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Telegraph 28985

3a Pays off one pound during evening shifts. Answer is liquidates but how does liquidate =pay off? If I pay you £50 I'm not liquidating anything 7d Stumps politician taken in by endless nonsense....
18:18 Wed 27th Feb 20193 answers, last by aelmpvw 18:22 Wed 27th Feb 2019
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Metro Thursday

19d The Danes hold a number and so do we all! Answer is dances (c=100) in danes but where does "so do we all!" fit in please? 21a Properly dressed soldiers are. Ans is "in line". I get the soldiers...
19:41 Thu 14th Feb 20192 answers, last by Calibax 19:58 Thu 14th Feb 2019
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Ft 16081

15a Unpleasant feeling, centre moving back a little towards the left. Answer must be noisome =unpleasant but what is the parsing, please?...
18:13 Sun 03rd Feb 20194 answers, last by herbage 20:21 Sun 03rd Feb 2019
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Eye 1487 -Forgotten Moments In Music History

Not strictly a puzzle but couldn't think where else to post. The cartoon has rows of upright intersecting hammers and the caption is "It was the revolt of the woodwork class". Usually the cartoon and...
20:13 Thu 10th Jan 20193 answers, last by Tilly2 20:21 Thu 10th Jan 2019
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Metro Monday

1d They are single instruments having a double reed to treble the sound. Answer is oboes. Given that this is a cryptic crossword, what is the wordplay, please?...
08:17 Tue 08th Jan 20196 answers, last by barnaclebill58 09:06 Tue 08th Jan 2019
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Eye 641

Last two. 7d In addition to performing just in bra, almost. (2,3,2) ?? ?o? o?. Performing is usually on so looks like on ?o? o? or ?? ?o? on but that's as far as I can get. 15a Toffee-nosed,...
21:38 Fri 21st Dec 20185 answers, last by BelperBoy 15:02 Sat 22nd Dec 2018
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Sunday Times 4827

My lack of ability is shown when I can't even understand the given answers! 12a Rovers player on after Caledonian meeting. Ans is Royal Ascot which is a horse meeting and Calendonian is a scot . But...
14:11 Sun 02nd Dec 20186 answers, last by Togo 14:18 Sun 02nd Dec 2018
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Ft 16024

24a You in jail at last, very dishonestly Ans has to be unlawfully. I think very=fully but can't see where unlaw comes from. Thanks...
16:23 Sun 25th Nov 20184 answers, last by Mamyalynne 16:24 Sun 25th Nov 2018
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Sunday Times 4825

20a Shortly where one'll find old boy in shape. B?f?r? l?n? Must be "before long" which is shortly but can't work out the parsing . Thanks...
16:57 Sun 18th Nov 20181 answer, last by vetuste_ennemi 17:02 Sun 18th Nov 2018
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Dm Fri

11a Standard trim not finished. p?r. Par seems better for standard but trimming pert seems to fit the cryptic better but I'm not sure that per=standard. Which one is it please?...
09:07 Sat 17th Nov 20185 answers, last by dannyk13 09:14 Sat 17th Nov 2018
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Dm Tuesday

20a 8 Face traveller eating old fungus. Answer was given as mushroom. Mush is face , o is old but how is rom a traveller, please? I thought that rom might be a form of roma but Mr Google doesn't...
17:26 Wed 14th Nov 20182 answers, last by bookbinder 17:33 Wed 14th Nov 2018
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Eye 638

29a Nigel is incomplete having just one ball which is a bit of a mess . f?r?a?o. Must be farrago. Nigel must be Nigel Farage. So if we shorten to farag and add one ball -one circular letter being o...
17:20 Wed 14th Nov 20186 answers, last by barnaclebill58 17:32 Wed 14th Nov 2018
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Sunday Times 4824

I never even get close to finishing a Dean Mayer. These will help me get a bit closer. 23 a Park surrounded by water ???p ???h??. Absolutely no idea what clue is about. 13d Being beside oneself...
16:45 Sun 11th Nov 20185 answers, last by goodgoalie 17:40 Sun 11th Nov 2018
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Dm Friday

12a Pine nuts lodged in bend in basin. Ans was given as kitchen sink but without explanation. I can see that a basin is a kitchen sink and that a bend is a kink which leaves "itchens" which don't...
10:41 Sat 03rd Nov 20189 answers, last by retrocop 10:58 Sat 03rd Nov 2018
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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?...
05:49 Thu 27th Sep 20183 answers, last by fiction-factory 06:15 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...
18:07 Wed 26th Sep 20183 answers, last by Toorak 18:08 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...
17:40 Tue 18th Sep 20182 answers, last by geevo 17:51 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...
05:52 Fri 07th Sep 20181 answer, last by Toorak 06:00 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...
20:49 Wed 05th Sep 20182 answers, last by Buenchico 21:45 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...
10:32 Mon 27th Aug 20187 answers, last by Neveracrossword 13:26 Mon 27th Aug 2018

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