Berate beastly male following an offensive four-letter word (9) T?T?A?R?M The answer is obviously TETRAGRAM (four-letter word), but I don't get the word play. Labour baron sacked after powerless Iran...
1) Clobber I'd cast? Yes (9) E?D?S?A?T 2) Tricked someone, as Number 10 rarely did in the past? (6,1,4,3). Letters definite are P-L--- A -A-T -N- . The answer would appear to have to be PULLED A FAST...
1) What one would give to be involved in the group matches! (5,5) ?L?O? D???? I can see why this clue could be used to give the answer BLOOD, but how can it produce BLOOD DONOR, or is it something...
Last one from this puzzle:- Shock from head of church shifting a little power to the right (5) A?P?L The answer seemingly has to be APPAL ( = Shock), and the word play seems to involve PAPA (= head of...
Last two clues, but I'm being fussy to understand the parsing fully :- 1) Planned bid for contract halted (8) ?N?E?D?D It looks as if it has to be INTENDED i.e."planned", but why IN and, although...
Two clues where the answer seems clear, but I don't understand the wordplay :- 1) Kitchen heater tested in couple's absence (4) O?E? Presumably it has to be OVEN, but why? 2) More than reasonable fare...
1) Parts not on general view, magazine meets resistance from one in the army (7,7) P?I?A?E ?O?D?E?
2) Why is SHAG the answer to "Family rejected shocking tobacco" (4) ?H?G...
3 Queries today:- 1) "If B was Brown and C was Cameron....oh dear!" (6) D----- 2) "Model married unhappily" (7) A-M-R-R The word play and the checked letters shown make it obvious that the answer is...
2 oddies this time. I'm beginning to think there may be a misprint in each of these clues but, more likely, I'm just being dim. 1) "Model worked hard but not using head (5) O_L_D. The wordplay...
Why does "Cop seen around outlying parts of notorious Yorkshire town" (8) = BARNSLEY? Obviously it's a Yorkshire town, and the outlying parts of "notorious" are NS, but what has barley got to do with...
Good fun, if not enormously taxing. I have to admit never having seen the point of the other work, and I'm not a great fan of the method of submission, but neither detracted from my enjoyment of the...
