Re: Crossword - Friday
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 5:34 am
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Re: Crossword - Friday
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 6:05 am
Thank you and good morning, hlvp
18A
EDIT: Sorry, no. Don't like this. Will think some more.
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SHORT CIRCUIT
Re: Crossword - Friday
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 6:09 am
That was my initial thought.FujiKiwi wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2020 6:05 am Thank you and good morning, hlvp
18A
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TAHITIANS in clue
Re: Crossword - Friday
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 6:10 am
14A
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RED LETTER DAY
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 6:26 am
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NOPE. Wrong again.
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CENTRAL AMERICA
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 6:34 am
3D
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IMPLEMENTATION anag
Re: Crossword - Friday
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 6:37 am
18a
9d
Sneaky stuff.
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short sighted
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limited edition
Re: Crossword - Friday
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 7:00 am
I’m finding this one really difficult. Are Friday crosswords traditionally more challenging?
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SLUMP
Re: Crossword - Friday
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 7:11 am
Yes. They tend to become more difficult as the week progresses.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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TORPEDO anag
Re: Crossword - Friday
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 7:22 am
13A
8D
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RAINBOW
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HIGHWAYS
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 7:59 am
1A
27A
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PUBLISHING
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NISSEN HUTS
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 8:00 am
16D
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ESSENCES
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 8:08 am
19D
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SUDOKU
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:32 am
2D
1D
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= blurry > flurry change first letter
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= Peseta > PEA around SET
Re: Crossword - Friday
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:35 am
25A
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irons?
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:36 am
4D
5D
11A
6A
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Think that's the top half done...
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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
Re: Crossword - Friday
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:20 am
Yes.
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:22 am
20D
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VERSUS
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:22 am
22D
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MIAMI
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:23 am
17D
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MOURNING
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:24 am
26A
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SAGA
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:26 am
24A
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CHIPOLATA anag
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:27 am
23a
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TRIBUTE trite around Bu
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:36 am
21A Has to be
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ERRATUM
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:37 am
Re: Crossword - Friday
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 10:39 am
17D
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sPEAk
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:16 am
28A
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SALIVA
Re: Crossword - Friday
Posted: 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!
Re: Crossword - Friday
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 12:51 pm
I've sacked it too!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!
Re: Crossword - Friday
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:22 am
I'll have another look...this seems to be agreed as a very tough toughie by Elgar. Hints available, but still exceedingly cryptic
9A
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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= The Owl > anag 'who let' , owl and the pussycat
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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)
Re: Crossword - Friday
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:40 am
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.
Re: Crossword - Friday
Posted: 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!
Re: Crossword - Friday
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:47 am
From the DT site: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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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
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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
Re: Crossword - Friday
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:50 am
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?