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Tls 1426

16dn A designer importing gold for Nemo,perhaps (8) Aquarium for the goldfish, Nemo? How does this parse? and 24ac A prophet and military commander shared transport (6) I have only ??a???...

youngmafbog

Wont say much for their character if they dont resign. "Labour's lockdown lies: Angela Rayner WAS at Keir Starmer's 'beergate' event despite Party denying it... as MPs tell how she joked about using...

goodgoalie

Something To Cheer Us Up

What a day: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/cricket/59542522...

aeronut

Tls 1424

12ac Strider is one person who walks far and wide (6) I have r?r?e? 24ac Snow-covered slope I sprint across close to Bern (5) I have i?r?n...

Atheist

Role Of The Narrator In Fiction.

I always loved the sort of novel that begins in the Club where an Old Member, who doesn't usually say much, taps out his pipe and says, "That reminds me of an incident from my youth... a rather...

aeronut

Tls 1423

23ac: Extra follows a few balls, for a governess unlikely to play cricket (8) I have ?b?rmore and 18ac: Basic storyline: drug's consumed by poet with royal connections (8) I have ??e?e?g?...

aeronut

Tls 1423

Native's wife admired by the Catcher in the Rye (8,3) I have e?s????? ???...

highbury57

Tls

24a Type of police in Neuromancer becoming heartless(6) *u*i*g. I assume the fifth letter is an n. Last clue in the zaniest TLS crossword in memory.

lashley

Tls

help please and parsing 9a slimy sort of jelly put on the rear of arm 5 G???? 11a linesman from pacific state cut half time back 6 T????? tahiti? 14a those thinking to ditch married folk like...

goodgoalie

The New Postage Stamps

In my local Post Office today I asked for a book of 12 second class stamps and was told " only books of 8 available" They are the new ones with the QR code that we'll all have to use from next year -...

Woodside187

Tls 1416

23a British series with Tyneside man depicting Dickens (6) ?R???E and 24d Carnation-loving wit is uncivilised, I'm told (5) ??L?E Many thanks for help.

highbury57

Tls

4d Gully turning up say at west end of Oval (3)G*O Apologies for my depth of unknowing but what on earth is the answer?...

highbury57

Tls

27a Spooner said Michael and Ridgeley promoter’s a cockney (3,6)s**/*e*l** Assume it’s Wham but as my knowledge of pop music is near zilch….TIA...

RCC49

Tls 1415

3 down - A duke in Eilat twice ravaged a self-seeker's wife (8, 4) L?E?I?I?D?? Could it be Laetitia D???...

tedsgran

Tls 1415

1a Suspects something dodgy from note on lines in text by a traitor (6,4) ?????? / ??A? 6a Returned expat Scottish author a lass finally met (4) ?A?? last letter possibly T...Galt ??...

highbury57

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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...

highbury57

Tls

Top left corner remains. 1a Old printer of present papers (9) ****p*e*s Something press? 9a Overheard P T Dixon-that’s lucky(3) Assuming it’s a pun and that it’s gym....