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dafyddapgwilym

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Groan. Have just realised I'm also flummoxed by 17d) Woman of Troy? It's always Gill or Dale. (8) I have ?E?R?E?E, and assume it's EVER????. Help, please!...
12:05 Sun 03rd Nov 20194 answers, last by scorpiojo 12:09 Sun 03rd Nov 2019
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Hey-ho: it's that "last one & I am bamboozled again" time. 10ac) Poet and clergyman Thomas is a standard Dickens character (7) I have ? (or maybe E, if it's DIRT for the Fat Owl of The Remove)?R?E?L....
11:08 Sun 03rd Nov 20199 answers, last by scorpiojo 11:25 Sun 03rd Nov 2019
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Private Eye 662

Groan! All done, except this: 3d) Car fitted with a TV? Male habit (6). I have C?A?A?, and can't see past CHADAR, but I can't fully parse it. Grrrrr. Au secours, mes braves, SVP....
11:22 Fri 18th Oct 20196 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 11:42 Fri 18th Oct 2019
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Grrr. It's that time again. Sailed through the rest, and have come to the usual grinding halt with this one last clue which has me utterly stumped. 8down) Beauty's budding offspring (5) I have L?N?Y...
09:11 Fri 19th Jul 201923 answers, last by IainGrace 19:08 Wed 24th Jul 2019
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One day, one day... Stuck fast on last one: 1ac) Maybe Sandi Toksvig takes local name (6) I have D?P?N?....
16:55 Wed 10th Jul 20194 answers, last by BelperBoy 01:15 Wed 17th Jul 2019
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Tls 1281

2d) Women, Greek, with one eye, terminally aged (6). I have G?A?A?, and (as always) am stuck on this last little meanie......
10:21 Fri 21st Jun 20193 answers, last by Mamyalynne 11:01 Fri 21st Jun 2019
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Stuck on last one. Just for a change... 23d) Ending of epistle that's key (3) I seem to have E?C, and am flummoxed....
16:37 Thu 06th Jun 20195 answers, last by Lie-in King 16:46 Thu 06th Jun 2019
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Last one, as always, perplexing me: 19d) One European writer of a number not fully supporting 'Leave'. (7) I have ?O?T?E, and presume it's GOETHE, with GO = Leave, but as to the rest? An anagram of...
16:31 Thu 30th May 20192 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 16:35 Thu 30th May 2019
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Last one andI can concentrate on the cricket. 16 down Dramatist’s short production, the noblest Roman’s brother is missing(7)H.A.T.S...
16:33 Thu 30th May 20192 answers, last by highbury57 16:38 Thu 30th May 2019
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Another very slightly odd one this week, I thought. Or rather, think, as I still can't parse 13ac) Final half of bowling, champ's losing heart a lot (4,4) I have ?E?Y,?U?H, and it looks like being...
14:01 Sun 26th May 20194 answers, last by Lie-in King 14:07 Sun 26th May 2019
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Done, but just really still niggled by 1ac) Cubist I wounded at fight where Florentine’s to be found? (7,3) It’s BISCUIT (anag) and, I suppose, ROW (fight), and a florentine is indeed a bikky, but...
06:39 Fri 24th May 20192 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 06:43 Fri 24th May 2019
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Could some really kind person out thereplease just put me out of my misery by parsing 7d) Nothing in Franzen's volume is idle (6) I have L?I?E? and it has to be LOITER as in the verb, idle, and O is...
15:29 Sun 12th May 20196 answers, last by highbury57 17:29 Sun 12th May 2019
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saladdodger

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21a Loman's rejected promotion leading to nothing (5) ??N?A 19d Story about one who was killed by Agamemnon (6) ???T?S...
09:54 Sun 12th May 20193 answers, last by saladdodger 13:03 Sun 12th May 2019
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Good grief, but this one has been thorny! I am now reluctantly prepared to concede defeat with 10ac) Senator and heretic in some classical verse (8) for which I seem to have ?E?A?I?E? I can only see...
09:41 Sun 12th May 20192 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 09:47 Sun 12th May 2019
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New Statesman

Stumped by this beauty (the overall theme hangs around Pete Seeger, incidentally): 17d) Openings of completely original, folksy guitar parts for "Little Boxes" (8) I have ?O???E?S, although I suspect...
09:45 Sat 04th May 20193 answers, last by JJ109 09:48 Sat 04th May 2019
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Just discovered this one abandoned unfinished, and would appreciate closure with - 4d) Name for a character in Bleak House rather than Marysde Conde's Tree of Life (6,5) I have L?G?R?,V?T?E and 5d)...
09:46 Sun 28th Apr 20195 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 09:56 Sun 28th Apr 2019
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Sod's Law: almost done, but utterly baffled by the very first clue - 1ac) Little Elizabeth's are shortly to reach Bishop about writer Angela (6). Anyone?...
21:46 Thu 25th Apr 20193 answers, last by Mamyalynne 21:51 Thu 25th Apr 2019
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New Statesman

NS 444. Loving these crosswords, but/and finding this one tough.Help!! 1ac) Establishment producing fine cocktails (4,4) 13d) Expert putting forward article, enthusiastic about port (9)...
07:09 Mon 15th Apr 201923 answers, last by scorpiojo 08:50 Tue 16th Apr 2019
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Private Eye 648

There's always one. I just can't crack this last poxy clue: 12) Unconventional dresser with fixed box (2,3) I seem to have T?,S?T, so it looks like TO SET (tv set, fine) but how to parse the rest, if...
09:56 Thu 04th Apr 20192 answers, last by dafyddapgwilym 09:59 Thu 04th Apr 2019
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Please help me with this last one: I really need to go out and get some of this sunshine... 9ac) North Indian city district mostly surrounded by mountains (7) I have B?N?R?S....
12:07 Fri 29th Mar 20193 answers, last by JJ109 12:14 Fri 29th Mar 2019

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