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Dm Wed

1d Mock Des securing heartland of Tories. d?r?d?. Deride =mock and hearland of Tories is ri -but how do we get Dede and who is Des, please?...
06:49 Thu 27th Sep 20183 answers, last by fiction-factory 07:15 Thu 27th Sep 2018
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Metro Wed

13d Altered the size of the shot. e?l?r?e? . Must be enlarged but how does the clue work, please? Can't see where shot fits in...
19:07 Wed 26th Sep 20183 answers, last by Toorak 19:08 Wed 26th Sep 2018
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Dm Monday

20d Flatten out leaves in rice dish I tucked into. Ans was given in https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1624030.html as plateau which is flatten out. I can see that...
18:40 Tue 18th Sep 20182 answers, last by geevo 18:51 Tue 18th Sep 2018
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Metro Monday

2d Who brings endless sorrow to a husband? Answer is woman . I suppose you could interpret the answer along the lines of "A woman drove to me to drink ..and I never stopped to thank her" but where...
06:52 Fri 07th Sep 20181 answer, last by Toorak 07:00 Fri 07th Sep 2018
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Cost To Take Out An Immediate Needs Annuity Policy

This is a specialist area and there are only two providers -but I have discovered that you must buy a policy via an intermediary. I've rung a couple of intermediaries and been quoted around £1500...
21:49 Wed 05th Sep 20182 answers, last by Buenchico 22:45 Wed 05th Sep 2018
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Dt 28828

Last one 24a Founder that's normally given a plug . s?n?. Have tried every possible combination of letters but whatever the correct answer is, I'm missing the parsing. Thanks...
11:32 Mon 27th Aug 20187 answers, last by Neveracrossword 14:26 Mon 27th Aug 2018
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Dm Monday

28a An australian republican group rejected state. Answer must be arizona but I can't see how that parses. Thanks...
08:14 Tue 21st Aug 20184 answers, last by barnaclebill58 08:20 Tue 21st Aug 2018
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Private Eye 1476

The cover has "Corbyn tries to end anti semitism row" and has a picture of Jez with both hands in the air saying "enough already". I don't get it -can someone please explain the joke. Thanks...
18:56 Thu 09th Aug 20186 answers, last by dance2trance 11:04 Sun 12th Aug 2018
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Dm Friday

1d Runs over northern and southern tack . H/r?e?s. Ans is harness , an item of horse tack, as confirmed by https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1617760.html however I...
10:17 Sat 04th Aug 20184 answers, last by mac44 10:19 Sat 04th Aug 2018
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Metro Thursday

11a Describing one with the understanding of the devil. Ans is cloven hoofed (or hooved) 22a The part of the charge threatening evil . Ans is sinister. I'm stuck with the parsing. I know the devil is...
20:38 Fri 27th Jul 20186 answers, last by Neveracrossword 21:56 Fri 27th Jul 2018
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Dm Wednesday

Been trying to parse this one for the last couple of days and still failing. 13a Tired king wise, I hear seizing English in plot. Ans Bleary eyed. I can get B leary e y ed . So Kingwise is "leary",...
08:50 Sat 21st Jul 20189 answers, last by dannyk13 08:55 Sat 21st Jul 2018
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Metro Thursday

3d It's coarse to have a quarrel. Ans must be rank. Now rank can be coarse as in "his language was rank" but how can rank =quarrel, please?...
19:27 Thu 19th Jul 201811 answers, last by Toorak 19:46 Thu 19th Jul 2018
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Metro 29 June

16d A negative which, if flat, isn't developed. Answer was "denial". I can't parse -in what way would a flat denial not be developed? Thanks...
19:53 Mon 02nd Jul 20185 answers, last by fiction-factory 22:11 Mon 02nd Jul 2018
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Dm Friday

15d Avoid English channel heading North . E?a?e . Must be evade. But how does that parse, please? E + edav written upwards (heading North) doesn't work and e + dave written upwards doesn't work....
16:22 Sun 24th Jun 20184 answers, last by barnaclebill58 16:28 Sun 24th Jun 2018
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Igcse Question In The Sunday Times

LMNP is a quadrilateral. LMN=58 degrees NPL=72 degrees MN=13.7cm NP=4.3cm PL =15.6cm Work out to 3 significant figures angle MLP. Can't see it-presumably the trick is to construct some right angled...
18:53 Sun 17th Jun 20182 answers, last by barnaclebill58 19:10 Sun 17th Jun 2018
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Dm Mon

25a Races against top woman in 16, say, moving fast. ?k?t?e?i?g. 16 is slalom. Skittering fits and and while i can see that to ski =to slalom, I can't see the top woman or where "against top woman"...
07:10 Tue 17th Apr 20181 answer, last by geevo 07:17 Tue 17th Apr 2018
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Ft15809

16d Tough to maintain romance at first, one with an ogress. Answer must be macruran which means belonging to or pertaining to Macrura compromising lobsters and the like. How does the clue parse,...
11:48 Sun 18th Mar 20185 answers, last by Lie-in King 13:30 Sun 18th Mar 2018
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Times 26964

Solved even less that usual so came here to see what had been answered. https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1594161.html gave the answer to 1ac check activity of...
19:23 Sat 17th Feb 20184 answers, last by Toorak 19:35 Sat 17th Feb 2018
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Dm Friday

12d The fuzz make a mistake during play f?u?e. 14a Muslim ascerics very nearly collapsed in courses. Answer must be dervishes which would be der v ish (nearly as in fourish) es . But how does deres...
20:48 Fri 16th Feb 20189 answers, last by Captain2 21:00 Fri 16th Feb 2018
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Hairline Cracks In Grout

Had the tiles above bath regrouted last year. Now there are hairline cracks in the grout between four tiles -needless to say the ones mist likely to get wet. The person who did it isn't responding so...
19:44 Wed 07th Feb 20182 answers, last by Zacs-Master 16:20 Thu 08th Feb 2018

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