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Nearly finished -- a rare achievement with a Myrtilus! -- but stumped at SW corner. For 22d Wolf beer and one's spirit is lifted, I have AMEER (beer minus the b, with ame=soul above), but then 26a...
17:48 Mon 08th Jul 20196 answers, last by shoota 18:11 Mon 08th Jul 2019
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Stuck on the very last one! 26D, We hear cider drinker would show the way, ?E?D. Don't see a ref. to _The Cider House Rules_. Learned from google that Devon Colic was caused by LEAD poisoning from...
17:11 Wed 05th Jun 20192 answers, last by smallsizenun 20:57 Wed 05th Jun 2019
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Am stumped on the last 2 short ones. 1A A gigantically snotty fellow? I have ?U?G?S and all I could come up with was (heh) DUNGUS. Also 13A Article written about quiet and droll linesman. I have ?A?H...
16:26 Thu 30th May 20194 answers, last by smallsizenun 16:37 Thu 30th May 2019
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Down to the last one -- 11a, Talk about hankering for Gossip in a Library? I have ?H?T?H?T and what suggests itself is CHITCHAT, but I can't parse the "hankering" bit. O' course I could be completely...
00:02 Wed 27th Mar 20195 answers, last by Mamyalynne 00:40 Wed 27th Mar 2019
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Finished except for SE corner --24d Passage from Vidal's debut put off dean. I have A?L?? and am guessing ALLEY (=passage) but if the reference is to Gore Vidal's Williwaw it eludes me. If correct,...
18:57 Tue 05th Mar 20195 answers, last by smallsizenun 19:40 Tue 05th Mar 2019
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Have actually solved it (I think!) but am unable to fully parse a few clues. 5d Rumpole should know all about this rubbish as is found in backward country. Answer has to be STATUTE BAR, and I see the...
04:15 Thu 11th Oct 201814 answers, last by smallsizenun 17:22 Thu 11th Oct 2018
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Have finished except for one: 21a Top wingman (right) kettled by City's stars. I have L?C?N?A and the only word I can think of that fits is LACONIA but I doubt the answer has anything to do with...
00:07 Fri 31st Aug 20186 answers, last by Mamyalynne 03:14 Fri 31st Aug 2018
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Almost finished, stymied by just one: 21A, Young male artist - a WASP? I have ?U?S?A. If allusion to Portrait of the Artist, it eludes me. If play on wasp=vespa, it also eludes me. Help?
21:17 Thu 31st May 20182 answers, last by smallsizenun 16:20 Fri 01st Jun 2018
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Solved except for one short one! 23d Arnold (or Allen) initially gets confused about his angry entrances. I have G?T?S, and it seems like the answer must be (initial) A + GETS, so GETAS (Thracian...
21:30 Thu 22nd Mar 20185 answers, last by smallsizenun 00:10 Fri 23rd Mar 2018
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Have tentatively solved this one, but am unsure about two answers. 15a Relations in thrall of outrageous canto I quote, C?T?T?O? I have CITATION which has anag. of CANTO plus CIT[E]=QUOTE, but I can't...
19:14 Tue 17th Oct 20174 answers, last by smallsizenun 00:50 Wed 18th Oct 2017
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Going great guns on this one until I got to the last -- 10d Only mystery on the radio discovering a body in America (4,4): S?U? C?S? Possibly an anagram with CORPSE (or CORPUS)+US? No combinations...
22:28 Wed 09th Aug 20173 answers, last by smallsizenun 00:38 Thu 10th Aug 2017
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Mirabile dictu, I've almost solved this one. Just one answer to go, 18d Tangle with football team when number 10 replaces last three. I have ?N?E?M?X and though I live in the land of the Cheeseheads,...
16:20 Thu 29th Jun 20175 answers, last by smallsizenun 16:31 Thu 29th Jun 2017
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Just one left, but it's a long one! 13a "Unions kept secret suggestions about work". I have E?O?O?E?T? and am completely blanking on an answer (or rather 5 blanks, ha ha). Any help would be much...
18:56 Fri 23rd Dec 20167 answers, last by Mamyalynne 00:01 Sat 24th Dec 2016
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It's used to prevent shock, one putting saline in treatment(10,4)I am pretty sure it is Insulating/Insulation Tape but a) do not know which one and b) can't see why it is the answer-an anagram...
10:05 Fri 04th Nov 201620 answers, last by smallsizenun 17:15 Sat 12th Nov 2016
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Yes, I am down to a short one again. 3D Acknowledge "mad bad" appeal. I have A?M?T which I think must be ADMIT, but what is the connection to either Byron or Villon??...
02:40 Fri 15th Jul 20164 answers, last by smallsizenun 16:44 Fri 15th Jul 2016
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Great fun doing this one, but at crossroads. Two teasers. So, readers,Baron Bizarro turns out to be a person's metronym(8,6) *E*N***O/*O*R** First bit Leonardo? and Enlightenment produced by briefly...
17:11 Fri 08th Jul 20169 answers, last by smallsizenun 02:32 Fri 15th Jul 2016
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Very well, I find War, Famine and Pestilence, but what answer can be construed to be the fourth fellow?? (Disclaimer: I haven't quite finished this one, owing to late delivery of this issue here, but...
23:24 Fri 24th Jun 20168 answers, last by smallsizenun 18:20 Sat 25th Jun 2016
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As usual, one last short one has me stumped. 22D Incite to fight -- held by Tybalt -- arrested. I have T?R?E and the only answer I can come up with is TERSE, which sort of fits "arrested," i.e....
16:51 Tue 03rd May 20164 answers, last by Mamyalynne 20:24 Tue 03rd May 2016
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Can "little" Mean "grand/great" In 19Th-Century Family Relationship Usage?

A will I am reading (1846, American) mentions bequests to a "niece" and a "little niece." I initially took this to mean older niece and younger niece, but matching these terms to the individuals named...
04:38 Mon 25th Apr 20163 answers, last by smallsizenun 21:17 Mon 25th Apr 2016
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stuck on 3 in each of the top right and bottom left corners! viz One of the Ladies Day girls recalled longing to embrace men ?O???F; Tory part name for a political novelist ?O???U; Member states made...
18:29 Fri 25th Mar 201627 answers, last by smallsizenun 04:18 Thu 31st Mar 2016

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