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Wow! This was a tough one. I should have paid more attention to my biology teacher, that's for sure! And not helped by SWMBO not allowing any extension to bath/ bedtime because of the change in the...
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"these chaps may be short, but well suited to palaces" (5) I have *e*a*and "serai" therefore fits. But i don't get the short chaps bit (and the whole is a bit tenuous!). Help please! steven j...
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I wonder if some kind person could explain the following clues and answers please. "Story teller on reflection runs over beginning of Treasure Island "(8) The answer seems to be " narrator" but I...
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This is me again asking for help in improving my skills (they're not too bad thanks to all the guidance I have been given!) Three clues where I think I know the answer but cannot work out the "play"...
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Eek! Yet again I am foiled by one clue! "Cast ( light) encasing front of broken leg? This may be healing inside. (4,4) I have s?o? b?n?. So it could be snow bank , stop bank or some sort of bone. But...
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As usual, it's a four letter word that is stopping me finishing! "Boss first to leave this" (4). I have ?m?o and I know that "umbo" is the boss on a shield so I guess that's the answer. But I simply...
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12d rule in downturn, as seen to be lacking. (6) i have d?c?e? So I guess answer is decree=rule. But wordplay defeats me. Any help please?
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10ac "one tip taken from make- up girl"( 4) I have ?s?a which suggests Asia but, for the life of me I cannot get the wordplay. As usual with me, it's the last clue!...
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I have ?e?a?o. So either gelato or legato fits but I cannot work out the reasoning. Could someone help please? Steven...
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"One with his nose in the air and his head in the clouds" (5) I have *i*o* which would give "pilot" but it seems a bit weak to me. Any better suggestions please? Or an explanation why pilot might be a...
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"forwards post to another destination" ex addressee?...
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"forwards post to another destination"(2,9) i have "a*d*e****" for the second word so that suggests something to do with "address" addressee? addressed? Help please!...
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Call someone on the public address system to explain where to find the main news (4,3) I have ?a?e / ?n?...
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What might be coughed up to take in start of Open golf event (8)
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I have finished this one but there are two where I don't understand the word play and, as ever, I am asking for a tutorial! Please! 34ac "New writer enters single short poem in book" (4,3,6) I guess...
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A form of silicate: ie,_ is (4) I have -a-c so the answer seems to be talc. But, yet again, I don't understand the wordplay. And, yet again, it's the last one. So infuriating! But it is certainly...
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Intrinsically not quiet, originally, as a language (4) I have e-s- and I assume the answer is "erse" but, for the life of me, I can't work out the wordplay. Yet again, the last clue..... Steven...
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This is SO annoying! I have only one left to do (again!). Series of columns covered all but last of special series? (4) I have ?t?a. The only word that I can think of is Etna but, other than the fact...
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51 ac "Bird repeller to keep crows primarily this?" I have s*a*c*r but I simply cannot think what the answer might be. And while I am on. "Island rescuers on road caught boy almost meeting early...

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