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Observer Viewfinder Name the Place

I'm struggling; can anyone offer hints, please. It looks Spanish, but the rest of the information could be almost anywhere in that country, except for the very select sport of cherry stone spitting!...
17:56 Sun 04th Feb 20074 answers, last by cesdlv 09:50 Mon 05th Feb 2007
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Observer Everyman

19d Reportedly films composer (6) I have ?O?T?S
17:05 Sun 04th Feb 20073 answers, last by kayakamina 17:20 Sun 04th Feb 2007
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Observer Everyman

Mental block on last one: Relax? One might after a row (4,2,4,4) ?E?T ?N ?N?S ?A?S
09:01 Mon 29th Jan 20072 answers, last by cesdlv 09:15 Mon 29th Jan 2007
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Easiest and Hardest Newspaper Cryptic Crosswords

Do the more experienced solvers have views about which newspaper's cryptic crosswords are generally easier or harder than others? I was taught cryptics on Everyman (Observer) and have won it twice, so...
22:17 Wed 24th Jan 20071 answer, last by gen2 22:53 Wed 24th Jan 2007
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Indy Sat (Nimrod)

Kettledrum set me off on this last night and now I am stuck on the last one. Cinema that warms Birmingham commuters changing at terminus? (4-7) I have N?W? - T?E?T?E Presumably New Street is a B'ham...
07:53 Wed 24th Jan 20074 answers, last by Pantheon 11:21 Wed 24th Jan 2007
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Indy Sat (Nimrod)

Never tried this one before and I have left it late. I have the long 1(a) and the right-hand-side down (9). Help with the other two long ones might get me going, please. 9(d) The beating of such a do...
21:56 Tue 23rd Jan 20075 answers, last by cesdlv 22:10 Tue 23rd Jan 2007
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Guardian 23973

Titular person's upset by setter's emphatic refusal (6) I have E?A?Y? and can see NAME backwards but that's it. I have found this week's full of tricky ingenious clues; this could be my last one.
09:42 Wed 17th Jan 20073 answers, last by cesdlv 10:01 Wed 17th Jan 2007
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(Private) Eye Crossword 330

1a Prescott: firstly an arse, then "******" (4) ?R?T P + RAT = PRAT?
09:29 Tue 09th Jan 20074 answers, last by johnalex 11:03 Tue 09th Jan 2007
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Accessing Cryptic Xwords and Puzzles Without Buying Papers

Any suggestions for how to access cryptic crosswords and brain-exercising puzzles without buying the newspapers would be welcome. My offering is 'Where Was I?' in the Sunday Times, available on the...
23:53 Sun 07th Jan 20074 answers, last by cesdlv 08:48 Mon 19th Mar 2007
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ST - a plea

Not a question, so much as a request. 'ST' in the Question Title can refer to the Telegraph or the Times and, arguably, to Sunday or Saturday. I'm all in favour of abbreviation, but this particular...
23:13 Sun 07th Jan 20071 answer, last by burnham 17:00 Wed 10th Jan 2007
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Sun Tel Cryptic 2360

Last two for answers or hints, please: 13a A fault-finding official (8) ?I?E?M?? [Linesman?] 9d Satisfies one the scent spray inside is not broken (8)
17:29 Tue 26th Dec 20063 answers, last by cesdlv 18:02 Tue 26th Dec 2006
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Sun Times Xmas Xword

Slower than most of you, but getting there... Last one - 15a Girl growing up on the moors (5). I have E?I?A, and I can see ERICA, EVITA and ALICE backwards, but not any moors. Help please.
10:38 Tue 26th Dec 20062 answers, last by cesdlv 10:43 Tue 26th Dec 2006
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�1000 Prize Crossword

(Sorry, cannot remember which w/e paper it was published in!) White-coated dog of Siberia (7) ?A?O?e?
11:40 Mon 25th Dec 20063 answers, last by gordonia 11:50 Mon 25th Dec 2006
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Guardian 23,945 Araucaria

Everyone seems to find this week's easy except me. What am I doing wrong? How about: 15d Russian general greater than Gerald but lesser than Angelica (8) for which I have KA?F???N and 17d Wanted time...
22:49 Wed 13th Dec 20065 answers, last by pjwillcox 11:49 Thu 14th Dec 2006
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Observer Everyman 3141

12a Drop of sweet white wine in jar (5) S?O?R Help, please!
23:06 Mon 11th Dec 20062 answers, last by cesdlv 23:27 Mon 11th Dec 2006
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Private Eye 328

Old president in the morning at right angles to sailor's length (5) A?E?M I can see the morning (AM), but nothing else; abeam?
23:04 Mon 11th Dec 20062 answers, last by cesdlv 23:30 Mon 11th Dec 2006
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Sun Tel Cryptic 2356 - My Last One

It's a Flower Daddy (5) ?O?P? Is it Poppy?
16:27 Mon 27th Nov 20063 answers, last by cesdlv 16:44 Mon 27th Nov 2006
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Sun Tel GK 733 - My Last One...

...is 1down: South African Aardvark (7) - A?T?E?R
16:25 Mon 27th Nov 20062 answers, last by cesdlv 16:47 Mon 27th Nov 2006
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Guardian 23,927

Most of you will have forgotten by now, but I still cannot get 15 across; 4 letters, ?O?E, "What's to contend with the 1 down 3?", which triggers lots of other answers. A hint would be better than the...
19:27 Wed 22nd Nov 20065 answers, last by cesdlv 21:54 Wed 22nd Nov 2006
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Observer Everyman

9a Tree in ravine obscuring Gothic pile (5,4) C?I?E ?I?E Last one; help, please.
15:30 Sun 19th Nov 20066 answers, last by cesdlv 15:44 Sun 19th Nov 2006

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