Help to finish the last 2 please. 1a: "Left university, getting put straight?" (7) u?e?t?n 11a: "Look back in anger for Bohemian poet?" (5) r?l?e I thought it might be Rilke, but...
Finished the crossword, but stuck on this one...
"Art of piano playing" - 5 letters. I have T*T*M
The only word that fits is TOTEM. But WHY???!!!
Thanks!...
Back on the toughie track this week, for me anyway. I spent quite a bit of time convincing myself on several of the wordplays - I knew what the extra letter had to be but couldn't see where it was...
Stuck on 3 clues and they are all interlinked. 17d I agree to receive information twice (4,4) 22a Strange Mank cat causing disturbance (6) 23d You are said to be featured in a short man's picture (5)...
Our run of tough-but-fun EVs continues this week. Lots of well-concealed misprints. I was a bit leery of "not quite as rendered" but it all works out OK. I have to admit that I was so intent...
The run of difficult EV's came to an end with this offering from Salamanca. One of the quickest grid-fills I can recall, though probably helped by the theme being one of my favourite works. Enjoy your...
Please can anyone help me with
16 down:
Australian's to work alone in the sun, turning metal pots (6)
I've got the letters as _ OTHA_
Thanks in advance...
Very nice puzzle this week - some hard clues and a lot of thematic material crammed into this one. Lots of cold solving for starters, given that more than half the answers are altered in some way....
11a.weapon always in India(6) ???B?? I thought it might be Bombay but doesnt fit! 19a. Have a bit of an effect and start as an igloo-builder? (3,4,3,) think the last word may be ICE, but cant work out...
An excellent start to the year, from a setter who provided the Listener's Xmas puzzle just two weeks ago (Great Expectations) - one has to particularly admire the use of full words in the...
15 down Insolvent macho male dropped mutually first and disposed of without mischief on its own (4,5;8) Assume 'on its own' = isolated, leaving e-c- o-h-r, which maybe is 'each other'? Why? 22...
Can any kind soul help, this is driving me crazy! A man was given £100 to buy 100 slaves Male slaves cost £10.00 each Female slaves cost 50p each Children cost 12 and a half pence each (4...
Good afternoon all. This was certainly a nice challenge. The theme was not surprising but getting to the message took a bit of work - double clues and missing letters! I don't understand the wordplay...
Not finished yet, but I've got grid B, so I know two things already. There's an awful lot of pretty close to cold solving in Grid A, and I've got to get a bigger print out to have any kind of chance...