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Saturday April 6Th 2024

12a) Fan of The Nutcracker clutching one's second novel (8) Struggling...    
17:27 Sat 06th Apr 202410 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 19:11 Sat 06th Apr 2024
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About to send in, but can't quite parse:  3d) Tender *** enclosed in raunchy fringes (8) Looks for all the world like currency (?u?r?n?y). But where's the ***?!?
12:50 Tue 02nd Apr 20243 answers, last by Lie-in King 13:23 Tue 02nd Apr 2024
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Tls 1518

Stumped by 24ac) Conductor mostly amazed, confused by overture to Lohengrin (6). It's M?A?E?.  Meazle??      
09:56 Fri 22nd Mar 20242 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 10:01 Fri 22nd Mar 2024
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Hands up in despair... 15ac) Miss Marple is one cautious person (3,5): O?D,?O?A?. 16) You might say Adam Smith's foremost secret (6): ?I?N?T. And lastly 24) Better get good offices for leaders after... ...
11:21 Mon 11th Mar 20244 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 11:31 Mon 11th Mar 2024
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Last beastie: 16d) Pound, a writer of verses who inspired another one (8). I make it ?E?L?I?E, and it looks very much like VERLAINE. But that's as far as my puir wee head goes this morning. Help,... ...
12:51 Sun 03rd Mar 20244 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 12:54 Sun 03rd Mar 2024
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Last week booger:  8d) Daily Express coverage is adding colour (4) I have ?Y?S Grr.  
14:20 Mon 19th Feb 20243 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 14:24 Mon 19th Feb 2024
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Thanks to kind helpers above, and forgive this final plea: 11ac) Personification of a satellite seen with luminance and eccentricity varying (6) I have A?L?N?   I'm guessing wildly at ASLANT, but my... ...
10:36 Sun 11th Feb 20242 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 11:02 Sun 11th Feb 2024
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Stuck fast. Help!  N/W corner is an absolute piglet this week 3) I'd seen a small company cast as nymphs here (9) 18) Like a conversion achieved by sword? (9) Got some letters, but they keep sliding... ...
09:28 Sun 11th Feb 20243 answers, last by roslyn251254 09:33 Sun 11th Feb 2024
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Private Eye Christmas 768

67/70 down Tabloid hack's info. inadequate, so destitute. (4,4) I have D?R?, P?O?. Is it DIRT POOR??   
14:01 Sun 17th Dec 20232 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 14:06 Sun 17th Dec 2023
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Completely and utterly flummoxed by these last two: 5d) In Norway, the large kind of bus (7) I have S?U?T?E, and guess it's SHUTTLE, but cannot parse the Norway bit at all, and 22d) Religious... ...
12:33 Sat 25th Nov 20234 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 12:42 Sat 25th Nov 2023
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24ac) Dangerous acquaintance at Wesley's side? (5). I have B?R?N, and presume it's BARON. Last one - am I right, not being a Harry Potter fan?   
17:02 Fri 03rd Nov 20233 answers, last by Toorak 17:05 Fri 03rd Nov 2023
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6d) Merlin, maybe, but not Rolls Royce's brand mentioned on the radio (4). I have S?E?, and am stuck fast...  
18:29 Tue 03rd Oct 20233 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 18:33 Tue 03rd Oct 2023
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17d) I try to ruin match with shocking statement about Gunners' energy (8) I have ?o?a?h?o and just can't get it......
16:52 Sun 13th Aug 20234 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 17:15 Sun 13th Aug 2023
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Last one: 6d) Speedy winds crossing over islands far away. (8) I have G?N?A?E?, and can't see it......
14:22 Fri 28th Jul 20232 answers, last by cashier 14:24 Fri 28th Jul 2023
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Last one; stuck fast... 20ac) Feeling not quite optimistic, Rishi starts producing a device (6). I have S?N?O?. Grrr.......
19:49 Thu 16th Mar 20232 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 19:55 Thu 16th Mar 2023
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13ac) Leading actress embraced by fool or clown. (7) I have C?S?A?D, and it looks like CUSTARD - star in the middle, but how is cud fool?? I'm baffled......
13:28 Fri 10th Feb 20235 answers, last by klazomaniac 13:44 Fri 10th Feb 2023
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Last pestilential headbanger: 1ac) Karim, a sort of religious figure in a traditional Russian community (4). I have ?M?R, and am bamboozled......
13:49 Tue 17th Jan 20233 answers, last by Lie-in King 13:58 Tue 17th Jan 2023
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Can't parse last one: 18d) Loathed executioner's embarrassed for his son (8). I have ?B?O?R?D, and assume it must be ABHORRED - but why??...
13:45 Thu 12th Jan 20233 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 14:03 Thu 12th Jan 2023
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Stumped on last one (again). 25ac) Mostly great date with Scotsman of a blinding nature? (10). I have ?R?F?I?I?N....
15:09 Sun 20th Nov 20224 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 15:50 Sun 20th Nov 2022

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