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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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TioMateo

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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TioMateo

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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TioMateo

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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TioMateo

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 28773, 28774 And 28785

1) Short file, kept by alliance in Somerset, that goes sideways (9)  CARTWHEEL.  Why? 2)Northern town taxi turned towards a centre (5)  BACUP.  Why is UP "towards a centre"? 3) Spontaneous... ...
17:54 Tue 19th Dec 202315 answers, last by TioMateo 19:37 Tue 19th Dec 2023
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Chaseman

The Week 1388

Two short solutions that annoyingly I can't work out. 1d Tabloid newspaper is carrying leader on Rupert Murdoch ?R?S. The Star is a tabloid and an anagram would be ARTS but why Rupert Murdoch? 28d... ...
09:11 Sat 11th Nov 202313 answers, last by Neveracrossword 22:03 Sat 11th Nov 2023
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TioMateo

The Times 28722

I'm stuck on 4 from Saturday's Times :-   Body position doubly misrepresented in teen's CAT scan (6)     S?A??? Plan for tennis court in sports facility followed by quarrel (9)  R???A?G?E Performances... ...
23:24 Wed 04th Oct 202311 answers, last by bobbinwales 23:43 Wed 04th Oct 2023
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TioMateo

The Times 28719

Just the one query from today's Times (This time I get the parsing, but don't understand the Definition).  Parisian in grand lady's housing when queens have gone off, maybe? (7) E?D?A?E. EN... ...
14:17 Wed 27th Sep 20234 answers, last by Lie-in King 14:28 Wed 27th Sep 2023
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TioMateo

The Week 1380

Can somebody help me with The Week's CotW :-  Problem with corruption in China? (3,7)  T??  ???????   The only thing I can come up with is TAX EVASION, but I can't parse it and don't think it's... ...
18:10 Wed 20th Sep 20233 answers, last by Lie-in King 18:26 Wed 20th Sep 2023
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The Times 28697 And 28698

A few unsolved left-overs :- Times 28697 Inner glow passes for beauty (5) L?O?S. The answer is LOOKS (Beauty), but the Parsing....? Port of ME : what's after that on main road, west of hospital (5)....
18:55 Mon 11th Sep 202312 answers, last by Lie-in King 19:05 Fri 15th Sep 2023
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TioMateo

The Times 28704

Just the one :- 1Dn :- Reduction in daycare raised - or suggesting it? (4) R?C?. I can see that RACY is contained (backwards) inside "daycare", but I can't see the definition or the parsing, unless...
16:06 Sun 10th Sep 20233 answers, last by TioMateo 21:49 Sun 10th Sep 2023
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TioMateo

The Week 1376

29 Ac :- All the best for now! (5,2,3,3) ?T?T? O? T?E ?R? . It seems obvious that it has to be STATE OF THE ART, but I don't get the Parsing, or the Definition for that matter.
20:49 Sun 27th Aug 20234 answers, last by TioMateo 20:55 Sun 27th Aug 2023
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The Times 28681 & The Sunday Times 5072

Dialect Swiss primarily used in Catholic church (8) ?O?A?S?H (The Times 28681) Greek character shown up by team on and off (5) D?L?A. It has to be DELTA (Greek character), but I can't parse "shown up...
22:38 Tue 15th Aug 20236 answers, last by bhg481 10:05 Wed 16th Aug 2023
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The Mos Prize Crossword No Of Is 30Th July

I have come late to this one, with the deadline in a few hours. I note the consensus is there are 13 Is. I have checked and rechecked my No of 12 Is, and cannot see a 13th. So........ 1) pIck on 2)...
21:27 Fri 04th Aug 20234 answers, last by TioMateo 21:41 Fri 04th Aug 2023
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TioMateo

The Times 28667

Just one from The Times this Friday :- 6Dn :- From opening that's inconclusive, white finally in superior position (5) A?O?E. The only two words I can come up with that more or less equate to what I...
13:15 Sun 30th Jul 20233 answers, last by TioMateo 13:36 Sun 30th Jul 2023
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TioMateo

The Times 28662

Just 2 (or 1.5) queries :- 16Dn: Some letters from chap caught underneath boat (4,4) ?U?K ?A?L. Well, it obviously looks like JUNK MAIL (Some letters) with JUNK (for boat). But why is MAIL a chap...
23:06 Mon 24th Jul 20235 answers, last by TioMateo 10:19 Tue 25th Jul 2023
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TioMateo

The Week 1359

Just the one. One rousing game reported a second-grade result (4) ?E?A. Is it BETA? If so, Why?
10:37 Sun 30th Apr 20232 answers, last by TioMateo 10:39 Sun 30th Apr 2023
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TioMateo

The Times 28578

Thank you all. Still stuck in the top right hand corner :- Lots of liquid rising in vessel (5) S???P Country that splits the difference between male and female adults? (4) ??A?...
20:14 Wed 19th Apr 20239 answers, last by Captain2 20:52 Wed 19th Apr 2023
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ACC157

Week 1354

Stuck on two... 3D Way up a trail (7) NASCENT but where does the N come from 14A Leave port after a second attack (7) I have ?a?s?i? Set sail doesn't fit. SASSAIL isn't a word unless it's ancient...
09:25 Mon 20th Mar 202315 answers, last by TioMateo 18:25 Tue 21st Mar 2023

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