10a) Say how spy comes to that city (4) ???a
15a) During short recess no German needing to be driven a long way home? (4-4) ?I?E ???H
Thanks for any help....
6a Like some bulls in a shop ultimately breaking china(5) P?P?L
Can't see what this could be other than papal or pupil,any help as always much appreciated....
What a pleasure to see a Kea puzzle but what a tough solve. No, not really opening the Friday club as I still have to produce my final grid and there is some demanding word play to sort out but many...
Pretty straightforward even in my current befuddled state: the double clues resolve easily enough. I query "our" and "hero" in the rubric, and whether the lower case writing thing...
Help please! 12ac A submariner ecountered Royal Airforce display unit? 10) A?E?O???E? 21ac One dodging company creditor: tpe in circulation that goes on sidewalk?(6,4) ???M?? ?R?? and 17d Her partner...
No, I haven't finished it. I just thought I would point out that it is up on the usual site, but under the wrong date, 2012-06-29. Whether this is significant, I cannot tell (It was an old cat,...
Sorry for all those that replied to the last thread, but here is another The crux of this one is not to get flustered with all those letters as I did, but it does work out in the end...
After this setter's previous scientific efforts, I thought we might have had another lesson in astrophysics, but not this time. The pattern was quick to spot, but the final fiddle factor took me...
Stuck on top right. 6 across. Clue: Positive lead taken in university achievement when Fellow is away (6). I have: U?B??? UPBEAT is postive but I can't see the rest. 8 down. Clue: Amateur with two...
I'm doing this now because that makes me the question author for the first ever time! I thought this would be tricky, but looking at the way the across answers are unfurling, I might be on to...
Last 3 but Im well and truly stuck.Any help out there? 20ac,Writer whose name was made from putting heads together(5)C?P?S 24ac,Home entertainment seen as tragedy(6)?L?N?O 16dn,Poets strange device. I...
Great fun. Not overly complex clues, so grid (sort of) filled quite quickly. PDM for endgame likewise followed apace, and then needed some careful thought to justify all ten modifications, producing...
4dn,The first part of Kemble`s title,of which the first is the second part (7) I have frances but CANNOT work it out from the clue can anyone help? Have 1 wrong on submission,wracking my brain to find...
Best of luck with this one, everybody. I nearly quit with it being a carte blanche (sort of - at least we have word lengths) with indeterminate numbers of letters to be removed from clues, clashing...
I can't believe I'm the the first to post this week, so will someone tell me where I can find the real thread. Anyway, very enjoyable, and a subject that I have always enjoyed. Thanks Rasputin.