Please exppain these to me. 1. So dish may appear very hot, on the surface. Ans flambe. Almost seems like a straight clue as flambe can be described as covering food with spirits and setting it...
Please parse these . 1. ... will retire . (previous clue was Co-equal professional .... [ Ans Businesslike]) ans Leave. I get the leave=retire but can't see the relevance of will and whether there is...
29a English help agitated soldier to secure marine mammal. ?l?p?a?t ?e?l . Must be elephant seal which would be an anagram of Ehelp , ant (soldier) sea (marine) but that still leaves the l . What am I...
Please enlighten me as to how these work. 1. Listened to drug report . Ans Bang (as in report from gunfire) but where does the listened to drug come in? 2. Mystical symbol, quotation and sign by...
Please parse these for me. 1 Stray from the point in a certain passage. Ans Alley cat (=stray). The passage will be the alley but how do we get cat from "from the point in a certain", please? 2...
Please parse these 1.So poor mum feels sorry, all finally lost. Ans remorseful (feels sorry). I thought the answer was almost always at the start or end of the clue -maybe this is an exception....
Please parse these for me 1. As a form of self-defence, the constructions of epigrams? Ans martial art (self defence) but why the second half? 2. Fiat appears in order . Ans edict . I've googled but...
Please parse these for me. 1. Mount up evidence for origin of Greek myth. Ans Pegasus. I know pegasus was a mythical horse and a mount can be a horse but can't quite get there. 2.Continue with current...
Please parse these for me. I do try ! 1. Racket is wound up after leader absconds. Ans Noise (racket) . I can see "is" within but can't get any further. It was a down clue in case relevant to the up....
Please parse these for me. 1.Ruminate about motorway replacing new green . Ans Immature (green). Motorway is m or mi and presumably that replaces n in a word meaning ruminate but can't get it. 2....
Please parse these for me. 1. Head has row in discussion. Ans skull . Get the head bit but "row in discussion"? 2. Wall Street figure does own jinxed stocks . Ans Dow Jones Index -anag of "does own...
Please parse these for me. 1. Proportion being observant, but missing palindrome. Ans Per cent . Thought it might be something to do with perceptive but that doesn't seem to work. 2. Connection via...
More parsing help please. Order to import more of Italian drug. Ans opium. I guess I =Italian but where does opum come from? Term of abuse for one losing control, maybe? Ans Teacher . I know a teacher...
12a Very clear shout unlikely to interrupt function. Ans is crystalline. Very clear is the answer , cry is shout but where does stalline come from, please? 8d Plan home with less than a shilling! Ans...
Please parse these for me. Actor entering after cue -one delivering good lines? Ans platelayer (railway engineer). I can see player and late might mean after but can't see the cue bit. American lawyer...
5a Plain,occurring in stages, incomplete. Ans is steppe (=plain) . I can see that stages would be steps . Steps incomplete would be step but where does the pe come from, please?...
I would be grateful for an explanation of the following Originally male university with men's college . Ans Emmanuel (Cambridge college) Kept woman from disparaging upper-class ancestor. Ans Courtesan...
Please explain these to me. Someone shirking in 27 , or a loyal chap. Ans Goldbrick. The answer to 27 is Des Moines (clue Loose ends , some involving Iowa's capital? Yes) I've heard "brick" for a good...
