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The Times 28895

3 clues where I know the answer but don't get the parsing :-   Collect some bread in unusual haste (has pocket emptied)? (4,5,3,3).    PASS ROUND THE HAT.  Anagram of "haste has + pt" plus ROUND? ... ...
16:07 Sun 21st Apr 202410 answers, last by Toorak 18:21 Sun 21st Apr 2024
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TioMateo

The Week 1410

CotW:-  Peers in a box (4)  (Brendan, The Guardian)
13:58 Sun 21st Apr 20244 answers, last by TioMateo 14:04 Sun 21st Apr 2024
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The Times & The Week

The Times :-  Promised Land lacking an amazing wedding venue (4) ?A?A.  Is it LALA?  Why?     Not using cipher to frame article, free from suspicion (2,3,5)  I?  T?E  ??E?R.  It would seem to be... ...
10:24 Wed 10th Apr 20242 answers, last by Lie-in King 10:33 Wed 10th Apr 2024
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The Times 28878

Just the two :-  One checking posters in government department (3)  M?D.  Looks like MOD (Ministry of Defence), but why "one checking posters"?   Porridge is cold, with no flipping goodnes in New... ...
23:53 Sun 31st Mar 20243 answers, last by JJ109 23:57 Sun 31st Mar 2024
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The Week 1407

Sorry, I forgot the CotW :-  Electric Vehicle behind a 50% reduction in carbon (6,3).  I can only think of ESTATE CAR, but that doesn't seem to take account of "Electric".
21:00 Thu 28th Mar 20244 answers, last by Captain2 21:48 Thu 28th Mar 2024
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The Week 1407

Wind up on the stage? (4) O?O?.  Is it really OBOE?   Show of modesty is often replaced with flamboyance (4,11)      ?E??  D?P?E?A?I?N.  Okay it's SELF-DEPRECATION, but why "often replaced with... ...
20:32 Thu 28th Mar 20242 answers, last by Toorak 20:42 Thu 28th Mar 2024
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The Times 28876

I managed to come up with all of the answers, but there are 6 clues where I do not understand (nor sometimes accept) the parsing :-   Arab nation reversed hold on island (7)  K?W?I?I.  It can hardly... ...
20:25 Thu 28th Mar 20245 answers, last by TioMateo 20:53 Thu 28th Mar 2024
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The Week 1406

Just the one :-  Blossom that is seen behind duck (6) D?A?I? Is it DEARIE?  If so, it seems a bit feeble if "Blossom" and "duck" are both terms of affection, being used to provide yet another term... ...
13:53 Wed 27th Mar 20243 answers, last by Lie-in King 14:22 Wed 27th Mar 2024
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The Times 28866

Were all given share of lifebelts, apparently, to join navy (2,2,3) G? T? S?A.  It's obviously GO TO SEA (to join navy), but I can't parse the rest.   Catching up with court case (11)  O?E???A?I?G. ... ...
23:01 Wed 20th Mar 20243 answers, last by donny48 11:22 Thu 21st Mar 2024
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The Times 28863

Can someone please parse these two :_   Well-adapted, efficient, and thus pithy? Not initially (9)           E?GON??IC.  ERGONOMIC - but why?   Liquid carrier's first thing needed for big run (7)... ...
00:11 Fri 15th Mar 20242 answers, last by Lie-in King 00:16 Fri 15th Mar 2024
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The Times 28862

Just the one :-  Edge has broken some pieces of glass instrument (8)  ?A?P?P?S. BAGPIPES would fit "instrument" as the definition,  but I can't parse the word play.
13:16 Wed 13th Mar 20246 answers, last by Lie-in King 15:02 Wed 13th Mar 2024
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The Times 28860

Just the one :-  Will lover possibly stop affair in due course? (10) B?R?O?A?E?
00:10 Tue 12th Mar 20242 answers, last by elliemay1 00:13 Tue 12th Mar 2024
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The Week 1404

Cut bottom nearly a job for me (3)  D?C.  I can only think of DIC(e) and DOC(k), both being shortened (nearly) versions of words meaning CUT.  But the "nearly" comes after "bottom" not after... ...
18:03 Mon 11th Mar 20243 answers, last by TioMateo 18:08 Mon 11th Mar 2024
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The T Imes28854

What hotel may offer for very few people or a number  (3,3,3)  T?A ?O? ??O    Why is it  TEA FOR TWO?   Centre of activity features extravagant outdoor amenity (3,3) ?O? ???   Ready to sleep, but... ...
19:01 Mon 04th Mar 20246 answers, last by Toorak 20:43 Mon 04th Mar 2024
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The Week 1402

Just the one :-  CotW  =    As in Nordic novel?  (6,4)  S?????  N???
12:22 Tue 27th Feb 20241 answer, last by Neveracrossword 12:25 Tue 27th Feb 2024
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The Times 28842

Just the one :-  Amount of power which is released from trap (5) ?A?T?.  I think it might be WATTS (power), which sounds like "what's" (ie "what is" for which is), but I don't get "released  from... ...
16:33 Wed 21st Feb 20241 answer, last by Lie-in King 16:34 Wed 21st Feb 2024
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The Times 28836

Been busy all week, and not had time for The Times Saturday Prize Crossword until half an hour ago.  I need to submit by midnight and, therefore, would be grateful for confirmation/explanation on... ...
23:46 Wed 14th Feb 20242 answers, last by brainiac 23:51 Wed 14th Feb 2024
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The Times 28824

Just stuck on the one :-  Central Line for Cockney has eleven stops (4)  A?I?
02:56 Tue 30th Jan 20241 answer, last by Canary42 02:59 Tue 30th Jan 2024
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The Week 1396

CotW :-  Outspoken England footballer getting stick (4) (Picaroon, The Guardian).
18:34 Mon 15th Jan 20245 answers, last by TioMateo 19:12 Mon 15th Jan 2024
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The Times 28812

2 Parsing Queries :-   Vow in language that's not natural (3) I?O.  Why/how IBO?   Fool departed, touring south of Hawaii?  Just the capital (10) D?N?E?H?A?. DUNDERHEAD is Fool,  but the... ...
13:31 Mon 15th Jan 20244 answers, last by brainiac 13:35 Mon 15th Jan 2024

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