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scchua Thank you to Picaroon. Some lovely surfaces here. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Beastly utterance about public house shows pizzazz (5) OOMPH : Reversal of(… about) MOO(beastly utterance, from cattle, … Read more >>
Thank you to Pasquale. Definitions are underlined in the clues. ACROSS 1. Flimsy stuff mostly rejected by one wanting firm material (6) CALICO : Reversal of(… rejected) “lace”(flimsy stuff/a fine open fabric) minus … Read more >>
Thank you to Hoskins. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Conservative and liberal creep in embrace (6) CLINCH : C(abbrev. for a member of the Conservative Party) plus(and) L(abbrev. for a … Read more >>
Thank you to Fed. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Group of golfers wearing small jumpers possibly getting temporary replacements (8) STOPGAPS : PGA(abbrev. for “Professional Golfers Association”/group of golfers) contained … Read more >>
Thank you to Falcon. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Tolerated temperature in a bizarre botanical garden (9) ARBORETUM : [ BORE(tolerated/withstood) + T(symbol for “absolute temperature”, in physics) ] contained … Read more >>
Thank you to Carpathian. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Drink fortified wine for comfort (7) SUPPORT : SUP(to drink by sips or spoonfuls) PORT(fortified wine, originally from Portugal). Defn: …/the … Read more >>
Thank you to Skinny. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Anticipate chopping all wood (6) FOREST : “forestall”(to anticipate an event and take action to prevent or obstruct it) minus(chopping) “all“. … Read more >>
Thank you to Flimsy. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. Leaders from Republic of Venezuela, in shock, producing agreement (8) APPROVAL : 1st letters, respectively, of(Leaders from) “Republic of Venezuela” contained … Read more >>
Thank you to Paul. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9. Jab from Ali, one needing cut treated (9) INOCULATE : Anagram of(… treated) [ALI, ONE plus(needing) CUT]. Defn: … with a … Read more >>
Thank you to Carpathian. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9. Old private moving around Europe working (9) OPERATIVE : O(abbrev. for “old”) + anagram of(… moving) PRIVATE containing(around) E(abbrev. for “Europe”). … Read more >>
Thank you to Paul. Definitions are underlined in the clues. (Excuse me for the lateness of the blog.) Across 1. Stop key piercing skin (7) RESCIND : ESC(… for “escape”, a key on … Read more >>
Thank you to Filbert. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. This man’s covered with paint at work (8) THESPIAN : HE’S(“man’s”, using the third person masculine pronoun) contained in(covered with) anagram … Read more >>
Thank you to Guy. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. An hour after midnight, Ingrid finally satisfied (6) ATONED : [AT ONE](… o’clock/1 a.m., an hour after midnight) + last letter … Read more >>
Thank you to Pasquale. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Is there a connection amongst the foursome Sue, Don, Bob and Ann? Besides being 3-letter short versions of longer names. Across 7. William … Read more >>
Thank you to Pasquale. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 9. Spaceman got nr. Mars, going off course (9) ARMSTRONG : Anagram of(…, going off course) GOT NR. MARS. Defn: … who … Read more >>