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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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Dm Monday

28a An australian republican group rejected state. Answer must be arizona but I can't see how that parses. Thanks...
07:14 Tue 21st Aug 20184 answers, last by barnaclebill58 07:20 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...
17:56 Thu 09th Aug 20186 answers, last by dance2trance 10:04 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...
09:17 Sat 04th Aug 20184 answers, last by mac44 09:19 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...
19:38 Fri 27th Jul 20186 answers, last by Neveracrossword 20:56 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",...
07:50 Sat 21st Jul 20189 answers, last by dannyk13 07:55 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?...
18:27 Thu 19th Jul 201811 answers, last by Toorak 18:46 Thu 19th Jul 2018

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