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Telegraph Toughie 2331

1) Reporting to greatly admired person set back the little guy (8) ?????D?? 2) Sort of hoax used by Napoleonic soldier (6) ?????? 3) Man with attitude - one introduced to bring equilibrium (12)...
12:05 Fri 11th Sep 202012 answers, last by Llanfair 13:06 Fri 11th Sep 2020
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The Week 1225

Perhaps a fine time (8) ?E???N?? Dotty daughter on newspaper (4) ?A?? Surrey's top feature in part of festival (6) ?R?N??...
12:30 Wed 09th Sep 202010 answers, last by dannyk13 12:58 Wed 09th Sep 2020
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The Week 1224

Rishi perhaps spent recklessly? According to reports. (4) ?L?E I may be barking up the wrong tree, but I suspect the answer might be BLUE. If BLEW = spent recklessly, phonetically adjusted by...
21:15 Sat 05th Sep 20203 answers, last by rtxwdtrier 08:17 Sun 06th Sep 2020
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The Times

1) Crone's smile entertaining lord soldiers deserted (6) ?????? 2) Too brash in design, it's felt, with tassel (8) ??R?O?S? 3) Choking smoke beginning to burn Basil? (7) P???E?? 4) Mischievous goddess...
15:55 Thu 20th Aug 20206 answers, last by Neveracrossword 15:59 Thu 20th Aug 2020
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The Week 1222

Clue of the Week :- Brenda's more swanky upmarket transport (7) P?????? (originally from Private Eye, Cyclops) Could it be "plusher"? But, if so, why?...
10:39 Sun 16th Aug 20204 answers, last by JenniferJH 09:48 Thu 20th Aug 2020
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The Week 1221

1) Not enough time given to survey (5) S???? 2) Put off stuffing last of spaghetti? I should be (6) D????? 3) Bit of antipasti in pecan nuts? (6) ?A???? 4) Game played in small car? (6) ?E???? 5)...
19:31 Mon 10th Aug 202019 answers, last by fiction-factory 20:37 Mon 10th Aug 2020
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The Week 1220

We hear "aglitter" right for e.g. smashing actress (7,6) ?A?R?E? W?L?E?...
16:30 Sun 02nd Aug 20201 answer, last by Lie-in King 16:31 Sun 02nd Aug 2020
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The Times 27726

A tiny detail at the end...... "Is this person a foreign ally?" (3) A?I I originally put in an L to give ALI, not having given it a great deal of thought, but felt ALI was an Arab (foreign) name and...
11:24 Mon 27th Jul 20204 answers, last by aelmpvw 11:44 Mon 27th Jul 2020
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The Times 27726

Just one parsing query :- Football club bagging a leading trophy (2,3) F? C?P The answer is obviously FA CUP, and I get that "trophy" is the definition. But could someone please parse the rest of the...
19:22 Sun 26th Jul 20202 answers, last by Pete65 19:25 Sun 26th Jul 2020
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The Times 27720

1) What a batsman might do: leave (3,3,3) ??T ??? R?N I presume this is CUT AND RUN but, if it is, I am stuck on two others :- 2) Oppose note from America (4) B?C? The C comes from CUT above 3) Note...
10:11 Mon 20th Jul 20207 answers, last by dannyk13 10:16 Mon 20th Jul 2020
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The Week 1217

1) Two guys overlooking first-class collector's items (10) ?I?T?R?A?A 2) Out of skirts, most excellent Spanish lady? (4) ?N?S 3) Mercedes skid: team's on the edge (4-4) S?D?- S?I? It's obviously...
16:20 Thu 16th Jul 20204 answers, last by Mamyalynne 16:40 Thu 16th Jul 2020
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The Times 27714

1) Heating engineer to show surprise with power cut? A lot getting cut off (6) G?S?A? All I can think of is GASMAN, which I suppose could be a heating engineer, but I can't make any sense of the rest...
19:09 Mon 13th Jul 20203 answers, last by Jackdaw33 19:13 Mon 13th Jul 2020
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The Times 27700

1) Great German workers' party nevertheless to be sold short (9) B?E???V?N. Possibly, the fifth letter is H, if the crossing clue "Endless things for tiller to do in in London area" (4) is SOHO, being...
19:23 Tue 30th Jun 202013 answers, last by TioMateo 18:06 Wed 01st Jul 2020
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The Week 1214

1) Match announcement heard in bars (5) B?N?S 2) Beauty proves the rule? Not entirely (6) E?T?E? Presumably this is ESTHER, being contained within (not entirely) "proves the rule". But I don't think...
18:28 Wed 24th Jun 20203 answers, last by TioMateo 18:52 Wed 24th Jun 2020
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The Oldie 389

Counts topless spectacles across South America (8) ?E?S?S?S
16:37 Wed 24th Jun 20202 answers, last by Mamyalynne 16:41 Wed 24th Jun 2020
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The Week 1213

Just one clue where I have the answer but don't understand the parsing of the wordplay :- 1) Greek island is attached to kind of fried pastry (6) ?A?O?A. Definition = fried pastry (samosa), Greek...
11:58 Sat 20th Jun 20207 answers, last by aelmpvw 12:27 Sat 20th Jun 2020
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The Week 1212

Work at home, temporarily? (7,4) L?????? B???
11:31 Tue 09th Jun 20207 answers, last by Woodside187 15:42 Tue 09th Jun 2020
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The Oldie 388

1) Topping characteristic American dish with curry (5) R?I?? 2) This may be left or right of centre, say (6) ?S???E 3) Train for film once in America? (4,5) I?O? H?R?E It looks as if it has to be IRON...
22:24 Fri 29th May 20203 answers, last by Mamyalynne 22:32 Fri 29th May 2020
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The Times 27101

1) Declining to scrap scripture period (6) ?E?A?E 2) Stop remarking on very short dress? (5) S?I?T 3) One that shines as member of large Kent family? (6) ?E?U?N The definition would suggest SEQUIN,...
15:05 Tue 12th May 202010 answers, last by TioMateo 17:26 Tue 12th May 2020
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The Times 27427

"Perhaps US door guard has missed second approach" (8) E?T?Y?A? This has me completely baffled. I can get started parsing the wordplay fairly easily :- (S)entry followed by ?A?, and "approach" would...
14:31 Sun 26th Apr 202014 answers, last by TioMateo 18:21 Sun 26th Apr 2020

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