having trouble this week, dont seem to know any russian spies,(must be just me because no one else is asking for help with these clues) anyway,9 and 24a,worked with 13 and 17d as spies for the soviet...
last five driving me nuts, 21a cessation of hostilities(5), 24a distressingly inadequate(8), 26a stood firm(8) 19d drunken or zombie like state(6). 20d amounts allowed (6) many thanks
3d figure of lamb as religious symbol,(5,3) 5d dialect of aramaic still spoken,(8) 7d heavy drinker(4) 19a acts as surgeon(8) many thanks and happy christmas everyone x
stuck as usual,dont know why I bother with this crossword,anyway 1a,in which runners follow a trail(5,5) 9a on which piano player may sit(5,5) 3d transparent quartz for optical use(4,7) 12d makes...
think I might have gone wrong somewhere,can only come up with high tension for 27a but thought 20d was shifty can you spell it with an i?. last one to get is 15a, a vending of articles from home [6,4]...
14d,relating to son of austrian emperor [9] 4d,device to stop movement in machinery[8],19a hymns with biblical texts[9] 23a the giving of the vote[15]. thanks
think I have gone wrong some where this week, 1d,group of soldiers[10] I have deployment, but cant be right. 25a daylight is called......light[5] and lastly 22d,department of south-east france[5]....
hindu love book found in ancient sanskrit text,[3,6], in gullivers travels a party in the empire of lilliput,[1,1,6]. apologies for not knowing whether the above clues are across or down, am at work...