16d Coarse linen cap mostly donned by our sailors (4) _ ARN (I wondered if it could be "carn" ie ca(p) + R(oyal) N(avy) but although I can find "carn" as a word, I can't find it as "coarse linen". My...
There are some special instructions that I shall explain after listing the clues. 1d Therapy starts with doctor in operation (6) T _ I _ O _ 19d Coffee perhaps produced in French former Asian...
15a Little old bird tom's sneakily trapped in trough (7) TITM _ _ E I can find Titmice, but that is plural and doesn't parse. Is TITMOSE an alternative spelling of "titmouse" and if so does "tie" =...
In todays Guardian there are three small errors of omission. It is a 'jigsaw" style puzzle where you also have to fit in the answers in the appropriate places. The S answer does not state the number...
Last 4 - stuck in the bottom right corner The first three contain a letter in the clue that needs to be disregarded to parse the answer. 13d Historic document promoted cause of abstract artist to...
12a Opening of public bar, distinguished scientists in jumpers (8) _ RA _ CERS It looks like PRANCERS but why? 27d Short poem? Sounds like a whopper (4) _A _ A The first letter is W if AJWAN is...
11a Half crazy (exactly!) about aged goddess (4) G _ _ A I presume this is GAIA (goddess) and GA(ga) is "half crazy", but is AI (or IA) exactly? 18a Production of Tosca, new? __ 2 is fantastic (5) S _...
Fair Scottish pixie in flowing water W _ EL _ ART I hope there is a Scottish word for fair that is WEELFART, because that parses as ELF in an anagram of WATER. I can't find "weelfart" though, so I...
26d Fabric mark? A firm’s upset with this (5) _ RACK 9d Wretched waste in the sea (4) _ LUE 25a Sliver of noisette consumed red? (6) NEA _ EN (is "neaten" "red"!!!) Obviously I can come up with...
33a Cork's holes (5) This is one of those crosswords where you have to manipulate the input so all I can say at the moment is that it ends with "S" and either the first letter or the third letter (or...
7a Party William’s cutting (4) S _ CT (I presume it is SECT but I cannot parse it) 29 Organic compound got from major artery in fish (5) IM _ DE (it has to be IMIDE which is the organic compound,...
28a Sad sack whenever going round in a fog (6) MIS _ _ T (missat / misast ???) 26 Agricultural communities, one of which may be identified with Muslim ruler (4) _ _ R I The second letter of 26d is...
This week the AZED is not a crossword puzzle, with clues in the normal manner. Instead you have to insert a word into the passage, which when broken up makes sense For example 23d It's said an emperor...
This week the AZED is not a crossword puzzle, with clues in the normal manner. Instead you have to insert a word into the passage, which when broken up makes sense For example 23d It's said an emperor...
Trying to do this on Monday evening is not the same as Sunday morning! My brain cells seem to be sleeping! Stuck on 4 intersecting answers 14a Old slaver that is off isle with hand on board (5) S _ A...
Help to parse my last one please Unpleasant woman adorns salon, say, shunned by same couple twice (5) _ ESOM Obviously the answer is BESOM (unpleasant woman in Scots), but where does the rest fit in....
Everyman 6d Funny story flailing a baton after (5,3,2,1,4) Answer = THREE MEN IN A BOAT The last six letters are an anagram of "a baton" (and the indicator is "flailing").........but I cannot see the...
14a One divining gold, unrefined stuff, from cane (5) AUGU _ presumably AUGUR One divining = augur, gold = au, unrefined stuff from cane "gur"?? NB there is a note that one abbreviation today is not...