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The I 1331 Saturday May 16Th 2015

Hi. I am trying to see how a clue was built up: 26 Across, What indicates offbeat part of consignment went yesterday? (6) The answer was TWENTY But I am a total loss to see how any of this answer is...
16:26 Sat 27th Jun 20158 answers, last by writesbad 19:15 Sat 27th Jun 2015
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I1349

Hi. I have a clue from this paper of a few weeks back and hope someone can explain how it is parsed. Please be detailed as possible in explanations if possible, as I often have trouble seeing them if...
01:16 Wed 24th Jun 20155 answers, last by 1ozzy 09:41 Wed 24th Jun 2015
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I1337

Hi I am having trouble parsing a couple of answers from The I of Saturday 23 May 2015 (issue 1337). I have the answers, which of course have been published anyway, but I can't build up the answers....
21:59 Sun 31st May 201510 answers, last by DestressTermly 11:06 Mon 01st Jun 2015
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I1188

Hi. I am looking for help with 2 clues have been parsed. I have the answers, but cannot see fully how the clues are made up. 4 down: Had brew of iced tea set aside (8). The answer is DEDICATE. I see 7...
17:31 Sun 14th Dec 20142 answers, last by Lie-in King 17:37 Sun 14th Dec 2014
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I 1176

17 Down: Make a suggestion: take work into enclosure. (8) _R_P_U_D The answer is PROPOUND butI cannot quite work out how. I have enclosure=Pound and work =op but that leaves me one "R" letter short,...
22:23 Tue 18th Nov 20143 answers, last by DestressTermly 22:32 Tue 18th Nov 2014
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The I 1110 Saturday August 30Th 2014

Hi I am looking for help with one clue. I cannot see how it is built up. The clue is (19 down) : In a tizzy, take one? and the answer was ASPIRIN. I cannot see all of how the clue is built up. I can...
20:53 Tue 09th Sep 20143 answers, last by Lie-in King 21:42 Tue 09th Sep 2014
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The I 1092 Saturday August 9Th 2014

Hi. Looking for help over how a couple of clues are solved cryptically. 19 down: Lower parts in Rossini's finale. The answer is SECONDI, which I understand is lower parts in music, but can't see what...
02:50 Thu 28th Aug 20145 answers, last by DestressTermly 13:04 Thu 28th Aug 2014
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The I 1092 Saturday August 9Th 2014

Hi, I am looking for help with how to parse or otherwise build up a clue: 16 across: Working well, lacking no opening to secure funds initially. The answer is EFFICIENT, which is clearly working well....
02:43 Thu 28th Aug 20142 answers, last by DestressTermly 02:52 Thu 28th Aug 2014
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The I 930 Saturday 1 Feb 2014

13 down: Deceptively attractive volume not special? That's likely to provoke resentment (9) The answer is INVIDIOUS, which I see as meaning "That's likely to create resentment", but I am unable to...
20:48 Sun 09th Feb 20144 answers, last by DestressTermly 16:32 Tue 11th Feb 2014
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The I 906 Monday January 27Th 2014

8 across. Relish components of mistreatment (8,6,8). The answer was Thousand Island Dressing. I understand that thousand island dressing is a relish, but beyond that I am struggling to understand the...
18:09 Mon 27th Jan 20146 answers, last by pixie373 18:15 Mon 27th Jan 2014
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The I 877 Saturday November 30Th 2013

4 down: Hideout erected beside bridge The answer is RIALTO. Rialto is a bridge across the grand canal in Venice. In terms of parsing the clue, I see Lair (hideout) backwards (erected as it's a down...
14:36 Sat 14th Dec 20136 answers, last by DestressTermly 19:06 Sat 14th Dec 2013
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The I 864 Friday November 15Th 2013

1 across: Put off by letters introducing the i's leader? The answer is POSTPONE. I see that POSTPONE=put off, but in terms of parsing the clue I can only see that that letters=post but I don't see how...
14:16 Sat 14th Dec 20132 answers, last by bibblebub 14:26 Sat 14th Dec 2013
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The I 871 Saturday November 23Rd 2013

Hi Hope I can get some help with some answers in this crossword. I know what the answers are, but what I hope people can help with is the explanation of how the cryptic clues builds up to the answers....
22:49 Mon 02nd Dec 201311 answers, last by Mamyalynne 23:24 Mon 02nd Dec 2013
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I 871

14. Chief's theme here with no end in sight..... The answer is AGA An earlier respondent called kalahari in a different thread explained this as: AG (end) A but I am still clueless. Is Ag a word...
06:50 Mon 02nd Dec 20131 answer, last by mac44 07:32 Mon 02nd Dec 2013
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I Crossword 811

German who's base at heart. I have _T_O and so I presume the answer is Otto, as that's a German, but I cannot for the life of me see how the rest of the clue fits in. Any help appreciated....
03:35 Fri 20th Sep 20132 answers, last by DestressTermly 13:44 Fri 20th Sep 2013
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The I 736 Wed 19 Jun 2013

Q: Source of heating allowance for the retired (8,7) A: electric blanket I think I can see all this clue except for the allowance bit. I cannot see why allowance~blanket or am I missing something...
01:19 Sat 22nd Jun 20133 answers, last by Mamyalynne 01:33 Sat 22nd Jun 2013
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The I No 737 Thursday 20 Jun 2013

Q: Glow-worm's ahnds closed in remembrance. A: Memento I understand that memento is pretty literally an item in remembrance, but I'm at a loss how the rest of the clue works so would be grateful if...
01:16 Sat 22nd Jun 20136 answers, last by bibblebub 07:56 Sat 22nd Jun 2013
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The I 661 23 March 2013

4 down: What updates lawyers regarding their billing arrangements? Answer seems to be "Refresher course". I see that a refresher is an update, but beyond that I don't know. How does "lawyers regarding...
01:08 Mon 25th Mar 20132 answers, last by DestressTermly 23:50 Thu 28th Mar 2013
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The I 656 18 March 2013

Sorry for delay in getting this one on the site. I know the answer (as confirmed in the answers the next day) but don't know how it is built up crypticly. 20across: Old money that may be used in...
01:04 Mon 25th Mar 20135 answers, last by DestressTermly 23:16 Thu 28th Mar 2013
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The I Cryptic Ctrossword 640

Not seeking the answer, but an expalantion of how it was reached using the cryptic clue. 21. Appearing for trial. Have first to confess (3,2) Answer: OWN UP I see that "to confess" is own up, but...
03:28 Fri 01st Mar 20133 answers, last by Wharton 03:59 Fri 01st Mar 2013

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