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Does anyone know any good russian sea shanties?

The kinds of songs that the russion sing when on long voyages as my dad used to tell me about him and a russian friend traveling on russian cargoships and they used to get drunk on nonstop vodka and...

canonball

Decipher the clue to the phrases

1FTR = 1 For The Road 6NR, 9SBB, 5ROTOF, 7HOR, 12POAJ, any help would be much appreciated....

mintyman99

Spectator Christmas Crossword Thursday December 16th 2010

http://www.spectator....498/xmascrossword.pdf...

endanger33

Spectator 1994

9a Foolishly remounted height is relatively deprived 10 ????t?e??? 7d someone revolting, shown up by 9.50 (5) l??i? 22a Anger following low cost of port 7 m?????? 39a Star revered like Christmas...

Bigbee698

chinese port same name as kidnapping for sea

24 across I thought Shanghia but needs n on end

Graudian

Tel EV 945

Trying to get started! 1a Well woman article starts to look mighty appealing (6) 6a In M.I.T. magnetism and gravity takes precedence over moral jockeying (6) ??A???...

bellabee

inquisitor 1156 touche

finding this tough - have the name + changes + setter's 'help' [sw corner] but can't for the life of me get the link between these two words - and no idea at all for the other four words - any little...

RossR

Inquisitor 1155

Could somebody please explain 15A? I have two possible answers, either of which would complete the grid consistently, but I can't explain either of them.

metalwarrior10

sounds like he decieves (7)

for loros animal quiz 2010

AndrewG-S

EV 944 Standard

An enjoyable puzzle this week. Was slow on the starter but sped up as the pudding beckoned.

Graudian

EV 943

Can anyone please explain the logic for 1a? Cooker blunder dropping rotten meat in Muck (6) I can see the first three letters of the solution (cooker) and the full word is part of the theme, but the...

Philoctetes

Listener 4114 - Three Square by Elap

No - I haven't quite finished it yet. Still, one of the joys of a Listener comes when you learn something new, and primitive triangles are new to me. I assume that the numbers in the threes are also...

kayakamina

EV 942 Block Capitals - by Nutmeg

I can't find any thread and assume everyone has been on their travels as I have with this EV. I enjoyed it and we'll see what others thought. Ps I think 7d should be 6 (not 8)...

mullingar

Crosswords

Is it possible to rate crosswords in terms of difficulty? Are there any that are regarded as more difficult than the Listener?.I can't imagine it but I know there are some big brains out there...

postman44

the answer to each question is a british football team

17. complete bacon joint(6) 29. cows private land(12). 30. gives you x-tra(7). 41.scottish fallen down church(7). 42.layered wood at river entrance(8). 49. replacement top-knot(5)

devadolly

EV 941

Good Afternoon All. Have looked but cannot find any evidence of N & Cing so presume you have all finished and gone out for the day!

REGALIZE

INQUISITOR

Stuck on 6dn. Bird's mine, we hear,before tea time. T?HS and dont forget the rebound - Only thing I cancome up with is THRUSH - but dont know why

AndrewG-S

EV 940

Filled most of grid, got the instruction, identified the theme and some of the thematic answers and there my enthusiasm for this ends. It appears I now have to cold solve for a subject I have limited...

kayakamina

EV 939: An Impassable Door by Shark

Phew! I found this one a brute after a run of fairly easy EVs. Had to stretch the mind back half a century to my classics days and I hope it came easier for other EVers....

stymied

inquisitor 1150

Frustrated. Completed everything (not demanding) but I can't decide/find a 'relevant stage name'. Is anyone having the same problem or willing to provide a hint? Many thanks.

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