Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 10:44 am
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Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:09 am
Yuck, can't make any sense of 99% of it but have a notion that 15D
13A could be ?
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= amuse > Clio was a Muse of something or another
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= dicta > obscure legalism, CID + at backwards?
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:20 am
I looked at it yesterday but made very little headway. You'll make yourself ill if you're not careful.tabascoboy wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:09 am Yuck, can't make any sense of 99% of it but have a notion that 15D13A could be ?SpoilerShow= amuse > Clio was a Muse of something or anotherSpoilerShow= dicta > obscure legalism, CID + at backwards?
18A
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ATAFU
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:22 am
6D
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THE BETTER HALF
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:23 am
Well I'm French. I'm not bad with French crosswords, and I've been doingFujiKiwi wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2020 10:39 am GuLi, do you do these in your second language? Remarkable, if so.
the English cryptos for a few years under the patient teaching of Globus and
others. I like this game, there's no equivalent in France, and as I said
it helps me gather English or British vocabulary and culture tidbits.
You'd know I'm no native speaker if you heard my weird accent, though I
think you'd have a hard time placing me as French.
Thanks for the compliment, anyway
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:34 am
4D
Phew.
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TYBALT, TrY -Romeo + BALTi - I
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:37 am
Jeez, this is going to have some obscure shit
11A
11A
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= rebab > R&B around dEBAr
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:41 am
5D
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= areal > space is definition, a + real
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:44 am
28A
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IDLE BOAST anag to disable
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:50 am
3D
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DONATI
Don at 1
Don at 1
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:51 am
7D
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UNCERTAINTIES anagram ten tin a cruise
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 11:53 am
26D
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DATES
double definition
double definition
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:00 pm
27A ? can't parse
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ALL OF A TWITTER
FAT = glycerides?
FAT = glycerides?
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:05 pm
9D Christ alive..
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er indoors > Arthur Daley reference but unclear on the parse - no, > Erin doors
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:08 pm
in a similar vein (and I also can't fully parse)tabascoboy wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:05 pm 9D Christ alive..SpoilerShower indoors > Arthur Daley reference but unclear on the parse
25D & 26A
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MY OLD DUTCH
= wife
?? + DUTCH = from Amsterdam
= wife
?? + DUTCH = from Amsterdam
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:08 pm
tabascoboy wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:05 pm 9D Christ alive..SpoilerShower indoors > Arthur Daley reference but unclear on the parse - no, > Erin doors
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Ireland = Erin, means to enter = doors
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:11 pm
24A
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RAHIM
ah = I see
cutting (in)
rim = border
ah = I see
cutting (in)
rim = border
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:11 pm
23D 17A & 19A
Bloody old TV references!
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= She Who Must be Obeyed > Rumpole of the Bailey
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:13 pm
** FIXXED **
25D & 26A
25D & 26A
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ME OLD DUTCH
= wife
anag(MODEL) + DUTCH = from Amsterdam
= wife
anag(MODEL) + DUTCH = from Amsterdam
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:19 pm
2D didn't even know this word existed, had to check it out!
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= retab > Re + tab
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:21 pm
I think 1A is
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= dream team
3D- is something else
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:24 pm
8A 20A
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THE TROUBLE AND STRIFE. Anag I doubt her fan letters
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:28 pm
3Dtabascoboy wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:21 pmI think 1A is?SpoilerShow= dream team
3D- is something else
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ADON A1 Which would fit with 1A, 8A & 13A
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:30 pm
Yep, looked up this ...tabascoboy wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:21 pmI think 1A is?SpoilerShow= dream team
3D- is something else
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Adonai
= a Hebrew name for God
a Don + A1 = 2nd to none
= a Hebrew name for God
a Don + A1 = 2nd to none
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:40 pm
16A
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NOTIFY not I + f & y
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:42 pm
13D but don't get the full parse?
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DYADS
is contained up(wards) in ?
ChristmaS DAY Dalliance
?? with .... fired (removed) ??
is contained up(wards) in ?
ChristmaS DAY Dalliance
?? with .... fired (removed) ??
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:46 pm
23D 17A 19A
Sorry kiap, I must keep up.
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SHE WHO MUST BE OBEYED
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 12:52 pm
24A
Again.
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RAHIM i see =ah, border = rim
Re: DT Crossword Saturday
Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2020 1:05 pm
10D
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TETEBECHE anag the btec +e e