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Last two, and bamboozled. 22ac) Amount of work needed to gain an honour from this famous Swede (6) I have ?D?E?G, erg is unit of work, and Edberg looks good, but what’s the honour?? And 28ac): Novel...
14:14 Sun 12th Jul 20205 answers, last by Mamyalynne 14:20 Sun 12th Jul 2020
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3D) Brussels stone expert whose diamonds Lizzie kept hold of (7) I have E?S?A?E.......
16:52 Fri 10th Jul 20204 answers, last by Mamyalynne 16:54 Fri 10th Jul 2020
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20ac) One's alter ego on good terms with a chap (5) I have S?R?N and am stumped. I wonder whether the R is wrong?...
14:52 Sat 09th May 20205 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 14:58 Sat 09th May 2020
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Last two: 9ac) Con artist giving brief enjoyment to judge that’s popular (6). ?I?G?E and 25ac) By lake and fenland river important discoveries were made by this archaeologist (6) L?A?E? Au secours,...
10:48 Sat 11th Apr 20203 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 10:52 Sat 11th Apr 2020
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Dunnit, but I would appreciate anyone able to, er, parse 3down: Artist responsible for many large-scale pointillist works (5) I have H?R?T. It has to be HIRST, I trust, (although he would probably...
19:06 Fri 27th Mar 20202 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 19:10 Fri 27th Mar 2020
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Last one. 9ac) Star monster seen around a Titan (6) I have ?R?N?S, and presume it’s URANUS, as in Titan, and there’s an A, but where’s the monster? Sigh.......
08:05 Sat 21st Mar 20203 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 08:16 Sat 21st Mar 2020
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dafyddapgwilym

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A copper involved with film noir (11) Starts with C....
06:45 Wed 11th Mar 20208 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 08:29 Wed 11th Mar 2020
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dafyddapgwilym

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Could some kind person just help bycompleting the parsing of my final solution: 13d) Dance with first son, circling Bill Burns and Scott? (10) I have ?A?L?D?S?S, and presume it's BALLADISTS - BALL...
06:42 Sun 08th Mar 20204 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 06:59 Sun 08th Mar 2020
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Top left corner holding me up. 1a Subject of antisemitism, bigotry enfin about which Freud’s confused(7)**e*t*s 1d 10 mostly returning in representation of mad old Greek character (7) TIA...
10:42 Fri 14th Feb 202017 answers, last by highbury57 11:07 Fri 14th Feb 2020
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"Old cove coming before academic for mighty battle" (10) The answer is ARMAGEDDON but why?...
10:00 Sun 02nd Feb 20204 answers, last by WolfMage 10:24 Sun 02nd Feb 2020
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Last one - 9ac: A strategy intended to capture surrounding districts in former Ottoman region (4,4) I have ?E?R, ?A?T., and am bamboozled......
10:03 Sun 02nd Feb 20203 answers, last by JJ109 10:11 Sun 02nd Feb 2020
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Need help parsing this last one, please: 6d) Verse form upsets one with a rhotacism (5) I have R?B?I, so it has to be RABBI: I can't see the "verse form", though. Grrrrr......
13:13 Fri 17th Jan 20204 answers, last by Mamyalynne 13:47 Fri 17th Jan 2020
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Need to stop staring at this last one: 4d) Italian's farewell to Roman princess noted for beauty includes diamonds (5) I have A?D?O, and it seems like ADDEO as in It. goodbye + D for diamonds, but...
10:24 Sat 04th Jan 20203 answers, last by dannyk13 10:35 Sat 04th Jan 2020
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Woodside187

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2d An ancient fool, often found on the Bench (3,4) T?E ?I?E 16a I cringe before a princess represented in Shakespeare (6) ?A?N?A Help much appreciated.
21:31 Fri 29th Nov 20195 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 08:39 Sat 30th Nov 2019
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dafyddapgwilym

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Has become one of my favourites, and this one's a cracker. I have been stymied for several days on two last intersecting clues: 15d) Flap greeting overwhelming rule of descent (9) I have A???T?I?E and...
10:36 Mon 11th Nov 20196 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 12:38 Mon 11th Nov 2019
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Groan. Have just realised I'm also flummoxed by 17d) Woman of Troy? It's always Gill or Dale. (8) I have ?E?R?E?E, and assume it's EVER????. Help, please!...
12:05 Sun 03rd Nov 20194 answers, last by scorpiojo 12:09 Sun 03rd Nov 2019
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dafyddapgwilym

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Hey-ho: it's that "last one & I am bamboozled again" time. 10ac) Poet and clergyman Thomas is a standard Dickens character (7) I have ? (or maybe E, if it's DIRT for the Fat Owl of The Remove)?R?E?L....
11:08 Sun 03rd Nov 20199 answers, last by scorpiojo 11:25 Sun 03rd Nov 2019
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dafyddapgwilym

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Groan! All done, except this: 3d) Car fitted with a TV? Male habit (6). I have C?A?A?, and can't see past CHADAR, but I can't fully parse it. Grrrrr. Au secours, mes braves, SVP....
11:22 Fri 18th Oct 20196 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 11:42 Fri 18th Oct 2019
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Grrr. It's that time again. Sailed through the rest, and have come to the usual grinding halt with this one last clue which has me utterly stumped. 8down) Beauty's budding offspring (5) I have L?N?Y...
09:11 Fri 19th Jul 201923 answers, last by IainGrace 19:08 Wed 24th Jul 2019
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dafyddapgwilym

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One day, one day... Stuck fast on last one: 1ac) Maybe Sandi Toksvig takes local name (6) I have D?P?N?....
16:55 Wed 10th Jul 20194 answers, last by BelperBoy 01:15 Wed 17th Jul 2019

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