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Ruthrobin

Listener 4127

Has no one started a thread? Is it because people are a little bit disappointed with this one? Perhaps there is some clever twist that I haven't seen.
20:43 Fri 04th Mar 201184 answers, last by bellabee 12:51 Fri 11th Mar 2011
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dr b

EV 957 Products by Samuel

What a fun puzzle. The final step of turning the interim product into the final product made me laugh. Lots of thematic material and some well concealed misprints - bravo and huzzah!
15:40 Sun 06th Mar 201146 answers, last by logophile 11:57 Wed 16th Mar 2011
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frameshift

Saturday Times

29a Someone mistaking wife, for a hat, say - or a helmet? (8) - E - D - A - E Looks like HEADCASE, but I don't see the word play....
07:22 Sat 05th Mar 20114 answers, last by turast 09:05 Sat 05th Mar 2011
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turast

The Guardian 25,262

The Online PDF gives the solution to clue A as 12 letters. (7,5). This is an error, as the solution has 7 letters. Very entetainig as usual with Araucaria's alphabetical jigsaws, and quite lenient and...
08:57 Sat 05th Mar 20111 answer, last by turast 09:00 Sat 05th Mar 2011
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paulineann

Cryptic Crossword solver

Can any AB member point me in the direction of a suitable Cryptic crossword clue solver? The reason I ask is that oneacross.com has become a subscription service.
12:33 Fri 04th Mar 201117 answers, last by kateabe 14:22 Wed 18th Jun 2014
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dr b

Listener 4126 Arthurian Legend by Corvettes

Wow. Absolutely brilliant. I tried to rotate the rings mentally, but got out the scissors after a few minutes. Then half my letters were upside down, so I printed out a new grid and re-filled it. An...
22:56 Fri 25th Feb 2011112 answers, last by trux 19:00 Tue 08th Mar 2011
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bigdave1954

Times 24783

Last two please. 4d, Uprising amounting to nothing? That's fine. m_s_i_. I can only think of massif but don't get the wordplay. 25a Detailed horse bug as most severe _t_e_e_t. Could it be utterest? If...
20:14 Sat 26th Feb 20115 answers, last by kayakamina 20:25 Sat 26th Feb 2011
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mm101006

Daily Record 26th

Beaten by one 58d) made powerless (8) o - e - - a - e any help appreciated
12:05 Sat 26th Feb 20113 answers, last by gilliedhu 13:43 Sat 26th Feb 2011
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bellabee

ev 955

i really enjoyed this one. it displays great skill in setting i think. just a pity the 5x5 was given away when it would have been an interesting challenge to find it unaided. the anagram is really...
12:41 Sun 20th Feb 201125 answers, last by turast 02:34 Thu 24th Feb 2011
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djawhufc

Spectator 2002

Hi Completed I think: In terms of the 7 letters omitted in the clues I have 2 I am unsure about are they The n in ngana The n in spun Thanks in advance Dja...
23:24 Thu 17th Feb 201110 answers, last by bellabee 11:56 Fri 18th Feb 2011
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AndrewG-S

Sunday Telegraph Enigmatic Variations 954 Sunday February 13th 2011

Fun this week. Thankfully got Brewers for Christmas which made much easier.
13:54 Sun 13th Feb 201120 answers, last by AndrewG-S 15:21 Mon 04th Apr 2011
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Zabadak

Listener 4124 Travel Guide by Aedites

Much more fun for me this week, challenging but not daunting. It gets much easier once the theme is grasped, but the final straight line takes a bit of spotting. One of those which manages to be...
18:20 Fri 11th Feb 201186 answers, last by tilbee 19:00 Sun 20th Feb 2011
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mintyman99

Spectator 2001 Saturday February 12th 2011

http://www.spectator....rossword-12.02.11.pdf...
07:19 Thu 10th Feb 201114 answers, last by Lubumbashi 14:00 Sun 13th Feb 2011
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barry.m

ST4419

Stuck on just one - 14a: "Steps out of bed very drunk" (6) I just can't see this one at all, must be me as no-one else has queried this one! I have l?d?e?
17:20 Thu 10th Feb 20114 answers, last by turast 03:46 Fri 11th Feb 2011
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crucifernz

SPECTATOR 2000 - last few checks!

Finally struggled to the end with help of AB and much white out fluid, but needing to confirm the following so I can post to UK. Some of these may have been partly dealt with already... GRID A 1 DOWN...
00:11 Thu 10th Feb 20112 answers, last by crucifernz 05:15 Thu 10th Feb 2011
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gullman

Spectator 2000 Grid B

Just wanted to check what to highlight in grid B. I'm thinking maybe the whole of the 2 clues linked together starting with M , i.e. 9a and 16a? Am I correct please?
08:46 Sun 06th Feb 20114 answers, last by contendo 14:49 Wed 09th Feb 2011
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mintyman99

Spectator 2000 Saturday February 5th 2011

http://www.spectator....6448/crossword-TG.pdf...
07:33 Thu 03rd Feb 201158 answers, last by oldenburg 12:43 Sun 13th Feb 2011
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amtaff

Generalist

Last one, help please. 27d.(They) appear, in Paris (10) ?A?A?S?E?T
21:17 Tue 01st Feb 20115 answers, last by slaney 06:26 Wed 02nd Feb 2011
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kayakamina

Spectator 1999

Here is a link to 'Up or Down' set by Dumpynose http://thespectator.n...om/epaper/viewer.aspx Quite a fun puzzle and I learned new words for vengeance and a 'cake'. Enjoy....
08:35 Thu 27th Jan 201129 answers, last by turast 03:27 Wed 02nd Feb 2011
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dr b

EV 952: Time to Wrap Up

L'threadstarter, c'est moi. I thought this was nicely done, with some harder clues than in past weeks. My only quibble is that the "sixth line" is not exactly accurately...
16:33 Sun 30th Jan 20117 answers, last by turast 03:20 Wed 02nd Feb 2011

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