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Crossword Saturday

Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:18 pm
by hlvp
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Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:23 pm
by hlvp
28A
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NURSERY
Goodnight.

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:32 pm
by hlvp
One more.

1D
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WEST END

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:43 pm
by hlvp
hlvp wrote: Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:32 pm One more.

1D
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WEST END
24D
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TITLE

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 6:42 am
by FujiKiwi
Morning, hlvp

26A
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FREIGHTER

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 6:45 am
by hlvp
Good day to you FK.

27A
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ARSENAL

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 6:47 am
by FujiKiwi
12A
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ORLANDO
EDIT: Sorry, that's 12A.

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 6:51 am
by FujiKiwi
13A
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DECOMPOSE

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 7:13 am
by FujiKiwi
3D
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OTTER

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 7:33 am
by tabascoboy
2D
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= Lyons

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 7:36 am
by FujiKiwi
9A
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SHORTHAND

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 7:37 am
by FujiKiwi
5D
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TADPOLE

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 7:39 am
by FujiKiwi
11A
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ENSURED

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 7:40 am
by tabascoboy
10A
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= set-up
18D
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= pitiful

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 7:48 am
by FujiKiwi
14D
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CONSENSUS

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 7:51 am
by tabascoboy
18A I think is
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= pigheaded > Orwell Animal Farm reference
20D
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= destroy
8D
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= explode > River Exe around (PC) Plod
19D
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= galleon

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:17 am
by hlvp
1A
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WALLOWS s wallows?
?

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:18 am
by hlvp
5A
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TRIBUNE un in tribe

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:21 am
by tabascoboy
hlvp wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:17 am 1A
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WALLOWS s wallows?
?
Struggling with 1A too, my best guess was
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wallops = bats but didn't like it. Wallows could = lake as in "a depression containing mud or shallow water, formed by the wallowing of large mammals."

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:22 am
by tabascoboy
6D could be
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= insoluble ? Don't really see the parse
7D
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= untangled > anag

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:32 am
by hlvp
tabascoboy wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:21 am
hlvp wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:17 am 1A
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WALLOWS s wallows?
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Struggling with 1A too, my best guess was
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wallops = bats but didn't like it. Wallows could = lake as in "a depression containing mud or shallow water, formed by the wallowing of large mammals."
It's just come to me.
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Desire = will, birds = owls minus the L. WILLOWS. But 'Bats' ?

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:33 am
by tabascoboy
hlvp wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:32 am
It's just come to me.
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Desire = will, birds = owls minus the L. WILLOWS. But 'Bats' ?
Cricket?

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:33 am
by hlvp
17D
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TOCCATA anag

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:35 am
by tabascoboy
22A
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= litotes
23D
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= tiger
16A
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= belle
Must be nearly done?

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:48 am
by hlvp
My grid's complete, but according to the thread there are 6 unanswered clues.

A 17 & 21, D 4, 6, 15, 19

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 8:56 am
by tabascoboy
4D I don't like but reckon it's
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= so-and-so
6D can't parse
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= insoluble ?
19D I got
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= galleon
21A
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= cheroot
leaving 17A & 15D

Re: Crossword Saturday

Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:07 am
by hlvp
17A
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TUNIS
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MISGOVERN