Hmm... I have the values of all but five variables but now find one of them has to be 100. Does anyone know if there are any misprints as all the other values 'hang together'. Nothing on The Listener...
Surprised again not to find anyone else here already. This was quite fiddly, and I still haven’t parsed all of the clues for the extra letters. I *think* I understand the second instruction, but...
I'm stuck (as usual!) I've got about half of the grid filled in, and realise it's something to do with the elimination of men! Could someone help me with: 7 across Body covering a dancing girl, Alf's...
36.d. Keeper of a fishpond (9 letters) I have: a - u - r - i -t 30.d. Scottish official who enforces... (5,6 letters) I have: a - t - r - a - l -e 22.d. In course of completion (2,5 letters) I have: -...
Great fun, thank you Serpent. We filled the lower half with little difficulty but had a struggle to complete the 'upper part'. Definitely one for the men this time. It was more difficult than last...
The Ministry of Energy and Minerals P.O.Box 2001 Dar es Salaam Tanzania. Complement of the day to you, I write to you and sorry if it comes to you as embarrassment but I beg you to treat it with...
(ii) the continuing overuse of hackneyed devices In the second of an occasional series of things setters could avoid using, does anyone have other examples of wordplay devices that could do with a...
Stuck in bottom left if anyone can help please: There may be a misprint in the def or a letter missing in the wordplay or the clue may be "normal"... 23d Brush snagging king's cape (6) ?C?U?/ 34d Top...
I have been with this NHS dentist surgery for 7 years, although the dentists I see changes from time to time. I have been with this one for about 4 to 5 years. She does not do a thorough Check up, you...
(iii) the use of a question mark to create the illusion that a clue has an andlit structure. For the third in the series it seems that another apparent occupational hazard of the cruciverbalist is the...
Used oil and funnel (6) The answer is clear with ultimately all but the L checked and an obvious anagram (not sure about ‘used’ mind you), but with a fairly obscure clueword, surely the definition...
