Very tricky for the 1000th. 5d Scott as presented by Cunningham (3,7)
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22d Upward time for stroll (5) ??G??
27a It was curtains for the critic (5) T?N?N
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Help, stuck in bottom left corner. 27a Someone so-called originally on old German republic (not eastern half) (5) ??S?? 21a Plan each game, reversing retention of waste in circulation (7) ??A???A...
Stuck on top left and bottom right. 22d Porter's goat? (5) C???O I have found that Porter wrote the Clairvoyant Goat, but.... 7d He wrote of yesterdays (and the day before) (9) T???????? Any other in...
Finished, but not sure of one. 12a From distant office, drive away, then choose to come back in (7) O?T?O?T This looks awfully like OUTPOST, but I can't parse it. Thanks.
Hard this week for me. 11a Revolutionary tube station (8) M?R?????
3d Henry's inspirational saint becomes another with a terminator (8) C?E????A
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Nearly finished, but stuck hard on a couple. 3d "There was a looking for comfort rather than ----" (James, The Convict) (6) F?N?R? 20d A regal stimulus, it's said, for King John (6) ???L?P Thanks....
Bottom left corner killing me. 18a That note carries little weight in card (4) T??? 25a Three-quarters of jam, no good, with small Australian parasites (9) ??????N?S Presumably ends with NGS for no...
7d An alternative to this is spelt the other way concerning Frenchwoman (5) E?M?R Looks to be EMMER, re Mme backwards, but emmer is a type of wheat, where is the connection?
Is it just me or is Dean Mayer progressively beswamping us with ever more obscure esoterica and self-satisfied gibberish with his clue-making? It's just getting sillier. I'm contemplating swapping...
Last few. 18a Philosopher and writer - one feminine Spanish male, one masculine (7) U?A?S?O 25d Boy detective may uncover return of the third man (4) ?M?L EMIL? 4d Twain's gambler's emoticans, perhaps...
I've almost finished it, but have one to go. 20 down Spirit needing plenty of water. Can't parse 17d, either, which is: Detective echoing poet in work of multi-award-winning novelist (8) ?E?N?S?N Only...
