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In 24a, the clue is "to a high degree". The answer, according to previous posts, is "something rotten". Could someone please explain this? I have checked the Bard and can make no...
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Since I had my PC overhauled recently, I can hardly read what's on screen because the wording is so faint. How do I make it bolder (ie, blacker?)
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4d ... four letters ... abbreviated measure of volume used in cookery equal to 15ml ?B?P
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I am mortified at being stumped by any clue in this xword but 22a has got me. "Transpired" ... I have T?R?E?O??. Shomething sheems wrong shomewhere.
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18a The clue is "medieval trumpet" but the answer seems to be "sackbut" -- which was a trombone, not a trumpet. Or have I got it wrong?
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3d ... Head off wild cat on a Scottish island. I have I?N? which presumably makes the island Iona. But where does the wild cat come into it?
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11d ... bird with a spotted breast. ?I?T?E ?H?I?H
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Need just two to finish. 125a: A set of jewellery intended to be worn together (?A?U?E). And 86a: The name of the jinni in the film Aladdin (?E?I?). The latter couldn't be genie ... could it? Which is...
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20a clue is "dilapidated". letters I jave are s-o-d-. from which i get "shoddy". but shoddy is NOT a synonym for dilapidated. -- i've checked the top internet thesaurus and it is...
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55a Heavenly swimmer?
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... but could someone tell me how to cut and paste?
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Sorry, but I'm going to have a rant here. I am sick of the increasing Americanisation of our language ... which is English English. If the Yanks want to spell certain things their way, in their own...
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26a Covered with dots ??o?t?
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here's one for the jazzers ... in 1952 (i understand), goodie recorded a number called "collector's blues" in berlin with a german group. has anyone heard of it? does anyone know where one...
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10a US blues harmonica player S?I? H?R?O (I think)
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49d Exercise characterised by a deep step forward etc ?U?G?
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Am I the only one having great difficulty connecting to Yahoo right now?
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Can anyone confirm that 15a is chub? If so, where is it called a loggerhead?
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I am not sure if I'm being overly pedantic or even jingoistic here, but I take severe exception to today's Herculis. To be precise, the clues 3d and 15a.. I always thought I was living in a country...
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Might I point out that the apparent answer to 9a is wrong. The person in the answer was NEVER a 9a.

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