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No point withdrawing help for climber (4) PITON. OK, so a piton is "help for climber", and it is an anagram of "point", but how does this clue work?...
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I was hoping to post a picture but it seems I can't at AnswerBank, so here's a description of a house wall in Cambridge. Header; 2 Stretchers; Header; 2 Stretchers; and so on. The next course is the...
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On a recent gardening programme I heard someone say that Dandelion seeds can travel 5 miles. How do they know?
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28a Big game on the way - older Jaguars must pass it (4,4) ROAD TEST, but why?
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13d Unrestrained behaviour from cast (5) F?I?G Presumably FLING, but why?...
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22a Sounds like one showing off clothes is more informed (6) A?A??R
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1) Big game on the way - older Jaguars must pass it (4,4) ?O?D ?E?T 2) Sounds like German's gone for an opening (4) ?E?T 3) (This clue originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph):- Brad and Angelina...
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25a Furtive little paddler with time to board launch (8) STEALTHY. Why?
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23a Small bunch of gift vouchers needed to acquire box (10) TELEVISION, but why?
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19a club that stops you from buying the farm in America? (4,9) LIFE PRESERVER, but why?
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Searing dust returns, asking troops (6) TORRID. Why does "asking" mean ?...
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Searing dust returns,asking troops.6 letters -i-r-d
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Any help please with 2 of the 4 I'm stuck on (which may help with the other 2!)? 5d "Mug's not up for it - shame!" (4,4) -A-E and ---N (maybe FACE DOWN but not sure); and 14d "Principal Arab leaders...
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Just one I can't get. 6d Play about where the voyage across the Styx ends? (7) D?S?O?T I'm wondering whether I've got a crosser wrong but I don't think so
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I just did the Times 24482 from years ago in The Times Cryptic Crossword Book 18. It was the best puzzle I've ever attempted, and I actually completed it all with no aids and parsed all but 2 clues...
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1d Midshipman before leaving is relaxed (4-5) EASY-GOING but why the EASY bit?
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1a Most excellent father starts to drop off in bar (5) It must be ESTOP but why?
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8d Prepare to mend fences (4,2) ?A?E ?P FACE UP I presume, but why?
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14a Return fare complete nonsense? Not entirely (5,4) Round Trip Why?
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18a Nothing after small picture behind American artist (7) PICASSO but I cannot quite parse it cleanly. Can someone help please.

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