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Parsing Assistance

:Aries: is bound (contained) within wording I've been all day in the hot australian sun ..maybe my brain is fried, but I don't get it Where does bound come into it?  
08:33 Sat 10th Feb 20245 answers, last by newmodarmy 09:29 Sat 10th Feb 2024
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Parsing Assistance

I'm looking for help in parsing 11a "Feature of tsar - I establish frontiers" Letter pattern is b-u-d-r-e-  which indicates "boundaries" But I'm stuck on the rest 
08:13 Sat 10th Feb 20241 answer, last by davebro3 08:15 Sat 10th Feb 2024
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Saturday Times Prize Crossword 27282 Saturday February 23Rd 2019

Only 1 stubbornly resistant clue to go. 5d I might end up lagging, like worst cartographers (8) Letter pattern is _s_e_t_s Which suggests "asbestos" .... but the clue should begin "It" not "I" .......
06:39 Sun 24th Feb 20191 answer, last by Neveracrossword 07:13 Sun 24th Feb 2019
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Saturday Times Prize Crossword 26814 Saturday August 26Th 2017

Your help gratefully received ... and readily acknowledged ..... in explaining word-play: 10a what green is making sacrifice ...... FORGO (sacrifice) 7d oil press for two ....MEDIA (press) 25a he had...
07:09 Sat 26th Aug 201715 answers, last by fiction-factory 07:24 Sat 26th Aug 2017
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Help Sought With Antipodean Cryptic Crossword

Top corner of the chessboard (6) ???g?t 2 corners are white and 2 are black ...all 4 corners are occupied by rooks But this gets me nowhere! The only words that seem to fit are height or weight ......
08:18 Sat 09th Apr 20167 answers, last by bibblebub 08:35 Sat 09th Apr 2016
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Sunday Times Cryptic 4677 Sunday January 17Th 2016

Your help greatfully received, and acknowledged 14d Cutting through some wound not covered in some places (5,5) Letter pattern is *t*r* n*k*d leading to likelihood of "stark naked" (where "wound" in...
09:58 Sun 17th Jan 201614 answers, last by chardon713 12:05 Sun 17th Jan 2016
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Sunday Times Cryptic 4675 Sunday January 3Rd 2016

Your help gratefully received, and acknowledged. 10a Everybody loves one right back? That's rare (5). From intersecting downwards clues, the letter pattern is t_i_r The only word that fits is "trier"...
03:09 Sun 03rd Jan 20166 answers, last by scorpiojo 03:32 Sun 03rd Jan 2016
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Saturday Times Cryptic 26298 Saturday January 2Nd 2016

Your help gratefully received, and acknowledged. 1a Beginning to sail across Atlantic or Channel (5) Letter pattern is s_n_s ... indicating "sinus" (channel). "s" is beginning of sail .... leaving...
07:56 Sat 02nd Jan 20162 answers, last by chardon713 08:07 Sat 02nd Jan 2016
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Sunday Times Cryptic 4674 Sunday December 27Th 2015

Your help gratefully received and acknowledged. 5d "Sailor eats grouse - term for game bird" (7) Letter pattern is T_N_G_R ... so answer must be TANAGER (bird) . I can account for TAR (sailor) ... but...
04:52 Sun 27th Dec 20152 answers, last by chardon713 06:34 Sun 27th Dec 2015
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Question About Uk Real Estate ..

I have seen a house listed for sale with seemingly 2 prices .... one one site the price is £700,000 and on another it shows as £600,000 freehold. Grateful if anyone might help me understand what...
06:19 Sat 26th Dec 201511 answers, last by tinasingh 11:36 Tue 09th Jan 2018
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Dean Mayer Christmas Special

The Dean Myer Christmas Crossword ... Your help with 15a greatfully received, and acknowledged "Making festive soup that's not filling? Apparently fish to eat" (11) The letter pattern is _e_p_n_l_n_...
05:09 Sun 20th Dec 20157 answers, last by anaxcrosswords 10:55 Sun 20th Dec 2015
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Sunday Times Cryptic 4671 Sunday December 6Th 2015

Your help gratefully received, and acknowledged. 23d Seductress denied one time (4) Very sure that the letter pattern is _e_r ... but the answer remains elusive...
02:38 Sun 06th Dec 20154 answers, last by scorpiojo 02:46 Sun 06th Dec 2015
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St 4663

Your help gratefully received and acknowledged 26a How choice list gets to me unlike an aristocrat (3,1) It must be "non u" .. the straight answer for "unlike an aristocrat" .. but how does it work...
04:43 Sun 11th Oct 20158 answers, last by Lie-in King 14:20 Sun 11th Oct 2015
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Sunday Times Cryptic 4660 Sunday September 20Th 2015

Your help appreciated in parsing a clue ... 26a Garden feature stood out unusually in leaves(4). The letter pattern is "s_e_" ... which indicates the answer is "shed" = garden feature. I can see that...
05:53 Sun 20th Sep 20156 answers, last by iminoz 06:09 Sun 20th Sep 2015
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4659 By Dean Mayer

Your help gratefully received and acknowledged 7d Blue? No time to talk (5) ... r_b_i At a very long stretch this looks like it is "RABBI" = RABBIT (talk) less "T" (time) But not convinced .. unless...
08:19 Sun 13th Sep 20156 answers, last by chardon713 08:28 Sun 13th Sep 2015
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Sunday Times Cryptic 4658 Sunday September 6Th 2015

Your help gratefully received, and acknowledged. 27 a. Polish workers in Venice (10) I am sure that the letter pattern is ?o?d?l?e?s .... which indicates "gondoliers" But how does this clue work?...
08:59 Sun 06th Sep 20152 answers, last by chardon713 09:04 Sun 06th Sep 2015
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Sunday Times Cryptic 4654 Sunday August 9Th 2015

Stuck on one clue. 16d Start living in new empty house with no end of joy (3,2,4) Confident that letter pattern is s_t _p _o_e ....... leading to "set up home". This is fine for the straight clue...
03:37 Sun 09th Aug 20154 answers, last by iminoz 03:57 Sun 09th Aug 2015
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Sunday Times Cryptic 4645 Sunday June 7Th 2015

Your help in explaining 19a please. Clue : Musical tenor quits? Could be me? (3,7) Answer : Cat Stevens musical = cats tenor = t quits = evens But .... how does the rest of the clue (could be me)...
04:31 Sun 07th Jun 201514 answers, last by mrandiegow 01:00 Tue 09th Jun 2015
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Saturday Times Cryptic 26052 Saturday March 21St 2015

21d Girl had a match not struck? (6) u???e? Confident of the letter pattern, but cannot get anything to properly fit the clue...
06:56 Sun 22nd Mar 20153 answers, last by chardon713 06:59 Sun 22nd Mar 2015
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Saturday Times Cryptic 26052 Saturday March 21St 2015

Your help sought and gratefully acknowledged 26a He survived being fired, but has sadly gone on lying (8) a????e?o Whilst confident of the surrounding answers that give rise to the letter pattern...
06:41 Sun 22nd Mar 20154 answers, last by Jackdaw33 06:49 Sun 22nd Mar 2015

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