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Generalist Special

Having, with enormous help, solved Prospect’s previous tough crossword, I thought I would give the special a go. Basically there are two tables and there are 52 clues. Two for each letter of the...
23:32 Wed 18th Dec 201917 answers, last by dannyk13 11:51 Thu 19th Dec 2019
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Times Cryptic 1412

This is a boast! (Shame on me, boasting in Advent,but there you are) .I managed to work out the 20 letter word at the top!! It's a word I didn't know and I worked it out using "crossword logic". I...
20:43 Sun 08th Dec 20198 answers, last by stevenj 21:54 Sun 08th Dec 2019
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Any Body Still Interested?

A while ago,, I asked about the very odd crossword in the December edition of SWMBO's magazine. There are no clues for most of the across clues,just a letter. I have come back to it again and again. "...
11:28 Wed 27th Nov 201938 answers, last by stevenj 14:28 Thu 28th Nov 2019
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Generalist

I decided to have another go and have made progress. But it is a tough call for me! There's a couple of down clues ( the ones with a definition) which just defeat me . Help gratefully received....
18:20 Tue 19th Nov 201911 answers, last by Persever0 23:27 Wed 20th Nov 2019
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Times 1410 Cryptic

hi . I'm afraid the Generalist crossword (that I was seeking advice on yesterday) proved too hard for me. I managed quite a lot but I think you need to be a bit more experienced than I am to tackle...
20:40 Sun 17th Nov 20199 answers, last by stevenj 21:06 Sun 17th Nov 2019
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Generalist

SWMBO has a magazine called Prospect (interesting). This month there’s an unusual crossword and I want to try it. The down clues are crossword normal. But the across clues simply have a single...
17:24 Sat 16th Nov 201921 answers, last by Persever0 10:07 Tue 19th Nov 2019
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Saturday Times Jumbo Cryptic 1409 Saturday November 9Th 2019

hello. Another Saturday evening with the crossword and without His Nibs. I DO miss him! I have eventually finished it, with a lot of difficulty. May I, as usual, ask for help please? bThere's a few....
23:38 Sat 09th Nov 201915 answers, last by Neveracrossword 08:11 Sun 10th Nov 2019
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Cryptic Jumbo 1408

hello Sorry I have been missing for a few weeks (though, no doubt, some may have been relieved!) Partly snatching time with His Nibs. Nuff said for the moment have a few where I have the answer and...
22:50 Sat 02nd Nov 201942 answers, last by stevenj 21:17 Sun 03rd Nov 2019
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Times Jumbo 1404

Hello. I am back for my now regular Saturday night request for help. As always I have suggestions for answers but can't quite work out why. Help gratefully received . 16ac Numbers in financial...
21:53 Sat 05th Oct 20198 answers, last by strabismus 22:33 Mon 07th Oct 2019
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Times Jumbo 1403

wow. What a weird one! I have finished (at least I have filled in all the squares. I am so unsure of the reasoning for some answers that I shouldn't be in the least surprised if someone tells me I'm...
20:52 Sun 29th Sep 201916 answers, last by cashier 21:22 Sun 29th Sep 2019
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Times Jumbo 1402

I found this really tough. But it may be that I just can't concentrate. His Nibs has gone off to uni! Of course, it's for the best but I feel so lonely without him. On to the crossie. I've managed,...
20:49 Sun 22nd Sep 201917 answers, last by stevenj 21:14 Sun 22nd Sep 2019
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Jumbo 1400

Hello. Ticking down to His Nibs going off to uni. I'm not looking forward to it!! We're meeting up at 9 ...so must press on. To the crossword. I've got answers to all the clues but,as always, I can't...
20:32 Sat 07th Sep 20198 answers, last by Mamyalynne 20:54 Sat 07th Sep 2019
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Jumbo 1397

Hello. I'm back. Well, actually I was back last week but I simply couldn't get into the way of thinking of the setter of last week's crossword. I had so many white spaces I was too embarrassed to seek...
20:52 Sat 24th Aug 20198 answers, last by Neveracrossword 21:02 Sat 24th Aug 2019
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Jumbo 1391

Hello. I'm back after a short absence. I have just about finished but I should like my usual advice please. 21ac The old country gentleman working at court. I have y?o?,a? So the answer would seem to...
18:00 Sun 14th Jul 20194 answers, last by stevenj 18:06 Sun 14th Jul 2019
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Times Jumbo 1387

Blimey! This is a tough one! There's a few that, normally , I'd have asked for a tutorial but there are some that I can't even work out an answer so I'd better concentrate on them Though explanations...
17:32 Sun 16th Jun 20199 answers, last by stevenj 17:45 Sun 16th Jun 2019
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Jumbo 1386 Cryptic

Hello. Probably my last Saturday doing the crossword. His Nibs has his last exam next week so I guess he will corrupt me and take me to a hostelry (I hope!). As ever I need some tutoring please. 13ac...
20:44 Sat 08th Jun 20197 answers, last by Mamyalynne 21:00 Sat 08th Jun 2019
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Times Jumbo 1385

Hello. Glorious day here except that His Nibs has had to work all day (so that he can watch the match tonight) as his last exams are coming up! Say a prayer for him (or whatever you do). it matters so...
20:13 Sat 01st Jun 201912 answers, last by stevenj 20:35 Sat 01st Jun 2019
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Jumbo 1384

Just one expansion this time please. 15d Love coming in fast - the stuff of jets and rockets. With the letters I have the answer must be "aerospace ". But I really don't get it. steven...
20:10 Tue 28th May 20198 answers, last by stevenj 20:43 Tue 28th May 2019
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Jumbo 1383 Cryptic

Hello My (unimportant) exams are over but His Nibs still has a couple pf papers to go. We agreed to (a) go on the wagon and (b) give up sport (him) and crossies(me ) while we were swotting. I am back....
16:44 Sun 26th May 201916 answers, last by stevenj 17:23 Sun 26th May 2019
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Times Jumbos

This might seem ( well,tbh, it is) an odd question. Does anyone know how many people enter the cryptic jumbo competition? I was thinking that the prizes would be great for HisNibs ( well maybe not the...
20:12 Mon 29th Apr 20195 answers, last by stevenj 08:39 Tue 30th Apr 2019

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