Re: Crossword - Friday

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Thank you and good morning, hlvp

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SHORT CIRCUIT
EDIT: Sorry, no. Don't like this. Will think some more.
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FujiKiwi wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2020 6:05 am Thank you and good morning, hlvp

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EDIT: Sorry, no. Don't like this. Will think some more.
That was my initial thought.

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TAHITIANS in clue
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RED LETTER DAY
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CENTRAL AMERICA
NOPE. Wrong again.
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IMPLEMENTATION anag
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short sighted
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limited edition
Sneaky stuff.
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I’m finding this one really difficult. Are Friday crosswords traditionally more challenging?

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FujiKiwi wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2020 7:00 am I’m finding this one really difficult. Are Friday crosswords traditionally more challenging?

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Yes. They tend to become more difficult as the week progresses.

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TORPEDO anag
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RAINBOW
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HIGHWAYS
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PUBLISHING
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NISSEN HUTS
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ESSENCES
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SUDOKU
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= blurry > flurry change first letter
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= Peseta > PEA around SET
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irons?
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= hoi polloi
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= never
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= invoicing
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= itch
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= twin beds
Think that's the top half done...
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duke wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:35 am 25A
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irons?
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VERSUS
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MIAMI
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MOURNING
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SAGA
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CHIPOLATA anag
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TRIBUTE trite around Bu
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ERRATUM
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sPEAk
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Looked at for about 1/2 hour, not even the remotest idea on any of them even as to what is clue and what is definition!
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tabascoboy wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2020 12:17 pm Looked at for about 1/2 hour, not even the remotest idea on any of them even as to what is clue and what is definition!
I've sacked it too!
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I'll have another look...this seems to be agreed as a very tough toughie by Elgar. Hints available, but still exceedingly cryptic

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= The Owl > anag 'who let' , owl and the pussycat
Apparently the hard copy newspaper version had a different clue for 1A! If it helps the answer is (although neither clue make much sense to me
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= cry halves
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= Urban V > name of a Pope. 'ba' inside urn + V
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= pelvic > "of a bone" > anag of 'PLaCE (not a ) + V1 (flying bomb)
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I can't let yesterday's toughie be a part of my life. I can always put up a pre-August one if you're at a loose end.
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No worries, just thought it's be interesting to show a few answers to reveal how impenetrable it was!
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tabascoboy wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:41 am No worries, just thought it's be interesting to show a few answers to reveal how impenetrable it was!
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Across
1 CRYHALVES
9 THEOWL
10 CLOUDOVER
11 URBANV
12 BOXCLEVER
13 PELVIC
17 PSI
19 CULTURE
20 CHAPTER
21 AVE
23 LEVITY
27 CLEAVAGES
28 SALIVA
29 AUTOCLAVE
30 VANITY
31 CESTLAVIE
Down
2 ROLLON
3 HAUNCH
4 LOOKER
5 ELEVENS
6 CHARLEVAL
7 LOCALVETO
8 CLAVICORN
14 OCCLUSIVE
15 CLEVELAND
16 CULTIVATE
17 PEA
18 ICE
22 VULTURE
24 RAGOUT
25 PAELLA
26 RENVOI
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Pretty sure I could have looked at it for a fortnight without any hints and not got a single one! "Chapter Elevens" ?! Who outside the US has ever heard of that?
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