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Genius 237

Can Qaos not count? Surely 13 + 7 = 20, not 19 squares to highlight? Or am I missing something?
02:51 Mon 08th Jan 20243 answers, last by Pete666 15:11 Mon 08th Jan 2024
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Guardian Prize Crossword 29099 Saturday June 17Th 2023

Can anyone parse 18,19a? Furious row about taking latitude for you(9,6) answer must be crossword solver...
16:58 Sun 18th Jun 20234 answers, last by Pete666 17:10 Sun 18th Jun 2023
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Guardian Prize Crossword 29027 Saturday March 25Th 2023

We're stuck on 1d: Perhaps 4 or 6 jump fairly evenly (8) If it helps, the answers we have for 4 and 6 are 'product' and 'horse tamer'...
20:53 Mon 27th Mar 20233 answers, last by Lie-in King 23:12 Mon 27th Mar 2023
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Genius 236

Can you help us to parse this one please? 28a Figure at head of board only half normal in one's view (6) we have t?e?t? so it must be twenty, but why??...
23:45 Tue 14th Feb 20236 answers, last by klazomaniac 23:58 Tue 14th Feb 2023
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Genius 234

I think we have all answers, but can't parse one. Genius - one letter in the clue is to be ignored (and here it must be a 'T') Taxing backers of problem states is more sophisticated (6) Suaver seems...
12:24 Sat 24th Dec 20223 answers, last by Pete666 12:34 Sat 24th Dec 2022
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Genius 225

We think we have finished this puzzle, but can't parse one answer. The wordplay has one superfluous letter, and we would dearly like it to be an 'i': 15d Upset archbishop is associated with this...
00:31 Sat 12th Mar 20227 answers, last by Pete666 01:07 Mon 14th Mar 2022
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Genius 224

Last one, I think, we just can't get. Must be thematic so no definition but person's name, or an object asociated with a county: 20a Briefly put down detective falling short in both cases (4) ?o?y...
14:02 Thu 24th Feb 20225 answers, last by JJ109 15:09 Thu 24th Feb 2022
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Guardian 28542

stuck on last one: 15a/ Short trousers beginning to unsettle solicitor (4) ?o?t...
14:51 Sun 05th Sep 20213 answers, last by Pete666 14:57 Sun 05th Sep 2021
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Genius 216

Stuck on the last one: 20d A thing about stockings (5) Because of the strangeness of the puzzle, all I can say is that the answer should contain c,h & s but not necessarily in that order...
23:33 Sat 19th Jun 20212 answers, last by Pete666 02:08 Sun 20th Jun 2021
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Genius 214

Last clue in Genius is puzzling us: 18a Cuts head off yellow flowers (8) (The answer will be a 4 letter word after we take off an animal)...
22:02 Thu 08th Apr 202112 answers, last by Mamyalynne 22:27 Thu 08th Apr 2021
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Guardian 28398

We can't parse the last clue: 23d Reporter of fiction here with gang (6) We think it's Tintin (as a fictional journalist) but the rest?...
23:23 Sat 20th Mar 20217 answers, last by ProfessorMaisie 00:13 Sun 21st Mar 2021
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Genius 206

We have a problem parsing 7d: Soldier seen climbing over tense leeches (9) p?r?s?t?s Probably parasites (leeches) A chemical element has to be changed from the answer given by the wordplay to give the...
22:00 Fri 28th Aug 202025 answers, last by Neveracrossword 22:32 Fri 28th Aug 2020
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Guardian 28063

Can anyone parse 5a One article carried by climbers primarily? (if there's an 'x' in it it won't be clued) We are sure it must be ice axe......
14:12 Sun 23rd Feb 20204 answers, last by AdeByrne 21:38 Sun 23rd Feb 2020
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Genius 200

Struggling on last 2 clues. 2d is a straight clue: What helps bowlers hit their mark? (4) ?i?e 24a is cryptic. clue gives solution with no definition, from which a 'compass point' can be removed to...
23:22 Thu 13th Feb 20208 answers, last by Pete666 14:24 Sat 15th Feb 2020
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Guardian 28033

Hiya. Just about finished, but can't parse the last clue: 13d Lose power, protected by coppers on longer? That's convenient (10) We think it's expedience/expediency, but why?...
19:22 Mon 20th Jan 20203 answers, last by Mamyalynne 19:39 Mon 20th Jan 2020
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Guardian 28021

I think we've finished it but can't quite parse one clue: 13a If letters were missing, this could be the fourth character of eight in a string (10) We think it's apostrophe. We can see the 4th...
01:27 Mon 06th Jan 20205 answers, last by Pete666 01:42 Mon 06th Jan 2020
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Guardian 28015

Can anyone parse this one for me? 13a Opposing players in periodical kicking leader under the table (2,3,3,) we think it's on the sly, but why?...
21:17 Mon 30th Dec 20193 answers, last by Pete666 23:27 Mon 30th Dec 2019
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Guardian 27950

Just stuck on 22d: Cap in deference then certainly lifted - like this? (6) ?o?f?d doffed? roofed? We can't quite parse it....
17:19 Mon 14th Oct 20195 answers, last by Pete666 17:26 Mon 14th Oct 2019
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Genius 195

We're having trouble parsing the last couple of clues, although we think we know the answers. In each, one letter in clue is superfluous (probably an A or U in 11a, and an O in 15a) 11a Avoid anger in...
00:03 Tue 10th Sep 20195 answers, last by Pete666 00:30 Tue 10th Sep 2019
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Genius 194

Been struggling all month on this one, and still stuck on the very last clue! 19d Coffee perhaps produced in French former Asian protectorate (6) ?r?n?i We think probably Brunei. An 'R' needs to be...
21:39 Tue 27th Aug 20192 answers, last by Pete666 00:58 Thu 29th Aug 2019

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