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This was a tongue and even after guessing I am left in the dark about one clue. 
  Chapter and verse about lies (7) Answer is episode, but why? Please out me out of my misery!
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Parsing help please for 5D. The clue is 'Light speed' and the answer is RUSH. I can see speed=rush but I have checked all synonyms for every use of light and I cannot see how light=rush. Any... ...
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The answer is DECANT but I can’t for the life of me parse this. Ant is soldier presumably, but the rest?...
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Two intersecting clues in the SE corner that I have biffed but that completely elude me to parse. 17d (8) A further bit of data - answer ADVANCED but why? 29a (5) Rested American athlete finally seen...
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The answer is CAVA but I cannot understand why....
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Completed all bar one clue: Hands clapped themselves (4). I have C-E-. It looks like CREW but why?
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Can anyone please help with parsing this? I'm baffled. 6d Two peaches? Or just one? (9) I have biffed SINGLETON from crossers but I cannot see why....
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Cannot for the life of me parse this: 25a In the wrong battle, nothing I have succeeded. Answer is hey presto (I have succeeded presumably) - the rest is a mystery. Any help to understand this...
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All done at last but one I cannot parse if my answer is correct. 19a Island dealing in euro, southern in the extreme R-U-I-N I have reunion. Cannot see why. Please help!...
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I have completed but there is one I can't parse. Any help gratefully received. 7d Flier: "The way to protect margins on fish" It's hedge sparrow. I get the cryptic def of hedge but since when is a...
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I think I've finished this but there are several I still can't parse. Wisdom grateful received on these... 1d Host keen on mince and small apples = McIntosh Reds. Anagram of mince and host plus s for...
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Three left and my wheels are just spinning in mud. Please do include parsing as I am aching to understand why I can't get these. 18a Attack so-called entrance that's shut (5,4) P---H -N-O Is there a...
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I can't parse this. Any enlightenment gratefully received. 14a IT equipment being short around university, can become bolshie (8) I believe it's MUTINOUS so I can see MOUS(E) but how is UTIN derived?...
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Almost there bar this: 7d I must get into Ulysses on a final course perhaps (7). --A-I-A....
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Stuck on last two in SE corner, especially this: 16d One very skimpy in sexual entertainment (8) -I-N-V--...
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Stuck in the SW corner this morning. This would help a lot: 16D Question novel avoids? Yes and no (3,5) -U- -----...
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Can't parse my last three in NE corner. Kind explanations welcomed. Or maybe I have them all wrong! 10A Partners opening notice in wonder (4) -W-- Awed? 12D Was successful, saving most of wages?...
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Last two proving intractable: 22d Family famous for craft that's got in a tangle by island (5) a-a-I 23a Hill-dweller once settled on border of E London borough (5) e-m-t must be emmet or similar -...
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I am having a lot of trouble parsing this puzzle. Three left (plus five that I can't parse). Help please with this one: 10a Cloth wrapped round one's piping stopping drip periodically (5) ----I...
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SE corner being obdurate this morning, especially this: 18a What makes sums sure? Adjustments (7) -EF---- Thanks in advance...

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