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9a Crowne'd King (6) ?A?I?S Only thing I can think of is Darius. 21d Its great woman prophetically bore a son, who lived and died and lived again (6) ?H?N?M Khanum? 18d Price adoptive daughter of this...
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Ruthrobin
This is becoming rather sad - the third 'Goodbye crossword' in succession. What fine final words from Syd Lexis. Our thanks to him for years of enjoyment.
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AHearer
How sad to see another farewell crossword. Not too difficult a solve, but the only place I could find the quotation was in a presentation about legal drafting!...
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frameshift
Last two. 24 down Masefield involved her in one damned thing after another (5) E?E?A Can only think of Elena, but can't see any connection. 4 down The Australian travel writer in Brooke poem? (3, 4)...
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AHearer
Sad to see a farewell crossword from Mr Lemon: I had not picked up the fact that he had died. A nice puzzle to remember him by though, with lots of nice clues and a final step that had me chasing...
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trux
Another rather gentle exercise with easier than normal clues (perhaps perforce) and a not too complex endgame, neatly tieing up all of the thematic material. Will be interesting to see how solvers...
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trux
Is there a tradition to start the year with an extra-easy puzzle? This one certainly fits the bill but nonetheless has some nice touches (and not too much gridstaring in the end) even if the clues...
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flocker
19 ac They say he wrote of grapes? R?T? Rath or Roth or neither?...
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Zabadak
His work intended to produce a silk purse? (6) I have ?R?N?N. Struggling with a nasty bug and need some help for once!
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walgraver
OK, I admit defeat ! 3 left. 11A - Roger G - confused (but respected) Star Wars commando (6) I have G?E??? 28A - Miss with temperament of Sinclair (7) I have T?R?A?T 3D - signs of language study (9) I...
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amtaff
Last one please.10ac.Brilliant hit initially in a Celtic language(7). A?A?A?C. I can only think of ARAMAIC, which is a semitic language, so how does clue parse?...
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flocker
Last one and very stuck. 2 dn: Young painter of 18 retires from her world (5). M?I?E (I think)....
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mattofthemint
Really think Dean Mayer should come with some sort of health warning! Please does anyone have any thoughts on: 4d See red or orange drops on (4) r??? 5d Show-offs point controllers the wrong way...
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mra1
Stuck on the last one 20A (8) Rhubarb and other delicious medicines that are..(Francis Bacon) ?E?E?I?T I can only comeup with either DERELICT or BENEDICT - I have googled, gone into all sites for both...
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starwalker
Lovely and straightforward puzzle. Glad that the highlighting is optional, although I'm sure that JEG will be generous on the interpretation of the shade. Thanks Augeas for bringing back some happy...
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Ruthrobin
Surely I am not the first to post? This has been delightful all the way through and I just laughed out loud at the help the Internet gave me. Great fun, thank you, Plinth.
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Zabadak
Persuaded out of a Listener sabbatical by the early posting on the website, I worked my way through this (thankfully) relatively straightforward issue at a steady pace and with just enough enthusiasm....
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Ruthrobin
Sheer joy from start to finish. What a splendid original idea. We had to be really organised to keep track of those different types of clue but have loved this solve. Thank you Zag!
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jockie
Well, that was fun! Surely I'm not the first in the teatime club?
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trux
Well, that was quite a workout!! Scant help from the preamble made for tricky end-game even after sussing what the 42 were. Not a subject I know anything about so cannot comment on the specific...

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