I'd welcome a hint from fellow enthusiasts on 36a: French composer's endless tricks with tax ?A?EV? I'm having a mental blind spot on this one, v. annoying - can't be my age can it?!
Greetings Speccieites! 'Cross-dressed' by Lavatch this week. My recent investment in the latest Brewer's is beginning to pay off. http://www.spectator.co.uk/article_assets/arti...
I have almost completed this puzzle with much difficulty. I have the theme and the three unclued grid entries relating to Mickey Mouse, but a bit stuck on the other four that were "deleted"; by "The...
4a Some behave suspiciously, those with all the advantages (5) ??v?s 2d Unprocessed items in redesigned martial ware (11) (two words) R???a?????l 4d Crudely axes low-grade journalists (5) ????? 14d...
28d Second marsh holds antelope up before start of drought - it reverts to type. (2 words) S_UNG followed by an indeterminate number of letters. Also any suggestions for a reliable source of 40....
Greetings to all you Speccie fans. 'Unsafe' by Columba is this week's offering: http://www.spectator.co.uk/article_assets/arti cledir_10372/5186378/crossword.pdf Enjoy the golf and cricket kaya'!
Have solved all clues and understand how the down clues are to be entered thematically - but don't yet see how 40 across is completed or the alternative titles. Any hints or suggestions gratefully...
11a Wading bird, last in this list.(5) 2 people before (page 4) have given the answer as STILT, but I think it could be STINT, which is also a wading bird, and is in the clue ( LA(ST IN T)HIS LIST. I...
A while since Charybdis' last Listener (The difficult "Wot no Lines?" in 2007) The grid fill here is much easier, and the quotation was got only after 12 entries. We are left with an ambiguity that...
'Idiomatique' by Doc is this week's challenge. http://www.spectator.co.uk/article_assets/arti cledir_7511/3755803/crossword.pdf Brewers at the ready. Bonne chance!
Undergo punishment in the Big Top perhaps.(2, 7, 3, 4) ?o ?h?o?g? t?e ?a?p maybe go through the something Dogged fighter (5) ?o?m? Something to stick over hand (5) p?s?e. If paste why?
I can't get 14A or 23A. 14A: Short smart rig mostly containing gas ?i?ric. I want nitric but not sure why. 23A: Old slums Ruaidhari certainly visits ?o????y. No idea on this one. Thank you!
