Author Archives: David Stickley

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 PREPARED Piano salesman, with a bottle of wine, is all set (8) P + REP + A + RED 5 SLALOM All tumbled in some shortened ski race (6) Anagram of ALL inside SOM(e) … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 CRASH COURSE Utter abuse about adventurous company’s intensive programme of instruction (5,6) CURSE outside (RASH + CO) 7 ROT Tripe and bread not finished (3) ROT(i) 9 SOLID Upstanding one bound by auctioneer’s call … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 HOTHOUSE Delicate tube with core measuring one thousandth of an inch (8) HOSE outside THOU 5 STRESS A spinster’s dislocation is relieved of pain and tension (6) Anagram of A SPINSTERS minus PAIN 9 … Continue reading →

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