?L? Why is it TENDERLY? Obviously, "offer"could be TENDER, but where does LY come from and what is the answer supposed to be?...
18:22 Thu 27th Dec 20182 answers, last by ichkeria 18:24 Thu 27th Dec 2018
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The Times 27228

Last two clues, but I'm being fussy to understand the parsing fully :- 1) Planned bid for contract halted (8) ?N?E?D?D It looks as if it has to be INTENDED i.e."planned", but why IN and, although...
21:06 Wed 26th Dec 20183 answers, last by TioMateo 21:24 Wed 26th Dec 2018
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The Times 27228

Everything in place for learning lines (8) ?????R?E
20:29 Wed 26th Dec 20184 answers, last by Neveracrossword 20:31 Wed 26th Dec 2018
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The Week 1136

1) Beautiful lady loves the reaction? Not completely (6) E?T?E? 2) Express tears over one potential spy (7) S?E?P?R. Presumably it's SLEEPER (for potential spy), and both "Express" & "Sleeper" are...
13:57 Fri 14th Dec 20183 answers, last by klazomaniac 14:01 Fri 14th Dec 2018

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