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25ac A blacksmith's 20 that is in basic education (7) F?R?I?R Looks like it shoud be FARRIER but can't work out why. Won't spoit the fun by saying what 20 is!
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1ac See odd perennials sprouting (5,3,5) R?P?N ?N? L?E?S Can't find anything that fits. Have I got one or more letters wrong?
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Stuck on two. Any help most welcome. 3dn. Girl portrayed female TV personality on radio (8) ?R?S?L?A 7dn. Stewart Murray accepted as name of author (5) R?A?D Could be GRISELDA and ROALD respectively,...
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Ardboe
I'm not so smug this week! I'm finding Inquisitor 133 really hard work-anyone agree?
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Ardboe
I'm feeling quite smug having completed Inquisitor 132 in record time! Was it particularly straightforward today?
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puzzled272
Cold top, never mind about one's back (6) I?E?A? ICECAP, perhaps but can't figure wordpaly unless pace="never mind"; any suggestions most welcome.
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9ac. Man's inhumanity to man? (8) ?I?C?I?? 5dn Pride possibly upset about ring getting to organise again (7) R???O?P Looks like REGROUP but can't figure the wordplay (something to do with PURGER up...
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16ac. Ass's head going over one of Shakespeare's characters (5) R?G?N Looks like REGAN but can't figure the wordplay. Any help much appreciated.
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Flourish of tragic hero is hard to follow (8) ?R?N?I?H Looks like it must be BRANDISH, but can't make it fit the wordpaly (unless BRAND is a tragic hero?) - any suggestions most welcome.
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11dn Be finished on time at lower level (7) ?E?E?T? Looks like it should be BENEATH but can't see the word play?
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woodyallan
Authentic and typical(4) ?C?T
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Stuck on 6dn & 15ac. 6dn As many as six x-ray screens "jumping" (6-3) T?E?T? ??E Tweny-one fits but can't see why. 15ac Artist, irrational, decapitated lead man. (5) ??E?? Last letter of 15ac is the...
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28ac Cover for front seat (6) D?C?I? Possibly DECEIT (cover, front, pretence, deceit, loosely synonyms) but can't really make it fit the clue. Any suggestions please.
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Just started to look at this. Am I missing something in the preamble, or will it become plain when I've solved enough clues? A number of answers seem too long for grid entry; so far I've spotted 4dn,...
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Last two: 37 ac Mostly pale and tense (4) ?a?t - is it part or past 48 dn Tuck in after cooking first of haricots in season (2,4) ?n/?e?t Thanks in anticipation
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Last one, I hope. 17ac. Knock off quickly - and so rest? (4) ?D?Y
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Looks like there's a bar missing in 13ac. but this destroys symmetry?
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24dn Inn in Waterloo district frequented by big guns (5) S?R?I Could be SERAI(=inn) but why the rest? Any help most welcome.
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10ac. Gloriosus carrying you to Hadrian's old trading centre (7) ??L?T?S. 1dn. Maybe visiting Douglas Humphries was my fame (5) I???N Completely lost on these two. Any help most welcome.
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24dn Stand around, having a gap after call (5) S?O?T Can only think of SHOUT(=call) but can offer no other reason. Any ideas, please?

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