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40a Prime piece of mutton in brine, cooked for change in China (8) Answer seems to be - E - M - N - I, but I can't find a word (or a place) that fits
12:56 Mon 30th Apr 20073 answers, last by wideboy 23:10 Mon 30th Apr 2007
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46d Cutting corners in relation to reconstructing? (7) Answer appears to be ANAGRAM, but apart from "reconstructing" I can't see why. Any suggestions?
12:29 Tue 17th Apr 20076 answers, last by pldcav 13:29 Tue 17th Apr 2007
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Azed 1816

22a Short sleuth maybe taken in by thinner one (4) Should the clue not say Stout rather than Short?
10:18 Mon 19th Mar 20071 answer, last by crofter 10:52 Mon 19th Mar 2007
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Azed 1815

Is it just me, or is 32a dodgy? A cherry gets second out (duck) - Ponting's tetchy (4) ARSY = A + R(O)SY, but the "tetchy" definition seems to be universal, the specifically Australian meaning is...
23:27 Mon 12th Mar 20071 answer, last by mahonia 23:48 Mon 12th Mar 2007
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9a Stand in line in part of ground before start of match (8) Answer seems to be PLATFORM but why? I was also going to seek an explanation for 13a being RECOVERY but I eventually worked it out
16:53 Sun 25th Feb 20074 answers, last by pldcav 19:27 Sun 25th Feb 2007
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Azed 1809

Is it just me, or does the answer to 31 rely on a definition that isn't in Chambers 2003? Perhaps it's in Chambers 2006, which I haven't yet invested in. (It's in Collins 1986) Also, it seems a bit...
15:48 Mon 29th Jan 20077 answers, last by pldcav 11:04 Tue 30th Jan 2007
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Azed 1803

1d Pancreatic enzyme requiring time in pricy nosh I'm breaking down (12) Answer appears to be CHYMOTRYPSIN, but for the anagram to work one of the Ys should be an I 13a Acceleration in ringtone? It...
18:12 Tue 19th Dec 20065 answers, last by pldcav 11:05 Wed 20th Dec 2006
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I was using Microsoft Office Picture Manager to crop a graphics file and use it somewhere else, and I clicked Save instead of Saving it under a new file name. Is there any way of getting at the...
15:05 Tue 28th Nov 20065 answers, last by pldcav 01:05 Wed 29th Nov 2006
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Azed 1793

3d Senior 'knight' in Malaysia? One lost his title in post (5) The answer is DATUK, but can anyone explain the wordplay in the second half of the clue?
17:49 Tue 10th Oct 200612 answers, last by pldcav 18:37 Tue 10th Oct 2006
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15a Essex/Sussex border river (5) As STOUR fits the answer, methinks that's a misprint for Suffolk ...
11:06 Fri 15th Sep 20064 answers, last by teacher1 12:47 Fri 15th Sep 2006
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Azed 1788

18d One of threesome privy to secret lay beneath plot (7) I'm happy enough with the answer BEDPOST (between you, me and the) and BED = plot, but how does POST = lay?
23:08 Sun 03rd Sep 20063 answers, last by pldcav 00:02 Mon 04th Sep 2006
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Azed 1787

24a seems to rely on CASSIN(O) being a gambling joint, but my reading of Chambers suggests that that spelling only refers to the card game?
12:46 Wed 30th Aug 20067 answers, last by Quizmonster 09:22 Thu 31st Aug 2006
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48a "Royal enemy virtually beaten" her daughter said outwardly? (5,6) The answer is presumably QUEEN MOTHER, but can someone kindly explain how the clue works?
12:43 Wed 30th Aug 20064 answers, last by pldcav 13:08 Wed 30th Aug 2006
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Sat Times 12/8

11a Shiny stuff when one's washed gravel not diamonds (5) P - N - E, is it PENCE?
12:12 Sat 12th Aug 20062 answers, last by pldcav 12:20 Sat 12th Aug 2006
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8d One to light up public school where laughter has been banished (4) W - C -, so presumably WICK. If Hawick is a public school then HAWICK minus HA would work, but is it? Or is there another...
17:08 Tue 18th Jul 20067 answers, last by pldcav 10:14 Wed 19th Jul 2006
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52d Source of water, the sea (4) - A - N. I'm thinking MAIN is a German river as well as a name for the sea, but I'm not 100% confident. Suggestions anyone?
14:54 Sun 02nd Jul 20063 answers, last by pldcav 15:04 Sun 02nd Jul 2006
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Azed 1778

29a Resistance modifier activated echoer once beginning (8) - H E - C O R D, so presumably RHEOCORD, but how does the wordplay work? I can see an anagram of (e)choer, but apart from that ...
10:25 Tue 27th Jun 20065 answers, last by crofter 10:51 Tue 04th Jul 2006
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Times Sat Xword 20/5

9a Single girl's left in the van to find romance (7) L - A - S - N, so presumably LIAISON which = romance, but how does the wordplay work?
20:37 Sat 20th May 20064 answers, last by mike b 05:35 Sun 21st May 2006

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