This week’s TLS is going OK but this one is eluding me -
Yorick's skull covers paper with soil, not oil (5,4)
I have F?O?? from the fist word, but that’s it.
TIA...
Have just received a cheque for £250.00. Thanks to everyone who count the As as I always check to see if I have got it right. I enter by post so didn't think that I had much chance....
One who speaks in public on behalf of the government (7) - - B - T - R Can only be DEBATER or ARBITER. Cannot see "speak in public" connection with ARBITER. Cannot see "on behalf of government"...
Can I check if I’ve got these two correct to finish -
Young salmon, light brown, feature of Mull seafood restaurant? - PARTAN
Bomber attack sounded clearly under power - PRANG
Thanks!...
Nearly complete, but I don’t really understand last part of the rubric ‘one solution finally and another first and last’, or why 19A should start with ‘M’ if we’re ‘Enzed’. Grateful for some light!...
Early doors with the TLS this week again. Just one left ( I found it very approachable overall this week) - To whom Gilbert's lord's half-heartedly introduced initially (4) (It’s always the little...
I have two regular clues left - Completely cancel reorganisation of small university’s land (8) D?S????? Select an old character, say, as Lavatch’s alter ego (8) P?I??ON? (This one seems a bit meta)...
Good afternoon, I am pleasantly surprised to encounter this week’s Listener which seems very Matakari-friendly. Even if I do not reach the end game, I’m pleased to have got answers to all of the clues...
I’ve attempted my first Listener crossword, possibly unwisely, and I’m nearly done apart from this clue - Gelding's odds at the off, about the same (5) I have ???D? - I’m pretty sure about that D....