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Guardian Prize 25820

1d. Holiday destination for a chick wearing a hand-warmer? Not quite. (7). M?G???F. Presumably something in MUF? A place name?
13:29 Sat 15th Dec 20127 answers, last by dannyk13 14:25 Tue 18th Dec 2012
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Guardian 25814

Writer munching food so unnatural? A North American food? (3,3). B?G ?A?
15:49 Sun 09th Dec 20125 answers, last by dannyk13 15:57 Sun 09th Dec 2012
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Guardian Prize 25808

6. "Five turn into shelter with fine prospect of Manchester (5,3)"? Note that this is a trick puzzle; there will be a god somewhere in the solution but unclued in the subsidiary.
14:10 Sat 01st Dec 20125 answers, last by Cryptomaniac 14:58 Tue 04th Dec 2012
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Guardian 25802

Last one. 3d. "Love all? Take less time and skill — mixed doubles (10)." I have (I think) L- O - A - I - E. Thanks.
18:16 Sun 25th Nov 20128 answers, last by RogerBear 19:38 Sun 25th Nov 2012
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Guardian 25748

Araucaria's jigsaw-type puzzle (no numbers). Mostly easy, but three remain: Z. Keenness with Victorian order to insert member into assembly (7). I have ZE_S_V_. Y. Return of former oil producer with a...
13:01 Sat 22nd Sep 20124 answers, last by RogerBear 13:26 Sat 22nd Sep 2012
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Guardian Prize 25,262

Easier than usual for these jigsaws, but I can't see the wordplay in G: "Lost soul removes leaders from Carter (5)." Answer appears to be GONER = lost, or lost soul, but why the rest?
23:00 Mon 07th Mar 20113 answers, last by bibblebub 23:25 Mon 07th Mar 2011
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Azed 2016

20d. It warns of poor visibility all round, as amid thrashing of gam (7). I have ME_AF_G, all pretty certain (the A coming from another answer on this site). This is my first ever Azed, and the...
14:02 Wed 19th Jan 20114 answers, last by RogerBear 14:26 Wed 19th Jan 2011
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Guardian 25,220 Saturday January 15th 2011

One pair left. 18 Covert plan to get little guy in drink (6-2). I have S - I - ? - for the first part and U - (presumably UP) for the second. The ? comes from 24a: NHS advisers are respectable and...
19:05 Sun 16th Jan 20117 answers, last by RogerBear 19:28 Sun 16th Jan 2011
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Guardian 25161 Saturday November 6th 2010

5d, 11a. Novel where it's not entirely nuts to squeeze breasts (10). I have B_N_ and _U_T_R, and am thinking that the last part is probably BUSTER, but I can't think of the full name of the novel.
04:23 Mon 08th Nov 20103 answers, last by handspike 12:37 Mon 08th Nov 2010
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Guardian 25155 Saturday October 30th 2010

4d and 25-26a seem to clash. Bear with me; it is a little hard to explain! 4d. "[Huntsman]... holding up taxi, getting seasoner drunk, to pay close attention (3, 4, 4, 4). Answer appears to be...
15:59 Sat 30th Oct 20103 answers, last by Vagrant 16:47 Sat 30th Oct 2010
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Guardian 25053 Saturday July 3rd 2010

I'm stuck on my last one (maybe two): 16d. "It helps to raise the water level if food has run out (7)." I have S-A-o-F, but am not sure of the O (see below). 24a. "I'm left struggling...
15:25 Sun 04th Jul 20105 answers, last by RogerBear 17:44 Sun 04th Jul 2010
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Lawrence's "Women in Love"

This is a serious question. I am finding it difficult to calibrate, in this present age of narrative frankness, what Lawrence did and did not mean by his descriptions of passion. At the end of the...
15:17 Tue 29th Sep 20095 answers, last by Peterparker85 12:29 Mon 30th Jun 2014
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Morra

I am directing Donizetti's late comic opera RITA. In it, two men play a game of "morra" over the hand of a woman whom neither of them really wants. I understand that the game is played by shooting out...
19:26 Wed 26th Aug 2009
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Guardian 24754: explanations?

Got the answers just fine yesterday (and have confirmed them), but can't understand the subsidiaries: 5d. Change taps to save shellfish: SHRIMP. 14d. Stylish and charming society girl ejected when...
20:45 Sat 18th Jul 20098 answers, last by RogerBear 23:15 Sat 18th Jul 2009
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Guardian Prize Crossword

Have all the answers (I think!), but not all the derivations: 10. Sage bush given oxygen: at least, green leaves. PLATO (sage), but why? 12. Degrees of the ocean, you might say? CELSIUS (degrees), but...
03:10 Sun 05th Jul 20092 answers, last by BlueIce 08:26 Sun 05th Jul 2009
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Guardian Genius 72

I don't THINK these have been asked before . . . "I must fly!" (Richards, leaving test before its end) (6). Have AS-A-E. ASTARE is the only thing I can find to fit, but I have no idea why. Initially...
15:26 Thu 11th Jun 20095 answers, last by MLN:RUGBY 16:42 Thu 11th Jun 2009
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Guardian 24701

Most of these were easy enough, but I am stuck with two shorter ones: 16 "Italian port..." and 21 "Old artist...". I have - I - I - I for 16 (which suggests RIMINI, though that is not a port, and I...
15:48 Sun 17th May 20095 answers, last by turnerjmw 23:08 Sun 17th May 2009

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