Good Sunday morning to NACW and team of helpers for getting me through Fieldfare’s “Clueless”. It was a great experience and I am elated that I managed to crack the Unclueds as soon as I got 39/1....
6 clues have surplus letters in wordplay further 6 clues are lacking letters 15d Evacuation caused by damaged smoke detector (9) i think the answer is NOSEBLEED...hoe does that parse please? 14a...
One answer and some guidance requested. For the answer 12d ?M?R? which is a game. Are the four lines of the carol as presented in 24 squares supposed to make sense or are they all anagrams. As you can...
wordplay has an extra letter..
19a Fellow leaves abandoned former capital (4) extra is R answer contains E and O
40a Fresh fish in tin (4) extra is R answer contains S and N...
help with: 9d. Staggered pass promptly, once rage overwhelms United (8) 39d. Note stops ascending (3) This clue' wordplay is for the entire answer but the def is for a shorter word when 3 letters are...
Some clues and answers have to be altered, but i think these are "normal": 33a Old Trafford in trouble, ignoring transactions outside book of shares traded directly (8) ?F??O??? 25d Raising limits of...
Some answers are longer than the space provided...making clashes in the grid. Symbols then replace the clash Other answers need altering before entry ....( i can see how these work..) 17a A lot of...
the wordplay in several clues omits one or more letters... 18a They mark divers in sets.... (8) S?AINER? looks like stainers?? 21a ...diver good to go after change of heart (3) auk? 32d Government...
clues may contain an extra word of 4 or more letters... 26d This topless musician lost freedom to go out on Lewis number of letters not known but i think it's 3 or 4 ...ending in SH. The extra word...
Parses please
13d First off, agreed union will support press agent (5,5) J?M?S ?O?D assume it's James Bond / agent ??
4d Art making money, picked up in Worthing? E?N?S? ernest?...
The wordplay may have an extra letter/ be missing one letter/or be normal: Help with parsing please: 11d Crowd carrying organ pushes into service PRESSGANGS 6d Take in projections over by a long way...
Some answers have to be modified before entry ( a synonym of "PASS" removed) 27d With boozer unfinished , opening for nocturnal opportunist theft (6) W?L??? 23a Quiet fellow penning a note in style of...