1) Spring flowers I left out in winds (10) E?????L?E? 2) Piled in heap, dogs off lead showed visible distress (7) U?S?E?T This looks like UPSWEPT, but surely that is not the same as SWEPT UP? Is the...
1) Nice to see moderate article embracing acceptable opinion (4,2,3,3) The answer is EASY ON THE EYE (Nice to See), but I can't get the parsing. 2) Thick offender having stumbled in seconds (3) F?T....
1) Destructive phenomenon which could be rife? (8) 2) Take off special clothing close by university (4,2) ?E?? ?? 3) Son went off and felt intense passion (10) 4) Indication of speed in computer,...
The Week :- The lowest digit nailed (3,3) ?I? T?E Looks like BIG TOE, but why? The Times :- 1) Writer of verses for Mass (5) P?U?D Looks like POUND, but why? 2) Did well sorting out what comes next,...
1) Aussie state nurses rest in the heat (6) ?I???A 2) PM ready to drive off on course, keeping left (6) ???L?E It looks like ATTLEE, but although AT TEE can be loosely understood, it's not a common...
One last query :- High temperature reducing, but not initially (8) ?O?E?I?G This is a normal clue not linked to the theme. I suspect the answer is (G)LOWERING, which satisfies a definition of...
1) Dark character-forming vehicle officers cut by half (4) ?E?E. It is very possible that the first word of this clue (DARK) is superfluous to the clue, (because it is 4 letters long). It is also...
Further to my last post, I'm still struggling with the parsing of YOURS as the answer to "Letter's last word deviates from what's dictated?" (5) I get "Letter's last word", but not the rest. TIA....
Stuck on bottom right hand corner :- 1) Son, drunk, kicks daughter and kitty for no good reason (5,4) ??U?? ???? 2) Old kingdom's relations on mend, after setback (6) ?????? 3) Relative stages...
1) Only keeping single Roman figure out (5) S?L?E. It would seem to be SOL(V)E, but why does V = "single Roman", since V = 5? 2) Top policeman starts to drop off in bar (5) E?T?P. It would seem to be...
Parsing problems again. I'm beginning to think this is early onset dementia, because the cerebration is simply not there! 1) Top banks rotten -- something to chew over? (6) TOFFEE, but why does TEE =...
3 niggles on parsing :- 1) Bacon's partner the man in question plans to sort of paint (8) ?G?S?E?L = EGGSHELL. But how does LL equate to "in question plans to"? 2) Orange's so long to perish when...
Two from a month ago :- 1) One clothed in a nudist camp has words with vile men stripped down (7) T?X?I?E The answer is, unsurprisingly, TEXTILE, but I do not understand either the definition or the...
An oldie from January 2019 :- Legend in game, but not going down a treat in Milan? (6) ?E?A?O The answer is, apparently, GELATO - which, I suppose, could be "going down a treat in Milan" - but I can't...
Two queries from an old unfinished puzzle of 2 years ago :- 1) Review total jazzman not using small piano (7,2) The answer is SUMMING UP which takes care of the definition (review), but could somebody...
Goodness, I have struggled more with this puzzle than I can remember in a long time. Final clue :- River or bay -- or at least sound (5) R?O?E I thought it might be RHONE, as in sounding like rowan,...
1) A neighbour to a Queenslander, maybe, briefly making comeback (6) ?N???? 2) China do it -- then we start to trade differently (9) T???T???? (the first T might be wrong) 3) Very quietly coming up...