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After a month being treated as if I was a 7 year old by my Irish nana, I am back! I struggled ( not match fit?) but I think I am nearly there. But there are three clues where I am fairly sure of the...
11:01 Mon 05th Sep 201611 answers, last by stevenj 18:47 Mon 05th Sep 2016
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Tablet

Could someone help me with these please" Did away with the language (7). I have ???e?e? So the answer might be "deleted" but I don't get language part. The other one is " it's trivial when immersed in...
14:37 Mon 01st Aug 201620 answers, last by scorpiojo 17:13 Mon 01st Aug 2016
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I really thought that I was going to be able to finish this one without the need for an explanation. But, annoyingly, there's one that I don't quite get. " tall building holds street record when put...
19:05 Sat 23rd Jul 20163 answers, last by aelmpvw 06:46 Sun 24th Jul 2016
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Please can I ask for explanations, yet again? Important station in Perth bringing in key counter-terrorism unit (7,6) From the other letters I have the answer seems to be " special branch" which fits...
20:08 Sat 16th Jul 20166 answers, last by TheChair 08:40 Sun 17th Jul 2016
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Azed The Observer

As I had finished the Times cryptic, I decided to have a go at Azed's crossword. Very humbling! I have managed just 8 answers with a tentative two more. SWMBO says I have spent too much time on it. As...
09:46 Thu 14th Jul 20163 answers, last by stevenj 20:35 Sat 16th Jul 2016
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30 Ac

Fill this writer's purse regularly and fly East (10) I have I?p?e?n?t? So the answer seems to be impregnate which meets the fill part and pre from purse. But I can't see the rest. Can someone help me...
21:01 Sat 09th Jul 20165 answers, last by Lie-in King 21:12 Sat 09th Jul 2016
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Wow! This was a tough one. I wasn't able to start until Monday as we entertained SWMBO's relative all weekend. Trip to Kew Gardens took up most of Sumday. ( Great place but very expensive imho) But I...
14:46 Wed 06th Jul 201610 answers, last by Mamyalynne 17:23 Wed 06th Jul 2016
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Hello again after a couple of weeks absence. And I am late this week because SWMBO took me to Winchester ( beautiful cathedral etc) but for a weird reason. One of her friends organised for her husband...
16:58 Tue 24th May 201638 answers, last by Jackdaw33 23:59 Fri 27th May 2016
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44 Across

Swmbo has given me permission to have a rest from the relentless garden work. i have been cleaning the patio of moss, muck and general muck. I ache!!! But enough of all that. "Commission new computing...
13:59 Sun 08th May 20164 answers, last by stevenj 14:09 Sun 08th May 2016
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Could someone explain a few answers for me please? The first is: "Bloke is gutted after female stops saying she's pregnant". From the letters I have the answer is pretty certainly "mother-to-be" and,...
20:09 Sat 16th Apr 201613 answers, last by Hawkeye54 21:17 Thu 16th Jun 2016
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I don't actually need any help this week. This is a short message to all my helpers and guides over the months. I have promised SWMBO that my Lenten "sacrifice" is that I'll give up crosswords for the...
18:55 Sat 06th Feb 201610 answers, last by stevenj 15:06 Sun 07th Feb 2016
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Generalist

South East London suburb described in 1848 as " the prettiest of pretty suburbanites". Edith fits the down letters but is that really the answer? SWMBO says that it does not seem likely but cannot...
15:39 Mon 25th Jan 201610 answers, last by stevenj 21:36 Tue 26th Jan 2016
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Daughter made to kiss in sign for tipsiness (12). I have ?n?o?i?a?o?n and I can only think of "intoxication" which sort of fits wit the tipsiness bit of the clue. But I just can't think of how any of...
12:23 Tue 29th Dec 201518 answers, last by Mamyalynne 14:32 Tue 29th Dec 2015
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Generalist .prospect

I desperately need someone with a knowledge of Cornwall! "Cornish promontory three miles south east of Land's end" (7,4) I have G*E***P/ *e*d I assume the second word is head but I cannot track down...
00:09 Mon 16th Nov 20157 answers, last by Mamyalynne 21:53 Mon 16th Nov 2015
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Deny dish endlessly blocks sink (6) I have d?s?w? So the answer seems to be disown. But I don't get the " blocks sink" part . And " small empty boxes having a screw loose." I have ?n?a?e. So I suppose...
19:47 Sat 10th Oct 20158 answers, last by frugalfred 19:51 Sat 10th Oct 2015
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Amazed!

This isn't a question but I just wanted to say that I have been amazed by the last moth's Generalist. (It's in Mummy's magazine Prospect). Besides the answers to the clues last month he set another...
18:47 Sat 19th Sep 20151 answer, last by stevenj 23:16 Sat 19th Sep 2015
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Heck! It doesn't take long to get out of practice, does it! SWAMBO took me on holiday and i haven't tried a puzzle for over a month. So I have struggled a bit but I am nearly there. First a complaint....
17:53 Mon 07th Sep 20153 answers, last by stevenj 20:03 Mon 07th Sep 2015
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Is the answer to 20d "Marylebone station"? If so why? (Other than it fits my other answers!) Also (36ac) has me stumped! "Cloud , black,oddly seen over city abroad (5). I have e*b**. The only words i...
23:52 Tue 23rd Jun 201520 answers, last by stevenj 19:35 Wed 24th Jun 2015
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56 Ac

Depression, say, admitted by writer after setback (5) I have B*S*N The only words I can think of are basin, bison and bosun. But I don't see how any of them fit the clue. Can someone help me please?...
15:52 Tue 26th May 20154 answers, last by stevenj 16:05 Tue 26th May 2015
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Listener Crossword

Each week, after I have finished the Times jumbo, I look across at the Listener crossword which they also print on the Mind games page. Just the instructions leave me confused! Do any of you really...
18:14 Sun 12th Apr 20155 answers, last by ABAuntie 18:48 Fri 24th Apr 2015

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