Sod's Law: almost done, but utterly baffled by the very first clue -
1ac) Little Elizabeth's are shortly to reach Bishop about writer Angela (6).
Anyone?...
NS 444. Loving these crosswords, but/and finding this one tough.Help!!
1ac) Establishment producing fine cocktails (4,4)
13d) Expert putting forward article, enthusiastic about port (9)...
Not a question, but just to say: thoroughly enjoyed this. Nice one, Philistine!
(And it must surely be time to make the prize more alluring, Grauniad?)...
There's always one. I just can't crack this last poxy clue: 12) Unconventional dresser with fixed box (2,3) I seem to have T?,S?T, so it looks like TO SET (tv set, fine) but how to parse the rest, if...
Please help me with this last one: I really need to go out and get some of this sunshine...
9ac) North Indian city district mostly surrounded by mountains (7)
I have B?N?R?S....
3D) Misbehaving, a deputy lays on wine in ancient drama (4-7,4)
I have H?C?-T?E?D?Y,?L?Y, and assume it’s HOCK-TUESDAY PLAY, but I’d love someone to fully parse it for me....
As usual, it’s the little ones:
13ac) Commodore’s prime location for seafaring work (4)
O?O?
And
20ac) Parade soldier’s left side in a book (4)
?A?E.
Au secours, mes braves, svp......
I am stumped by NW corner. Mostly by
10ac) Infection girl got from playful Welsh captain (8).
I have ???E?L?N, and can only see MAGELLAN.
I still can’t see the parsing for PEDALLER, either......
Stumped: 9ac) Annex is about Scotsman who wrote essays (10) I have A???S?N?A? and it looks for all the world like ABYSSINIAN, and I know Johnson’s Rasselas, but I cannot parse it. Annex?? Help,...
Am almost done - a really brilliant seasonal crossword, sadly Atlas's last - but just cannot crack these last two (and they might be thematic - Christmas period - lacking a definition): 24d) Working...
Can't winkle out last two weemies: 8d) Who's left darling daughter out? (4). I have ?E?R and am stumped, unless it's LEAR, and 28ac) A book about a drug (4) for which I have S?O? and assume it's SOMA,...
Urgh! Don't like this one. (I guess it must be Key Novel.) Before I make the fire with it, can someone just give me a plausible explication of 14ac) - Staff accompanying this emperor would be from the...
Stymied - last two: 4d) Stars making one tense playwright (5). I have O?T?N, and assume ORTON, but dunno why, and 16d) Book lacking energy in backing a Roman soldier's mother (8). ?O?U?N?A, and I have...