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Mature Times July 2019

7D: They call Balls very rounded and shapely (4-7) ?E?L-?O?N?E?. I think it is WELL-ROUNDED but have not entirely decoded the clue. This puzzle also gives a coffee time clue to the same entry:...

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Saga Cryptic February 2018 - 12A And 17A.

Just one to go and one that needs an explanation. 12A: Take off a bad film [4] S?I?. Then 17A: Fish shows midday vivacity - inactive minnow finally caught [7] A?E?I?E. I think the answer is ALEWIFE -...

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Saga Cryptic December 2017

11D: Liberal gets behind Conservative in dispute (6) ?A?P?E; 12D: Couples' first time in disreputable bars (6) ???N??; 16D: Fleet foot of Maori turning up old decorative box (4) ?N??; 14A: Army cook...

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Saga October 2017

4D: Break strike, going back after leader's defection (4) K?A?. 15D: Well, well! What a shape! (4) ?G?E [Is it OGLE?] 10A: Parrot has a choice of letters (4) ?O?Y 14A: Plant growing to 40 feet? That...

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Saga March 2017

3D: Dancer loses it in African city (4) L?M?. 4D: Lion dance presented in old China (6) C?T?A?. 16D: France provided with English kingdom (4) ?I?E. Help appreciated, thank you.

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Saga November 2016

9A: Setter left lover abandoned in a tree (4) I???; 2D: Climber's course covering the introduction to abseiling (5) D?A??; 5D: Highland dancer's call for whisky (5) H?O?H - presumably HOOCH but I...

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Saga June 2016

1D Fish - that is to say, perch? (5) S_R_D. I assume that perch=rod. Both SCROD and SPROD are fish but cannot see a link to 'that is to say'. 3D Crooked discount house not unsuited to salmon...

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