Sunday Telegraph Crossword

Where goats go to escape
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REIGN
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Good morning hlvp, and thanks as always.

All the clues look too tough for me, except for the very last one that seems to have wandered in from a much easier crossword.

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Good morning FK.

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AGAINST THE GRAIN
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This is an anagram of suits & e. It's a wipe. You deal with it. I'm off to bed!
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FujiKiwi wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 12:11 am Good morning hlvp, and thanks as always.

All the clues look too tough for me, except for the very last one that seems to have wandered in from a much easier crossword.

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Nah, nothings too tough. Back yourself.

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UNDERPANTS. Another anagram nuns depart
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Those are great, hlvp. OK, I’ll stand vigil. Catch you in the morning.
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PAGE TURNER "page" = servant and Turner = "master" painter
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FujiKiwi wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 12:31 am Those are great, hlvp. OK, I’ll stand vigil. Catch you in the morning.
I fully expect this crossword to be complete when I get out of my pit.

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SEAMSTRESS pressure = stress + same broken up. It's a sewer as in needle-worker, not waste.
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hlvp wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 12:24 am 2D
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This is an anagram of suits & e. It's a wipe. You deal with it. I'm off to bed!
Well now, that obviously has to be
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TISSUE
when you throw me a softball like that. But that spoils what I was thinking for 11A which was going to be
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WARNERS
but obviously now isn't. No wonder I was having trouble with parsing that.
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western
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MADELEINES anagram: made+"in eels"
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MADELEINES anagram: "made"+"in eels"
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Can't quite parse all of it, but

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TARANTELLA. Maybe "ta" as in "thank you" +"natural" anagram?
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FujiKiwi wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 6:27 am Can't quite parse all of it, but

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TARANTELLA. Maybe "ta" as in "thank you" +"natural" anagram?
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hlvp wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 6:40 am
FujiKiwi wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 6:27 am Can't quite parse all of it, but

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TARANTELLA. Maybe "ta" as in "thank you" +"natural" anagram?
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tarantula
Bugger. I was overcomplicating it. My version doesn't even fit (It's the Italian version of the same word, as I am sure you know).
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FujiKiwi wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 6:47 am
hlvp wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 6:40 am
FujiKiwi wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 6:27 am Can't quite parse all of it, but

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TARANTELLA. Maybe "ta" as in "thank you" +"natural" anagram?
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tarantula
Bugger. I was overcomplicating it. My version doesn't even fit (It's the Italian version of the same word, as I am sure you know).
My lagwidge skills don't exceed pidgin Inglish. Italian's a non-starter.
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Well your knowledge of English is vast.
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= steep
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= dosage
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High all
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Strapping
Trust me I'm not making this up. :roll:
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tabascoboy wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 6:51 am 13A
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= steep
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= dosage
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= rashers
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nipper
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Trust me I'm not making this up. :roll:
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hlvp wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 7:07 am
Good morning tb
And good morning to you, thanks for posting these up :thumbup:

I'm at a loss for 24D, the only word I can think of that fits is
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espy > definition being clock as in 'to watch', but can't see any parse for this.
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Really not 100% on the parsing for 19A but...

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= artistry > partial anagram "start is + RY (railway line)
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= satisfied > Sat(urday) is + fied?
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tabascoboy wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:00 am Really not 100% on the parsing for 19A but...

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= artistry > partial anagram "start is + RY (railway line)
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= satisfied > Sat(urday) is + fied?
I have the same answers.
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Sat is fied (field minus the L)
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i'm think but in very very light pencil

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tanks
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Trust me I'm not making this up. :roll:
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Scottish Blackface wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 8:46 am i'm think but in very very light pencil

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HAIRPIECE
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EVENT seventy minus s & y
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Is that it yet?
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I think you guys have stormed home . Well done, lads.
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tabascoboy wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 9:45 am Is that it yet?
I think so. My grid's complete.
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