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SusanDoris

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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1525 on: October 05, 2020, 06:02:39 PM »
Hey Susan,

Think of a rock, the parts of its name being synonyms for “even” (4) (as in flatten) and “weight” (5).
Many thanks. I'll work on that this evening.
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1526 on: October 06, 2020, 08:24:52 AM »
IRONSTONE - thank you and that helped to solve two more clues.

14 down: Jealously losing cockney female striving for superiority (5)
Letters: V - I - -

May I have the answer, please, which will complete the last two incomplete answers.

ETA Okay, got it! It's VYING  and the associated across clue is ROGER
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1527 on: October 11, 2020, 03:08:02 PM »
Hmmm, well, five random clues answered so far, but  I have no idea about the first across clue:

5 across: Bind helium in nucleus (6)

If it is actually easyish, may I have a hint, please, but if it is hard, an answer would be appreciated.
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1528 on: October 11, 2020, 03:25:04 PM »
Hmmm, well, five random clues answered so far, but  I have no idea about the first across clue:

5 across: Bind helium in nucleus (6)

If it is actually easyish, may I have a hint, please, but if it is hard, an answer would be appreciated.
Think periodically, and put it in the middle

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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1529 on: October 11, 2020, 05:49:58 PM »
Think periodically, and put it in the middle
Thank you for your help. I googled the periodic table  but I'm afraid I couldn't work out how to do as you suggest. I also looked up synonyms of bind, but no luck there, so may I have an answer, please?
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1530 on: October 11, 2020, 05:52:02 PM »
Thank you for your help. I googled the periodic table  but I'm afraid I couldn't work out how to do as you suggest. I also looked up synonyms of bind, but no luck there, so may I have an answer, please?
On the periodic table helium is HE.

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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1531 on: October 11, 2020, 06:26:34 PM »
On the periodic table helium is HE.
Ah, thank you. In that case I think I had the right idea already, i.e. atom, plus he, but it is only now by googling definition atheom that I realise that atheom is a member of the periodic table.  Next thing I'll have to do is find out what it is.
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1532 on: October 11, 2020, 06:34:22 PM »
Hi Susan,

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Ah, thank you. In that case I think I had the right idea already, i.e. atom, plus he, but it is only now by googling definition atheom that I realise that atheom is a member of the periodic table.  Next thing I'll have to do is find out what it is.

It's not atheom I'm afraid. You need another synonym for "nucleus" (think apples!) to put around the HE.   
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« Reply #1533 on: October 11, 2020, 06:34:55 PM »
Ah, thank you. In that case I think I had the right idea already, i.e. atom, plus he, but it is only now by googling definition atheom that I realise that atheom is a member of the periodic table.  Next thing I'll have to do is find out what it is.
Atheom is not right. The centre is much more apple and earth reference and it gives you a word which is related to bind.

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« Reply #1534 on: October 12, 2020, 03:13:45 PM »
Atheom is not right. The centre is much more apple and earth reference and it gives you a word which is related to bind.
I think I have just this minute discovered that!  I think the first letter has to be C because 5 down Is COLESLAW. So I'll have another think about that.  Ah, yes, it must be COHERE?

I am here because

15 down is Second number scheme on European aircraft (8)

The answer has to be MONOPLANE I think, but don't know, and if it is, can you say  why, please? And where is the 'second'?
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1535 on: October 12, 2020, 03:58:59 PM »
Hi Susan,

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I think I have just this minute discovered that!  I think the first letter has to be C because 5 down Is COLESLAW. So I'll have another think about that.  Ah, yes, it must be COHERE?

I am here because

15 down is Second number scheme on European aircraft (

The answer has to be MONOPLANE I think, but don't know, and if it is, can you say  why, please? And where is the 'second'?

Second is MO (as in “just a mo”), number is NO, scheme is PLAN and European is E. Et voilà!   
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1536 on: October 12, 2020, 05:24:01 PM »
Hi Susan,

Second is MO (as in “just a mo”), number is NO, scheme is PLAN and European is E. Et voila!
Thank you. I'm quite pleased actually, because I've done more today than I thought I would.
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1537 on: October 13, 2020, 06:59:25 AM »
For the readers of this topic, particularly bluehillside and NS, I quote below part of the weekly DT Puzzles e-mail:
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We have a number of readers who are regular correspondents with the Puzzles team, whether providing feedback on puzzles or just wanting to discuss general puzzles matters. One of these is Edward Fulton of Reading, who, aged 85, has been solving the Telegraph Crossword for over 60 years. Mr Fulton prides himself on having entered every Saturday prize puzzle in that time (winning several prizes along the way), and having got each entry correct.

Sadly, Mr Fulton wrote to us a couple of weeks ago to let us know that his 60-year run of correct Saturday solutions had come to an end, as he fell foul of the following clue in a recent prize puzzle:

Control such as Nelson far too much (4,4,4)

Judging by feedback received, it seems that Mr Fulton was not alone in missing out on the answer to this clue, which was HOLD SWAY OVER, where 'such as Nelson' defines (wrestling) HOLDS, and 'far too much' gives WAY OVER.

