Last one, think I must have it but help with parsing, please. 13 ac. Precise playing parts later (7). T-N-G-T. Surely TONIGHT (tonight possibly being later), but still cannot see how it pans out....
25 Ac. Line retracted about idiot, with woman never believed. (9) Help with parsing please as solution must be CASSANDRA, prophetess of doom. Get the ASS bit, but how does the rest of solution work....
Can anyone explain these please - in what was generally a very easy puzzle: 11ac Stupefy with gamble taken over shipping order (6) Presumably BESET, but what does the abbreviation ES or SE inside BET...
Again, silly little one left. 11 ac- Ordinal, eighth in camp? Looks like TENTH, for an ordinal number using tent (camp) plus H, which is eighth letter of alphabet. Not really convinced by my logic!...
6d it's acceptable to block racists, true or false? -o-f-c-u-l. Must be NONFACTUAL, but although I can parse some of this, cannot see where 'racists' comes in. 24d Statue in odd places and not raised...
Have completed puzzle, but cannot parse 22d: Ex-PM has changed sides, is sent flying (5) B-O-N. Presumably Brown, but why? Also, this could not be part of the theme as it's a defined clue. I have...
Finished, I think, but help with parsing 3 solutions, please. 4d Gauge measurement for English city (7) -e-d-n-. READING? READ = gauge?; in = inch (measure). G?? Is Reading a city? 17d Hole in small...
Puzzle complete, I think, but can anyone please parse for me 15d - Undefined number carried by rail, coming in to a scheduled terminus (15) t-a-n---d, which I take to be TRAINLOAD. Also, for those...
Puzzle, I think, solved - but can anyone help with parsing 3 solutions: 8d Audibly don't eat in Yorkshire? Don't listen. T_N_ O_T. Presumably TUNE OUT - but why, apart from fitting definition? 22d...
On-the-up Irish singer in Italian city district (6) -I-L-O. Have thought about Giglio using Gigli + O, but that's an island. Also, Cleric's title put in front of name (4): -E-N. (According to theme...
Finished, but can anyone parse this clue for me, please: 9 ac Carry on about heading for Harwich, far off accommodation for ships. (8) Looks like WHARFAGE from the letters I've got. And I get the...
Just two solutions not entirely satisfied with: 1d - Exciting total one's charged for heating (8,7) -l-c-r-c -l-n-e- must surely be ELECTRIC BLANKET, but just don't get the 'total one's charged' bit....
Think it's finished, but would like someone to parse this one: 28 ac Send a message to Maurice, perhaps, for material. (7) -e-t-l-. Presumably TEXTILE, but where does the ILE come from? Is there a...
Two silly little ones left: 28d WWW1 enemy destroying British missile launch site (4) O---; 31ac Newton follows star Greek mathematician (5). -- R-N. The third letter of the down solution will be the...
We noticed on a trip that a district council in NE Essex had imposed a parking ban along seafronts and adjoining roads on certain vehicles. The ban applied to caravanettes, caravans, motor homes and...
One left, 19d: Gathering of the air at the centre of lying (3-2). I have F_Y-?N .... which should make it very easy, but just can't get a handle on this clue (and had trouble with a few in this...
how 9 ac 22ac and 21ac work? They must surely be BETHOUGHT, HANDS ON and JOBLESS. 9 and 22 seem to be part of the theme, but can't see where 'Love, old' fits in 9, almost all of the clue in 22 and...
Silly little one left: 25 ac Hot stuff seen in photograph album (4) Looks like 'phal' (hidden word) but is this a word? Also 1 d must be 'belgian' - anagram of being and al, but while have found...
Silly little one left - 7 d: Needing to believe, see printed signs. o-e-i. Thought it must be 'omens', but couldn't parse it and 13 a must be 'asclepius' giving the 'i'. By the way. 9 d must be...
