I have all the unclued lights but need help with two clues: 31. Scots hungry for source of the 'black drink' (6) ?AUP?? (Is there a place to look up Scottish words?) 38. Brings in food for Yuletide...
This could be a French phrase or not. 3. A research place soon going round Director recklessly (9, 3 words, apostrophe) Could be A LA B?A?Y?N A LAB and ANON (soon) may be involved. Help appreciated....
Spoiler Alert. Not sure of parsing for 13 A. It may suggest Romney is disfiguring horse's head (5) is disfiguring = mars with horse's head it is MARS+H or MARSH Why does marsh suggest Romney? Thanks...
I have all the answers to clued lights except 38D. I can guess most of the unclued lights but cannot see the connection. Can someone confirm that 4D is a last name of a famous politician? 8D is the...
The only word I can't parse is at 29D. Explosive quality in prompt order (6) ?HE?UE The only word that fits is CHEQUE Order is the extra word. Prompt = Cue Quality = ? HEQ why? Does Explosive mean...
I have all the answers except one. 9D is the unclued answer for the main character in the play. I just can't figure out the hyphened third word. (8) I can fit a word that means adieu but it is not...
There are two possible answers, so please don't read further if you don't want to know them. B. Supports Chelsea, Waterloo and Richmond, say (7) BR?D?E? Should be a name of an author. Could be...
Help appreciated.
24. Country folk now living in Grantchester (7)
?R?H?R? Archers? Why?
45. It's certainly up with actress who played Lacey (6)
?O?A?Y
Thanks....
Struggling with top right hand corner: 6 Gap-filler in (fleeting) fashion? Scotch preferred (5) ???RD or F??RD 12 Topers’ll get drunk thus? (6) P???TO or Presto fits. Anagram of Topers. But...
Please help with parsing of these two:
23. In matrimonial rights and duties, a right Charlie maybe (5)
BEARD (A R inside bed?)
11. Early minstrelsy, a very pleasant thing (5)
DREAM
Thanks....