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Stuck on last one: 11 ac: Chap aboard trawler maybe ultimately lands fish (7). We have S?I?N?R - spinner (dolphin)? But can't see why... Thanks as ever.
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Can't get this one at all: 18dn: Madras stain one found beneath cape (8): I have C*E*N*I
Grateful for any help and sorry if this query has already been posted....
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Stuck on last one: 5 ac: "Front of car hit, unable to be moved?" (7).
I have c-a-p-d. Clamped or clasped seem possible fits but cannot see any word play. Grateful for any help....
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Last couple: 1 ac "Perhaps it's the sea could fill a small one, from west to east and north to south!" (4, 6). I have W?R?/S?U?R? - Word square? But can't see the word play. 24 ac:...
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Maybe gone wrong somewhere but grateful for help with: 8d: Idea showers - cold and hot - should be taken in Berlin daily, 10 (I have B-A-----L-) 12a: Travelling beauty has writer go home with...
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Maybe gone wrong somewhere but grateful for help with: 8d: Idea showers - cold and hot - should be taken in Berlin daily, 10 (I have B-A-----L-) 12a: Travelling beauty has writer go home with...
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Stuck on 15 ac: Character in play taking off coat (4) - I have ?E?H
Leah? Wife of Joseph of the coat of many colours? Can't see any further or indeed why...
Grateful as ever for any help....
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Help, please, with 18d: Abridged course for dog trainer. ?A?L?V - I can only think of MAGLEV - magnetic train system - but can't see why. Grateful for any help. Quite a tough puzzle, we thought.
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8 dn: "Marry Charlie - he has no wife." 4 letters A?L?
Never been so stumped by such a short clue with half the letters there already.
Getting ready to feel embarrassed......
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I don't know this literary magazine though others may. A friend has sent the following clue from the crossword: Festus, the fat officer from Ulster, I hear? Eight letters: -E-R-M-N Merryman,...
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3 dn "Picture first to be removed from display artist put up". Looks like PORTRAYAL but can't see the word-play. Could anyone help, please? Thanks.
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Stuck on last two and feeling dim. 7Dn: Town in West is Wells, viewed from the ground? (5). I have E-H-M - looks like EGHAM but can't see why... 28Ac: Is it played by Paul and me, perhaps, suppressing...
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10ac: See a vehicle somewhere in Ireland (5): ---AN 2dn: First hint that summer's ended? (6): L---ER Solutions were in yesterday's paper Wed 27th but we missed it. Any help out there? Thanks....
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8d "Rascal perhaps snatches trophy" - we have S-A-P so SCAMP looks deceptively obvious but can't see wordplay. Grateful for advice! Thanks.
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!5d: Eg, what Yin and Yang represent - 7 letters and we have T-A-I-M Totally stuck. The linked across answers seem to be bowTie, tAlc, primitIve, egg tiMer - please put us out of our misery... Thnaks....
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48 d: "Household staff get on together" (6): I have -e-a-e. "Relate" fits but can't see why - any other ideas? Last one, and some sticky clues this week. Thanks.
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Last one - 28 ac. Unknown to catch hero in A&E - a real dish (10): -A-A-E-O-E Sorry if I have missed any earlier posting on this, and thank you.
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40 ac acknowledging failure (10) and 41 d alien character (9)
Am I the only one stuck on these? Looks like it.
Thanks....
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Need help with two clues: 8a: "Team with game to win, short of a back": Looks like LIVERPOOL but why? Team, yes; game - pool? But why short of a back? 53 a: "Direction the wicked have...
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Last one - 49 ac."Queen's love for Roman statesman?". I have - A-O so it must be CATO (love = O) but what's the connection with queen? Queen Catherine? Or have I missed something? Thanks....
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