After such a long unbeaten run, Mr Fulton could be forgiven for being downcast and calling it a day. Quite the opposite, in fact, as he told us that he intends to beat medical science and go another 60 years undefeated. We wish him well.
No wonder I had a problem with that one!! I did get it, though, after hint from bluehillside so feel entitled to feel just a teensy bit smug!!


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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1538 on: October 13, 2020, 01:33:15 PM »
May I have a hint for this one, please?

14 across: Non-Equity presentations shot in the afternoon? (2-4)
Letters: A M - - - -

The onlything I can think of is AM-DRAM but don't know where the shot or afternoon are.
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1539 on: October 13, 2020, 01:38:46 PM »
May I have a hint for this one, please?

14 across: Non-Equity presentations shot in the afternoon? (2-4)
Letters: A M - - - -

The onlything I can think of is AM-DRAM but don't know where the shot or afternoon are.
A shot of whisky is also a dram. And the dram comes after AM i.e. after the morning.

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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1540 on: October 13, 2020, 02:54:14 PM »
A shot of whisky is also a dram. And the dram comes after AM i.e. after the morning.
Many thanks. I've also just found out the answer to 7 down which was RHEOSTAT. This I found by googling words beginning with RHe

And that brings me to just one unfinished answer:
20 across: Rodent traps doctor in shoping centre (6)
Letters: -  A - - O T

Even assuming that the first letter might not be R, I just can't find the right combination, so a hint would be much appreciated as usual.
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1541 on: October 13, 2020, 03:07:53 PM »
Many thanks. I've also just found out the answer to 7 down which was RHEOSTAT. This I found by googling words beginning with RHe

And that brings me to just one unfinished answer:
20 across: Rodent traps doctor in shoping centre (6)
Letters: -  A - - O T

Even assuming that the first letter might not be R, I just can't find the right combination, so a hint would be much appreciated as usual.
The overall answer is a rodent, an unusual one. It's made up of a name for a shop or shopping centre surrounding an acronym for a doctor. And it doesn't start with R

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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1542 on: October 13, 2020, 04:40:47 PM »
The overall answer is a rodent, an unusual one. It's made up of a name for a shop or shopping centre surrounding an acronym for a doctor. And it doesn't start with R
Thank you for your help -so it must be MARMOT.  I'm glad I recognise the answer when I get to it!
I thought the synonym would be for shopping centre.
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1543 on: October 17, 2020, 06:51:26 AM »
I'm more than a bit fed up this morning. Yesterday I finally worked out why I had received several e-mails from worldpay.com to say that my monthly payment of £4.99 had been declined. It seems that the DT have changed the rules. To be able to print more than one crossword a day costs more and I cannot get through to the print crossword page. My son will visit tomorrow to try to sort it out, so I should then be able to print the Cryptic and then in future I will simply print off a Quick on a Friday and the Cryptic on a Saturday!
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« Reply #1544 on: October 18, 2020, 02:41:31 PM »
This morning I tried following the prompts on the DT 'subscribe' page on Google Chrome - failed. My son came this afternoon and found the same. He then tried MSEdge and … … no problem. So now I have yesterday's Cryptic and today's Quick to work on, than k goodness.











This morning I followed the prompts on 'subscribe' on the DT Google Chrome page
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« Reply #1545 on: October 19, 2020, 02:50:50 PM »
Unfortunately, the font size was small and although the CCTV magnifies, if the fontt is not 14 the magnification blurs the print. It doesn't feel rightand I just can't get into the right frame of mind to try and continue, so this is a blank week I'm afraid!
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1546 on: October 25, 2020, 08:32:38 AM »
Long clues this week – takes me ages just to read them! I've done a few though.

14 across: Who’ll save a great pile taint loan administered with corruption (8,5)
Seventh letter A

Anagram of ‘pile taint loan’ I presume and so far I have NATIONAL - - - - -
Howeverthat leaves EILPT to make a word from. May I please have a yes/no to: Am I right so far?   

ETA: going back to 1 across and down, I looked at Big Dave's hints and this is what he says:
"Today’s teaser I suspect is probably by our new kid on the block and is quite a stern challenge, possibly straying towards Tuesday Toughie territory."

So I shall not feel disappointed if it defeats me!!

I’ve

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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1547 on: October 25, 2020, 09:34:39 AM »
Hi Susan,

Just an anagram of “taint loan”, which does indeed give you NATIONAL plus the T left over to begin the second word. Then you need a four-letter synonym for “corruption”.
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Re: Crossword Clues Part 2
« Reply #1548 on: October 25, 2020, 09:48:31 AM »
Hi Susan,

Just an anagram of “taint loan”, which does indeed give you NATIONAL plus the T left over to begin the second word. Then you need a four-letter synonym for “corruption”.
Thank you for your help. I'll work on that …

ETA: Found last letter of 8 down to be T, so TRUST   … … then did 19 laps of the close before the rain started again!
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« Reply #1549 on: October 25, 2020, 11:19:59 AM »
Hi Susan,

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Thank you for your help. I'll work on that …

ETA: Found last letter of 8 down to be T, so TRUST   … … then did 19 laps of the close before the rain started again!

Yep - the NT look after "piles" (ie, big houses), and RUST is the synonym for corruption.

I'm very impressed by the 19 laps by the way - you put me to shame! 
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