Why do I always approach Mr. Mayer's crosswords with a feeling of trepidation?
5 down. Clue: Similar to self-loathing one suffers (5,3,5,2). Second five letter word begins with "L". Help please....
Somewhere in the Bible, I think it is in the New Testament, there is a mention of someone chastising another for greeting him in the street. Can anyone point me to the chapter and verse please?
16 down. Clue: Painful rash on the bottom after chap sits in grass (8). I have: ?C?T?I?G. I think it must be SING (grass) round C?TH which leaves SCATHING or SCYTHING but can't see the word play. Help...
13 across. Clue: A uniform infused with old solvent (6). I have: ?F?O?T. It can only be afloat, afront or effort but I can't seem to fit any of them to the clue. Help please and explanation.
4 down. Clue: A meeting with, you might say, board (11). I have: A???M?????E. 10 across. Clue: Joke about new tower was intriguing (9). I have: ??N?P???? 25 down. Clue: Place rubbish in dodgy...
20 down. Clue: Leading marshals joined forces (7). I have: A?I???? Also, 27 across. Clue: Rum person perhaps, one etting abuse (8) I have: ?S?A???? The last letter of 20 down is the sixth letter of 27...
Stuck on last one. Any help would be appreciated.
16d Marine mammal a sleuth turned up atop sea (not the first) ?E?A?E?N
All I can come up with is Pegasean but just dont get it!!...
1 across. Clue: Beer cans beginning to bother expert (4). I thought ALEC but it seems not as I now have: ???E which gives an "A" as the last letter of 2 down. Clue: Female stole Bishop Noah's heart...
Stuck at top left. 9 across. Clue: Military aide involved in plan for terror (6). I have: ?????P. 3 down. Clue: Lord Archer's one on two counts (2-3). I have: C? ??? Help please.
20 across. Clue: Window decoration keeps out unknown missile (6) I have: TRA?ER. I can only see two words that might fit, TRACER & TRADER but can't see the word play unless WINDOW is a type a...
I have a ten year-old Marjorie's seedling plum tree in my garden which fruits reliably every year and produces around 20-30lb of delicious plums although this year yield was down but quality was...
6 down. Clue: Where bat is put to get discussed? Yes (6). I have: A?D?E? 14 across. Clue: Virtually complete time machine - order for a many-legged creature (10). I have: T?R?I????? 20 across. Clue:...