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Help on one please
14ac Second point about composer's problem with movement? (6,8) T?A?E? S?C???S?...
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What Italian city other than PISA has a leaning tower (4) ?U?A
The 'u' is from John Bunyan ofParadise Lost fame...
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not sure about two clues today 2d Salty condiment used in many Asian cuisines (3, 5) ?O? S?U?E Is it really HOT SAUCE 19ac The stakes in poker (4) P?O? always thought it was the pot is it something...
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A bit late I know and maybe that this has been answered already but have not decided yet if 9 ac should be SOLD OUT or SELL OUT clue reads:- Dramatic success for act of betrayal (4-3) seems to me that...
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30d Yearning (7) ?I?H?N?
at least two words could fit here WISHING or SIGHING
which is it most likely to be ?
TIA...
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27d Card game similar to poker (4) B?A?
assumed it was SKAT but cobbler put paid to that idea!
TIA...
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26ac Spell for beginner in Hamlet, ironically, rather than petty role (4)
clue contains two spellings for same word TYRO and less usually TIRO
looks like TIRO is the answer - any ideas ?...
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13ac early 20th century four cylinder car (5,1)
Is it model A or model T - I thought that they both could have 4 cylinder engines
any thoughts? TIA...
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Has anyone completed today's griddler yet - rather challenging I think.
1/3rd of right side and all bottom left finished but the middle's a mystery?...
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one to go
19a The management of a house and the members occupying it (6) ?E?A?E...
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For those who need to know I make the four link words as follows:-
MARSH MARIGOLD
ANKLE SOCK
WHITE ELEPHANT
GOLDEN EAGLE
Above subject to Steff's approval and scoring sometime tomorrow ?...
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16d Did I miss something - I know it is crowded but since when
is Beijing a country ?...
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Have finished today's Griddler OK but am puzzled as to what
I C U & I R have to do with "drawn game" - not of great concern
but was just wondering - is it chess related ?...
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Stuck on two today
1d Coleridge poem (6,4) ?U???I ?O?N
9ac small stoppered glass perfume bottle (6) ???C?N...
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Have run out of time and need help with two:-
4ac secured a loan without interest outside bank (8) is it BORROWED
6d Finishes off reply in car , making a copy (7) R?P?I?A...
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This is King John 11 (aka Rockfirdill) here with my 4th (and final) attempt at being the MM setter. I know now how careful one must be with these preambles! All must be triple checked etc. etc. 'cos...
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At one time archery was crucial to the defence and protection of England. It was the great long bow that won, among others, the battle of Agincourt .English longbowmen could loose between 6 and 8...
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Really need some help here today - target is 44 points
but can only get 43 points on the scrabulizer site
Has anyone improved on that yet ?...
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Can anyone inprove on 43 points - most scrabulizer dictionaries
give WIFELINESS or COWS yielding 43 points only
Target is 44 points
J...
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Last week I alluded to the Wey & Arun Canal so I thought it appropriate to give a little more background to this, I hope, worthy cause. The Canal was thought about and planned in the very early...
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