Top right corner muddle... 7 ac: Inferior sound device with important second function (6, 5). I have M***E*/V*R**. 15 ac: The crossword editor retained by Express is dull! (5). I have R*M**. Thank you...
Please help us this dreary Friday with: 12 ac: Embarrassing mistake about dull, back-pedalling, perennial protesters? (4-1-3). No letters yet. 5d: One's constituents beaten over race amidst scuffle...
Good morning all Need help unlocking the lower clues, please! Hopeless this week... 24 ac: Cunning vehicle for winter trekkers primarily (7). I have S***I*T so SKILIFT looks possible but why? 20d:...
Tough one today but just one left, then bedtime... 26 ac: Demolishing cored pears, set aside fuzzy skin (5). I have S*E*E so the answer would seem to be SUEDE but if so, I can't see the wordplay....
We too found this puzzle v difficult. 43 ac: Norwegian lake you can evidently cross by car? (5) We thought it might be BROAD (B-road) but that would be for Norfolk, not Norwegian! Surely not... Fjord?...
Strange Jumbo this week. some very devious clues. 2 left only but stumped ..... 53across One's on line business , something tony, picked up (9) D?t?o?m?r And 6 down A bomb but hardly a smart one (5,5)...
Stuck on 17d: Reportedly, what our energy bill is based on? (4-4).
I have *A*T-*O*R so should be obvious but...(sigh) not here and not now.
Many thanks...
Quite a tough one, we think... Help gratefully received for: 27 ac: Pole with heart ringing Spanish girl's number (9). I have N***S*O*E. 25 d: Lump of skin: hurry to conceal odd bits (4). I have ***R....
1d: Buffalo (as American might say) following with clumsy gait (6). I have W*D*L * so it looks like WADDLE but I can't see the wordplay. Could someone advise, please? Thank you.
Stuck on last two:
29 ac: Piece attached to heel is hanging (5): I have **P*S
28 d: Secures small pieces that have sprung up (6): I have ***A*S
Many thanks....
Stuck already! 51ac: Cool head in distress claiming lost here without a compass? (4-4). I have *R*E-*A*D.
The rest is silence... Many thanks for any help....
Tussling with lower left corner so some help, please with:
50 ac: Would a second cup of this be appropriate? (7, 6). I have: L*S**** *O***E
Many thanks....
1d: Scratch traditional groove (3, 4): we have O*D *I*K. Looks like Old Nick but if so, is there a link between Nick and the Devil or money that we have missed? Or are we on wrong track? Thanks as...
5ac: Restriction on movement of dog- nowhere near common (6). I have C*R*** - curber? curare? Can't see wordplay. 7d: Very serious sign of what is to come (7). I have **R*E*T. Earnest? Portent? But 7d...
Puzzled by 13d: First of many disrupting Buddhist monk's current feast (10). I have *A*M*S*I*E but can't find any words to fit and can't follow the clue... Help, please? Thank you.
