Is 1a tape measure?
Also, totally lost on
4d again get in dubious cosmetic terminology a-a-/----n-
14a applause given to guitar style considered best h-n-/--c---
Hand something?...
16a earthly stench ugly airs regularly expelled ----l-- 3d luxuriously happy state ontario on the face of it however everyone's hammered on grass I,ve only got h as the first letter! I'm reallt...
10a level up late, audacious to some extent ----e-u 21a races after admiral oddly wanting to make speeches d-a-r---s 13a a better piano? Fitzgerald is unaccompanied a/-a-p-l-a Not too bad today but...
12d d-r/s/-a---- somewhere in africa challenges everyman to leave meat containing a hint of aniseed - I thought it was dar el salaam but that doesn't fit with Ross sea? 13d large creature and small...
I am really struggling this week!
14a Actor in Shakespeares trouble and strife -n--/-------y
4d Move one lorry of bananas at any cost f-r/----/-r/---e-
9d Like Bugs when bugged ---/-/---p-/----y...
I seem to have done the top half of this but..... 13d since university, gets in to reading? Typical! -s/---/----- 19d drained and percolated audibly ------- 26a listen up: Everyman's in peril, sad,...
Really stuck on the following:
10a Whupping good, replacing starter, moving fast g-/l-o---g
15d Not popular with crackers, Devon Blue o---l-v-d (suspect it's an anagram of devon blue -but what?)...
I'm just stuck on every bit of this one! To give me a start: 1a Bowler's second stopping run...leads economically to 3 down ---/---c- 14a advice lacking energy, odd: stand one's ground --s/---/----s...
13d Invest in figurative painter that might come from Tamworth b-o-/----n Boot some thing? 23a Exhibitions ones that impart finer vision -----a-l-s I know it's late in the day - even a siesta hasn't...
I am fnding the last x2 weeks amazingly difficult! Can anyone help me with the following: 8d is it equestrian? Or what? Receiving pursuit, shake the reins of a horse e-u------- 24a Green with plan to...
6d blasted horns portent before goal for team --e-t--/-o---/e-d
15a found the goat striving to run amok ---/-u-/o-/h---
i'm having no luck today......not a clue...
I've revisited this but still stuck on 18a: tiitled peer leaders of Hign Tories condemned -i-t/---/e---r
and 21a Phwoar! Fancied on and off Latin Lover h---c-...
9a acerbic greek character can provide pudding:--r--/-a--- 12a: Parliamentarian to persecute revolutionary, Spooner reports -o-n---a- 23a Horror movie figure harshly bullies a headless dog:...
2D one wearing green with silver going well together a-----n- (Agree some thing?)
8D some caused a terryfying calm s---t-
I'm finding this crossword really hard work, today..........