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The Stickler Weekly 250 Solution
Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 SOCIABLE Outgoing taxi transporting one parting individual (8) (I inside CAB) inside SOLE 5 FARROW A good way to scrap litter (6) FAR + ROW 9 EPILEPSY Nervous disorder may be written down in … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 249 Solution
Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 FIREWORK Explosive anger was lacking when in branch (8) [IRE + (WAS minus AS)] inside FORK 5 SPARSE Boxes are, at the end, few and far between (6) SPARS + AR(E) 10 RIPEN Get … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 248 Solution
Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 RESTRICT Trick not completed within a relaxed time limit (8) (TRIC)k inside REST 5 APPEAL Head of enterprise involved in shock challenge in court (6) (E)nterprise inside APPAL 9 POLLUTED Large instrument in school … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 247 Solution
Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 BASKET Unsentimental stickybeak changed goal? (6) Anagram of ST(icky)BEAK 4 LAMBASTE Meat stew mostly containing a roast (8) [LAMB + (STE)w] outside A 9 EXILED Old friend and I managed in a foreign country … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 246 Solution
Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 SCATTY Slightly unpredictable animal kept in farm enclosure (6) CAT inside STY 4 PHASE OUT Gradually get rid of drunken characters from taphouse (5,3) Anagram of TAPHOUSE 10 UNDER-THE-COUNTER Illegal matter admitted by wild … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 245 Solution
Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 PLAIN CLOTHES All the cops, out of uniform, moved around wearing…? (5,7) Anagram of ALL THE COPS outside IN 9 COVERED Wine stored behind sheltered place is insured (7) RED after COVE 10 LINKAGE … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 244 Solution
Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 POSITION Put one in support with one in operation (8) I inside POST + I + ON 5 RABBIS Church leaders and associates of Arab bishops (6) aRAB BIShop 9 CLOSING UP Blocking what … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 243 Solution
Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 MIDAS TOUCH One bound by strange custom had the ability to make money easily (5,5) I inside anagram of CUSTOM HAD 6 ITEM Demented inmate losing an object (4) Anagram of INMATE minus AN … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 242 Solution
Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 FOREFINGER Loud foreigner given a juggling pointer (10) F + anagram of FOREIGNER 6 WASP Stinger was first to pounce (4) WAS + (P)ounce 10 ADD-ON It’s optional and not normally separated by function … Continue reading
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The Stickler Weekly 241 Solution
Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 LADY CHAPEL Young man cheaply renovated part of a church (4,6) LAD + anagram of CHEAPLY 6 EPIC Grand hotel not used by the police implicated in corruption (4) Anagram of THE POLICE minus … Continue reading
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