12a open jam for russian bread (6) could be ROUBLE but, if so, why?
5a Cool guy, said to be French, touring(7) looks like DISTANT but why? Cool=distant...
10a overdrawn for a time on trip creating a stink(5) is ODOUR. Overdrawn = OD, a time = HOUR? Please parse
2d 1-0 up, caught for 5: cause of serious complaint (1,4) is E COLI Please parse...
3d to stand up used to be hard(4) is it WASH? If so, why? used to be=was hard=H 21d Goldfinger demands respect, Richard said(5) looks like AURIC. If so, why please? Gold = au Richard = ric...
1a publication persuaded youngster to fly (6)
No letters yet for this part of the crossword! Can't see this one but it will help me to get this corner done!
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17a a copy - it's in subject matter (3,4) is THE SAME. How does "it's in subject matter" fit in please? 20d Make-up - one carries a tiny bit(7) is ANATOMY. one = AN carries A but where is a tiny bit...
Could someone please parse 7d writer's charge to keep heading off graduates (9) i.e. columnist and 20d climber eating yellow pasty (5) looks like ivory. Why please? Is this Ivor Richards, the armchair...
12d The second vowel has become "I" (3) is EGO. Could someone please parse it? Also, 24a Not bad, using bow to wrap imaginary cat? is Fair to middling, Tom being the cat and fiddling being " using...
19 across. Clue: Poison ring holds sulphur, say, when inverted (8). I have: ???S???E.16 down. Clue: Greet Brown crossing dam in the country (8). I have: ???I?A?? Help please.
14d US financial interests briefly spread into personal money supply (4,6) is WALL STREET but why, "briefly spread into personal money supply"? 17a Criminal's lost in holiday home(5) is VILLA but why...
Am I the only person who can't do 20A? Reduced demonstrating in Lincoln (1,3,6) A ?O? M?R?H?. Also, can anyone tell me why OK Corral comes from 'stagger around in said...'. How often does Dean Mayer...