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Make a suggestion: take work into enclosure - ?R?P?U?D, propound, presumably. I can see OP inside POUND but can't account for the R - can someone show me the embarrassingly obvious thing I'm missing...
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19A is almost certainly QUARTET but can you please parse it for me? "Chamber group with piano ousting one without skill" (I can see skill=art as a possibility, but nothing else!)...
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Help with parsing 8 Down please: Bit by bit, epic broadcast turned implausible, gripping third of viewers (9) P_I_E_E_L So, Piecemeal (bit by bit): anag of epic but I can't work out the rest. Lame...
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Hi, stuck on the parsing of the last clue and would like to end this headache. 57Ac Pair following FA rules initially acquiring such power: S?L?R - almost certainly SOLAR but just can't see why....
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Down to the last clue, which I think has the answer NOT PRESENT. "Time and again new openers batting getting away" (3, 7) It fits the straight definition 'away', but beyond that I can't parse a thing....
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Last clue, and more vulgarity from Tim Moorey! Bums are on view from behind in say, swimming costumes (7) T_E_A_S Playing around with 'state' and 'seats', and words for tramps/hoboes, but getting...
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Anyone else scratching their head over 9D? Old man's traits I suspect (14) _R_D_T_O_A_I_M I can't see any further than Traditionalism, but if it's an anagram, there's an 's' too many and an 'i' too...
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Down to my last two clues and time to start kicking myself no doubt. 10A One denies anger or tears (7) N_G_T_R ~ I'm thinking 'negator', but I can't parse the clue. 16D What many Ascot gentlemen have...
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56A Cause of a disease and a pill that's appropriate - G_R_A_E. I guess it's germane (appropriate) but can't figure the second part of the wordplay, presuming 'Cause' or 'Cause of disease' accounts...
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Hi Like many others here I'm pathologically unable to post any prize crossword unless I can parse all the answers! 7D Fan letter opened by X D_V_T_E is almost certainly devotee, 'fan', but I cannot...
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Did you notice the 'T' theme to the answers? Of the 28 clues, 16 of the solutions were words that began *and* ended with T; the remaining 12 either began *or* ended with T. Great fun, and it made a...

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