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Dear Chums, Sadly, my Slotober has turned into Dumvember.  I am grinding my teeth, both of them, on these, 5ac: "Constant work of a policeman going around with a diplomat"  (7); and 1dn:... ...
14:22 Mon 13th Nov 20235 answers, last by gwladysstreet 15:55 Mon 13th Nov 2023
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Stuck In Top Left Corner

TLS 1498 Help wanted, I am stuck at:  1 dn: Dominicus, a peddler of tobacco and fish (4) 10 ac: Irish author of oral legends (5)
17:36 Tue 07th Nov 20234 answers, last by gwladysstreet 17:42 Tue 07th Nov 2023
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Tls 1485 12 Across

TLS 1485 12 across "Included by Wodehouse, last part of Ukridge is a part for a grandfather" (8) I have ?E?D?L?Y Any help gratefully received...
21:50 Mon 24th Jul 20238 answers, last by gwladysstreet 12:37 Tue 25th Jul 2023
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Foxed, Foxed, And Foxed Again

Dear TL ESSERS, Help please: 24 across is: "Dreamer managed to conceal one forsaken" (6) I have M?R?A? and am stuck between Marian and Miriam. The former I can half parse; but parsing the latter, I...
13:39 Thu 29th Jun 20235 answers, last by gwladysstreet 15:58 Thu 29th Jun 2023
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Folks, 1) For TLS 1459 9 ac: "Man with shop drinking alcohol in a tale of U.S. small town life" (9,4) I have "Dandelion Tree." I can see the man, the shop, but I'm blowed if I can see alcohol; and...
22:44 Sun 22nd Jan 20234 answers, last by gwladysstreet 11:38 Mon 23rd Jan 2023
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Tls 1458

Chaps and Chapesses, Is 1 across, TLS 1458, Break or Bleak?
12:42 Sat 14th Jan 202310 answers, last by Pizzofalcone 17:46 Sat 14th Jan 2023
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Tls 1439 Stuck On Two: 5 Down And 12 Down

Stuck on: 5 down: "In medieval verse, you may see this personage returning to duke with a traitor (3,3,5) 12 down: Opponent of slavery - his poems stir trouble up (4,7)...
11:15 Sun 28th Aug 20222 answers, last by gwladysstreet 10:31 Mon 29th Aug 2022
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Help Needed On 18Ac

Dear Chums, I need help for 18 across: "Royal's building being stoned getting angry reaction" (4-4)...
19:39 Sun 15th May 202210 answers, last by brian j john 20:11 Sun 15th May 2022
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Tls 1422 11 Across: Northern Staff Securing A Working Farm Animal (8)

TLS 1422: 11ac "Northern staff securing a working farm animal" (8) I biffed Jacobean - a cob, the working farm animal, but, for me, the rest was Parse Over... Help, please....
11:33 Wed 27th Apr 20224 answers, last by gwladysstreet 12:03 Wed 27th Apr 2022
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Foxed Again

Last one in and it defeats me. 15 across: Maiden aboard loves seafaring work (4). I have ?M?O, but the words I've hazarded a guess at: AMMO and AMBO I cannot parse....
11:27 Sun 03rd Apr 20223 answers, last by gwladysstreet 11:47 Sun 03rd Apr 2022
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Tls

12a A kind of shark’s seen on a cold sea front in a tale of island life (6,6)*i*t*r/*e***s and 7d Action by lady inspiring one prompting a person to make fair play judgements (4,6)a*a*/**e*d* Think...
21:00 Fri 25th Feb 20225 answers, last by gwladysstreet 20:25 Sun 13th Mar 2022

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