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The Times October 1951

I managed to finish the last two without any help but this one has me stumped. Answers to the following might get me going. 1ac His contract is doubled, as it were (8) ( 3rd letter poss d) 9ac A...
11:37 Wed 26th Mar 20087 answers, last by LottieAnne 22:26 Thu 27th Mar 2008
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The Times July 1952

Just three words I am stuck on.Can anyone help, please? 6ac Man a-sitting on a gate was twice so (4) - - - d 7d Fire bars (5) - - i - l If it is grill that would make 6ac - g - d 8d Not the brush...
22:02 Tue 18th Mar 20083 answers, last by LottieAnne 20:25 Wed 19th Mar 2008
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The Times May 1953

I am down to the last three now thanks to help earlier. 4d Answer from Meredith embodied in a title (5) d - s - y Could be dusty or dishy? 9d Dress among the Parcae (8) - r - g - t - - . I can only...
23:19 Thu 28th Feb 20084 answers, last by LottieAnne 15:34 Fri 29th Feb 2008
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The Times May 1953

1d Examine in South America, Sarah (7) p - - - - - - 10ac Pigeons at sea (7) - - l - - - - 3d Nymph's request, having become an author (5) o - - - - All help gratefully received. Thanks.
22:53 Wed 27th Feb 20084 answers, last by LottieAnne 23:32 Wed 27th Feb 2008
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Quotation

Does anyone know the missing word from this quotation, please? 'The folding - - - - - - -s of the east (Thompson)
22:50 Fri 22nd Feb 20083 answers, last by shaneystar2 23:51 Fri 22nd Feb 2008
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The Times April 1954

I'm not doing too well this week. Any help will be much appreciated. 1,10ac The sort that leads to acts? (9,8) 2nd word p - - i - - - s (Something politics maybe?) 13ac Amazon in a dream (9)...
10:57 Thu 21st Feb 20082 answers, last by ulysses100 11:40 Thu 21st Feb 2008
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The Times May 1955

Just two I can't finish. 27ac Dare the godess change? (4) - e - a I can only make Drea or Erda neither of which is listed as a godess. 16d Do they really please as demanded? (5) - a - e - Any...
19:42 Fri 15th Feb 20084 answers, last by LottieAnne 19:25 Sat 16th Feb 2008
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The Times May 1955

7d The brief story of pottery is electrifying (4, 3, 5, ) - a - - /- - - /- - e - k 17ac Medico in the river is active (6) - - m - - - 20ac Silly fellow who jolts relations (7) 3rd letter poss. m but...
12:00 Wed 13th Feb 20084 answers, last by LottieAnne 19:57 Wed 13th Feb 2008
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Quotation

Can anyone fill in the missing word from the following quotation, please? 'I taste no - o - i - i - s in boiled or roast' - Sydney Smith. I think I have got all the letters right. Thank you.
22:55 Thu 07th Feb 20084 answers, last by LottieAnne 23:29 Thu 07th Feb 2008
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The Times January 1957

Thanks to those who helped earlier I have now finished all but the last two clues. 20d The one vehicle welcomed on the roads (6) - a - e - - 27ac Sir Thomas More's hall (6) - r - s - - Any ideas...
13:28 Sat 02nd Feb 20084 answers, last by sarumite 09:48 Sun 03rd Feb 2008
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The Times January 1957

I am still struggling! 5d Matches or men or politico-social organisations (14) I am fairly sure that the 5th letter is r and the 7th letter is a.The 9th is possibly u but that is as far as I can go....
23:00 Thu 31st Jan 20081 answer, last by tyrepill 23:11 Thu 31st Jan 2008
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Lying Jade

Does anyone know the meaning or origin of the above phrase which was given as the answer to a crossword clue?
23:17 Wed 30th Jan 200812 answers, last by MustafaTickl 10:28 Sat 02nd Feb 2008
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The Times January 1057

This one is really hard and some help to get going would be appreciated. 4ac On pastry it is returned by saints (6) 5d Matches or men or politico-social organisations (14) 4th letter 'r' penultimate...
12:18 Wed 30th Jan 20083 answers, last by LottieAnne 17:41 Wed 30th Jan 2008
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The Times January 1958

All done except the last four. Help please. 4ac Though sick at heart, he is otherwise painstaking (8) - c - i - - - - 7d It's only a rumour, we're told (5,4) - - i - g / - - - e 8d A note in safe...
20:46 Thu 24th Jan 20086 answers, last by ace bt 22:18 Thu 24th Jan 2008
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The Times January 1959

2d Where to get a stone like 1958 (3.2.4) out of - a - e 4d He leads the Jollies, its finished (7) h - r - i - s 5d Dramatic victim of wet clothes (7) o - h - l - - Could be Othello or Ophelia but...
10:26 Fri 18th Jan 20086 answers, last by LottieAnne 16:32 Fri 18th Jan 2008
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The Times January 1959

I have done the lower half but need some help with the top please. 1ac A suggestion of wire-pulling at Delphi (4,3,6) - - - k/ - - - / - - a - l - (Poss Oracle?) 9ac Begins radio for the Unfinished...
18:08 Wed 16th Jan 20089 answers, last by LottieAnne 23:43 Wed 16th Jan 2008
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The Times Ju;y 1960

One corner I can't finish.Any help gratefully received. 1ac You should spot this! (8) - - - - l - t - 9ac Fishermen's littoral activities? (8) - - - - o - k - 12ac The poet had obviously become it...
12:44 Thu 10th Jan 200813 answers, last by LottieAnne 17:07 Thu 10th Jan 2008
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Times Jumbo 732

9ac Political group you see talking, within reason, endlessly (6) - a - c - s 48acWeak do not get involved in this kind of fighting (3,4,2) - - e/- w - n /- o 44d Arrive as the cup final's beginning,...
18:10 Sat 29th Dec 200713 answers, last by blueberry2 22:38 Sat 29th Dec 2007
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The Times Januaary 1962

Down to last three thanks to help earlier. 23d cable-maker (5) - - l - - ( Poss begins with c ) 26d Organised parties going by air (4) - e - - 29ac Wild warrior to denude a Channel Isle (8) - - r - -...
08:58 Fri 21st Dec 20076 answers, last by LottieAnne 22:52 Fri 21st Dec 2007
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The Times January 1961

1d Not that the city is of this (4.5) 5d A runner gets the whip in Rome (9) 1ac Where a Spaniard might expect to get the sack (6) (think the 4th letter might be g) 4ac Wrongdoer tender about the...
17:34 Tue 18th Dec 20075 answers, last by LottieAnne 18:16 Tue 18th Dec 2007

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