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Times 24,258

6d European politician has links with dead men (7) Emp + ties. I can see that it is 'empties' and I've heard the barman ask if these bottles (the empties) are 'dead' - but 'dead men'? Has anyone heard...
19:32 Fri 26th Jun 200911 answers, last by grasscarp 22:35 Fri 26th Jun 2009
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Sunday Times 4334

1d Averse, in the establishment, to dress up. Can anyone see why the answer to 1d is CLOTHE? I can see that 'loth' in the middle means 'averse'; where do C and E come in? Help please . . .
23:45 Mon 22nd Jun 20093 answers, last by Timessolver 00:01 Tue 23rd Jun 2009
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Times 24,257

Any help with explaining why the answer to 23a is 'taste' please? Clue: Discrimination, say, first taken to heart(5). I can see that the first letter of 'say' is taken to the heart of the answer - but...
07:34 Mon 22nd Jun 20092 answers, last by Timessolver 09:05 Mon 22nd Jun 2009
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Times 24,247

Puzzled about the wordplay on these - any help please? 1d is 'tabu'. How is this reached from 'Heartless killer surfacing is ostracised'? I can see 'tabu' = 'ostracised' but where's the heartless...
08:11 Thu 11th Jun 20094 answers, last by Timessolver 08:59 Thu 11th Jun 2009
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times2 4859

Stuck on last one (for me). 17d Dependant, hanger-on (6) - L - E - T. Any help please?
08:10 Sun 07th Jun 20093 answers, last by Timessolver 10:03 Sun 07th Jun 2009
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Spectator 1915

9d (no clue for it) (5) N - N - - - Possibly N - N - T - if 16a is TEAT. Could anyone familiar with this puzzle please help?
23:25 Tue 02nd Jun 20093 answers, last by Timessolver 01:15 Wed 03rd Jun 2009
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Quizmonkey

Could you look at the question of mine that you answered? I should like a little more help please . .
19:41 Tue 02nd Jun 20092 answers, last by Timessolver 23:08 Tue 02nd Jun 2009
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Spectator 1915

Could people kindly look at my original question on Spectator 1915 - about the letters 'AIRBENDS', as I'm still puzzled . . .
18:07 Tue 02nd Jun 20095 answers, last by novalis 19:37 Tue 02nd Jun 2009
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Times Jumbo cryptic 818

29a My double bet may be on this (3 - 3). Seems to be 'gee-gee'. How does that mean 'double bet'? 54a Secret society given the backing of a kingdom (5). Seems to be 'Tonga' which is a kingdom, but...
14:42 Tue 02nd Jun 20093 answers, last by Timessolver 15:41 Tue 02nd Jun 2009
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Spectator 1915

Something else bugging me about this one . . . I have AIR-BENDS made from the removed letters, which seems to have more to do with the bends from deep-sea diving, than inebriation. But then, I don't...
14:36 Tue 02nd Jun 20092 answers, last by Timessolver 18:02 Tue 02nd Jun 2009
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Spectator 1915

Still on this one! What does it mean when it says 'Unchecked and cross-checking letters in all nine unclued answers could make AA MAN FAIL and SLAKE BOOZER? If it's what I think it MAY mean, of such...
14:32 Tue 02nd Jun 20093 answers, last by Timessolver 19:39 Tue 02nd Jun 2009
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More on Spectator 1915

Thanks to great help from Novalis, I have proceeded a lot, but still more probs to solve. If 'the removed letters spell out . . . a word (hyphenated) . . .', and what I've got is: A I R C E N D S,...
14:43 Wed 27th May 20092 answers, last by turnerjmw 15:27 Wed 27th May 2009
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Spectator 1915

The first of my difficulties is that the setter says there are eight answers with one letter too many for the space, but I can only find seven:- 11a, 16a, 25a, 2d, 3d, 20d & 30d. Am I missing...
11:43 Wed 27th May 20092 answers, last by novalis 12:02 Wed 27th May 2009
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Are other people getting this phrase '"' all the time, or is it only me? Is there something wrong with my computer? If your are (getting it), what does it mean? Very puzzled . . .
01:28 Fri 22nd May 200915 answers, last by Tallulah! 10:32 Sat 23rd May 2009
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Got it all (1a Buccal was hard . . .) Am I the only one who didn't know this word?? My questions are, as usual, HOW are the following the right answers? 14a seems to be Dad's Army. DA is the 'lawyer'...
08:22 Mon 18th May 200912 answers, last by Timessolver 13:11 Fri 22nd May 2009
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I'm fairly new here, & was thinking of asking 'what does a 'thread' mean?' But I think I see what it must be now, seeing the kerfuffle over STimes 4328 has stretched to 20 answers!
15:53 Fri 15th May 20091 answer, last by mamyalynne 16:31 Fri 15th May 2009
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All finished but not v. happy with 4d. Clue is: Divorced some time between Thursday and Tuesday. Answer seems to be 'unwed'. I can see that 'wed' may mean Wednesday, but where does 'UN' come from? Any...
20:26 Tue 12th May 20093 answers, last by Timessolver 21:39 Tue 12th May 2009
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Times 24, 221

13d is SCALLYWAG. Entirely = 'all', unknown - 'y', comedian = 'wag', but where do the 'S' and 'C' come from?
19:59 Sat 09th May 20099 answers, last by Timessolver 20:11 Sat 09th May 2009
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Got it all but, as usual, a couple I can't see how they are worked out. 1d is SIGMA. Clue is 'Character going to extremes in Sophocles (5). Why please? Of course it's a Greek character and so is...
19:53 Sat 09th May 20093 answers, last by Timessolver 20:05 Sat 09th May 2009
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Spectator crossword by Doc 1913 (not 1912)

One more question about the Spectator X-word that Greyfox attached: 16a answer is TIRE. This is OK for 'pinafore' and 'dress' (according to Shorter Oxford Dict.) but how does it fit with 'train'?...
01:33 Fri 08th May 20096 answers, last by Mysterons 18:03 Tue 19th May 2009

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