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Tls 1523

One left stumping me. 9a. Portraitist, Old Englsh, seen in torn shroud by front of tomb (9). When I first scanned this, I thought maybe anag. OE SHROUD T which does give HERODITUS but he wasn't a... ...
11:28 Thu 18th Apr 20243 answers, last by BIll 11:37 Thu 18th Apr 2024
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Tls 1520

Completed but left with one I can't parse. 6d Swift output? It gets less swift, maybe (7). SATIRES but why SA? What am I missing that's probably staring me in the face?
07:51 Fri 29th Mar 20244 answers, last by BIll 08:14 Fri 29th Mar 2024
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Tls 1518

Would much appreciate confirmation or otherwise of my last two. 25a Like Zeus or the TLS's parent? (10) So THUNDEROUS but where does the TLS fit in? 19d. One thinking one is a painter (7) I suppose... ...
11:05 Fri 15th Mar 202410 answers, last by FleshpotsOfDevon 13:27 Fri 15th Mar 2024
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Tls 1518

7d. Something slippery in Upton Sinclair novel hit hard (7). O?L?A?K. OILTANK parses but I can't find any confimation that it can be one word. Am I on the wrong track?
11:02 Thu 14th Mar 20246 answers, last by Toorak 11:26 Thu 14th Mar 2024
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Tls 1517

Help with my last one. 28a Lamp lighter in house is European queen (4).H?R? hero? hera?
18:22 Sat 09th Mar 20248 answers, last by Lie-in King 18:46 Sat 09th Mar 2024
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Tls 1514

Help please with last one as I'm making no headway. 20a First covers released, including new one in range (8). ?E?N?A?N.
10:22 Sat 17th Feb 20244 answers, last by BIll 10:35 Sat 17th Feb 2024
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Tls 1513

Last one. 8d. One of a group Odysseus at last destroyed in heartless rage (5). S?R?N. Probably obvious but don't see it. Also problem for me parsing 1a. Regular event somehow represented in mono?... ...
08:17 Sat 10th Feb 20244 answers, last by BIll 08:25 Sat 10th Feb 2024
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Tls 1511

Last clue to solve is 5d. Funky saxophone tone comes from this philosopher too (10). I have X?N?P?A?E? so I assume XENOPHANES. I can see SAX+PHONE there (if that's on the right track) but stumped... ...
15:03 Sat 27th Jan 20243 answers, last by Lie-in King 15:11 Sat 27th Jan 2024
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Tls 1509

As ever one last clue to solve: 18a. Note a writer's written about Boulle's characters (6) I have A?E?E? so APEMEN but I can't fully parse it. Would very much appreciate help.
13:03 Fri 12th Jan 20243 answers, last by Neveracrossword 17:15 Fri 12th Jan 2024
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Tls 1508

This happens to me quite often and I can't explain why. For two days and disturbed nights I've been trying to solve one last clue, namely in this instance 24d. Groan as American supports head of... ...
13:43 Sun 07th Jan 20242 answers, last by BIll 13:55 Sun 07th Jan 2024
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Tls 1505

Help please with my last one:  21d One, OK, involved with 19 [which is OP ART], or another genre entirely (6). I have ?A?O?R
08:30 Sat 09th Dec 20234 answers, last by BIll 08:37 Sat 09th Dec 2023
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Tls 1503

Hello experts. Yet again I'm stumped by one final clue: 20a. A novelist writing flipping newspapers, in part (1,1,4). ? S ?A?P I'm also not comfortable with (at least my solution to) 21a.... ...
18:27 Sat 25th Nov 20232 answers, last by BIll 18:37 Sat 25th Nov 2023
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Tls 1502

Last little devil taunting me. 23d For one upset girl he's a dream father (5). E?E?S
10:44 Sun 19th Nov 20232 answers, last by BIll 11:08 Sun 19th Nov 2023
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Tls 1501

One last one stumping me after a valiant effort (as so often happens: who can explan that?). 28a One accepted encompassing Parthenon's central section (6). ATHENA parses (AA around THEN) but if... ...
13:52 Fri 10th Nov 20237 answers, last by Toorak 00:33 Tue 14th Nov 2023
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Tls 1499

Last one has been stumping me for too long this morning. 15d. Tease ultimately eccentric lady who's reading A Guide to the Birds of East Africa (8). I have ?W?T?H?R, so presumably TWITCHER (i.e.... ...
12:28 Fri 27th Oct 20233 answers, last by Lie-in King 12:49 Fri 27th Oct 2023
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Tls 1496

Last one and I'll be done but can't be sure of the solution. Wake one hugging king and a general's missus (8). Presumably Virginia but what is the allusion and how does it parse?
15:54 Thu 05th Oct 20234 answers, last by Lie-in King 15:57 Thu 05th Oct 2023
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Tls 1495

22a. Actor in traditional drama, backing this Irish poet (5). I have M?H?N. I assume MAHON, and can see HON reversed but I don't get either MA or the actor. Am I on completely the wrong tack?
13:58 Thu 28th Sep 20236 answers, last by BIll 14:10 Thu 28th Sep 2023
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Tls 1494

I fairly romped throught this but have fallen at the last two (intersecting) hurdles, namely: 5a Groom hero to cut his centrepiece in wood (6). I have ?O???T 7d Missing the ending can upset a poet... ...
09:11 Fri 22nd Sep 202314 answers, last by BIll 10:02 Fri 22nd Sep 2023
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I have two left for this week's puzzle which are getting to me and would appreciate help. 16d. One supporting Dedalus works by a small hotel (8). I have ?S?P?A?T. Presumably Harry Potter and ASH (A...
18:52 Sat 09th Sep 20237 answers, last by BIll 18:58 Sat 09th Sep 2023
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Been stuck on last one all morning. 25a Guide to a spell of Japanese history (5). I have S?O?A. Is it to do with Isabel Anderson?
08:39 Mon 31st Jul 20233 answers, last by FleshpotsOfDevon 09:49 Mon 31st Jul 2023

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