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Tls1267

3D) Misbehaving, a deputy lays on wine in ancient drama (4-7,4) I have H?C?-T?E?D?Y,?L?Y, and assume it’s HOCK-TUESDAY PLAY, but I’d love someone to fully parse it for me....

Tls 1267

The clues and grid sadly do not match up today. 13 and 26 across are two obvious examples. Have been in touch with TLS editor but it’s hard to see how a corrected grid can be made to work. O...

Tls 1266

As usual, it’s the little ones: 13ac) Commodore’s prime location for seafaring work (4) O?O? And 20ac) Parade soldier’s left side in a book (4) ?A?E. Au secours, mes braves, svp......

Tls 1265

I am stumped by NW corner. Mostly by 10ac) Infection girl got from playful Welsh captain (8). I have ???E?L?N, and can only see MAGELLAN. I still can’t see the parsing for PEDALLER, either......

Tls 1255

Stumped: 9ac) Annex is about Scotsman who wrote essays (10) I have A???S?N?A? and it looks for all the world like ABYSSINIAN, and I know Johnson’s Rasselas, but I cannot parse it. Annex?? Help,...

New Statesman Christmas Jumbo

Am almost done - a really brilliant seasonal crossword, sadly Atlas's last - but just cannot crack these last two (and they might be thematic - Christmas period - lacking a definition): 24d) Working...

Tls

21ac) A wayward soldier, promptly caught. (6) I have ?h?r?e and am baffled....

Tls 1250

Can't winkle out last two weemies: 8d) Who's left darling daughter out? (4). I have ?E?R and am stumped, unless it's LEAR, and 28ac) A book about a drug (4) for which I have S?O? and assume it's SOMA,...

Tls 1247

Urgh! Don't like this one. (I guess it must be Key Novel.) Before I make the fire with it, can someone just give me a plausible explication of 14ac) - Staff accompanying this emperor would be from the...

Tls

Last one: cannot disentangle anagram.... 26ac) A crass kid sends off a love poem (5,3,6) I have C?R?S ?N? K??S?E? Groan!!...

Tls

What on earth is this?! I'm sure it's glaringly obvious to someone... 1d) Travel better as weather picked up (4) I have F?G?...

KathG

Tls 1238 - Stuck On Last Clue

Completely blanked on 7 down -from the Shakespearian theme on several other clues I feel it should be something to do with King Lear, but I can't fathom what. The clue is Author's perception necessary...

Tls 1230

Can't finish! Help, please... 7d) Biblical survivor of illness reported makeshift accommodation (7). I seem to have M?S?A?H....

Tls 1226

Stymied - last two: 4d) Stars making one tense playwright (5). I have O?T?N, and assume ORTON, but dunno why, and 16d) Book lacking energy in backing a Roman soldier's mother (8). ?O?U?N?A, and I have...

Tls

Just can't finish this last one - 18d) Go to sleep, and if disturbed, arise, in sequence (4,4) I have ?IS?,?R?E Au secours, mes braves, svp!...

Private Eye 618

Can’t see last one: 18d) PC term for ‘old boiler’ (6) It’s C?P?E?R....

Private Eye

Stuck on last one: 20d) Thatcher's Left side accepted latitude (6). I have M?R?I?....

Tls

17ac) Pictures of mum hugged by wrinklies (3,6) I have O?D, M?S?E?, and I can’t think past OLD MASTER - MA in OLDSTER, but it has to be plural, surely? Help, please!...

Ns Crossword

Last one, but can’t parse - help, please! 48d) Metal container overturned, lid missing. (7) I have S?A?N?R, and am thinking SCANNER, but my brain has seized up......

Tls 1197

Grrr. Last one: - 12ac: Designer at last in city like London (4). I have ?R?N, and assume it's WREN, designer/architect, but I can't parse the rest. Mayday!!...

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