Xmas Crosswords

royboy

Apart from the Times chequered flag and the Indos final whistle crosswords , are there any other large crosswords from other papers out for Xmas ?

Pat.

Pal

Final Whistle
Sunday Independent at Christmas

very hard

tadgh

Sunday Tribune
Year Ender Mind Bender

royboy

thanks for that , yeah the indos one looks tough.

Pal

need help

Clue : Against the odds, he did what he done (5,5)

Answer : S - - - E , - A - - S

Pal

Clue : effort to keep stewards at bay (5)
Answer : - - I - R

werbone

Steve Davis (reference to song on radio ad).

Pal

thanks

tadgh

FInal Whistle xmas xword

1. Storm over risky banker (7)
T - - N - E -


Any ideas?

Pal

Thunder

tadgh

Pal wrote: »

Thunder

Thanks, but I don't see the logic.

I think the answer to [effort to keep stewards at bay (5)] is TRIER

Pal

neither do i

Mim

Irish Times-Dec.24--large Cryptic Crossword.

CheltenhamJ

i think it refers to risk of thunder - horse famous winning banks races - owned by Sean Connery (useless pice of info):)

joker55

Hi folks,

I'm stuck into the sunday indo crossword and need a little help:

89 down - ernie puts these in his wheelbarrow? (7) cheques, cherubs...can anyone help

64 down - visited more by mums than o'leary (7)

66 down - was busy at caroustie behind the 18th (8)

Any help would be appreciated!

DMG 1972

joker55 wrote: »

Hi folks,

I'm stuck into the sunday indo crossword and need a little help:

89 down - ernie puts these in his wheelbarrow? (7) cheques, cherubs...can anyone help

64 down - visited more by mums than o'leary (7)

66 down - was busy at caroustie behind the 18th (8)

Any help would be appreciated!

I put in
Cheques
Iceland
Engraver

joker55

Excellent stuff thanks

Don't suppose you got 14 down either? K _ o _ k _ _ R _

Can I help you with any?

samsausage

14 down
went for knock hard (1953 gold cup winner)

cleverboy

Answer is Knock Hard

Any luck with 9d, 70d and 55d?

samsausage

9d - opener??
70d - ferreira (wears no.20 shirt chelsea)

samsausage

55d . danny lynch

joker55

excellent, just 2 left now for me.

Dutch settlers are fighters around ten? boxers??

Sounds like he was aware of, say, England?? N _ _ ...is it noe?

cleverboy

Thanks samsausage.

Why do you think this is the answer - not making the connection

joker55

the dutch settlers are boers

ten in roman numerals is x

so dutch settlers around 10 = boxers

Still missing 2 now - 83 down and 59 across? any ideas

samsausage

think the england one is new
sounds like knew and also New England
dutch one is boxers (boers and x-10)

samsausage

re cheques answer - from a quote ernie els made earlier in year re wheelbarrows etc

samsausage

is the 89d - roller??

cleverboy

samsausage,

Why do you think danny lynch is the answer to 55d

joker55,

83d is koller (scores for the czechs which sounds like cheques)
59a is new

joker55

great and 83 down is Koller, just came to me there.

Thanks for your help and best of luck!

samsausage

very good re koller, almost had roller written it.

samsausage

danny lynch is th pro for gaa and is retiring in the new year

cleverboy

Thanks samsausage - obvious now.

Just about finished - just want to confirm that
91a Abramovich has mountains to climb is URAL
34a Drive a famous Dub is INSPIRE?
9d Jack to start batting is OPENER

Any I can help you on?

samsausage

yeah im goin for those answers as well;

stuck on 1a - is it carroman?? brian,?? and
87a. sundale?

cleverboy

For INSPIRE - is the connection the SPIRE?

1a/56a is brian corcoran
87a is dundalk (new track opened in 07)

samsausage

thanks for those..were driving me bananas
re INSPIRE-thinking same as yourself,only other word that fits is snipers!

Pal

81 down please

was he a bully biker or a gutsy golfer 5 5

Eire-Dearg

Billy Burke

samsausage

billy burke - never heard of him but fits in well

templetenny

9d OPENER is the first batsman in play.

Anyone able to help me with 6 down ??ON?? which is A spanish Saloon found in the middle on Merseyside

Pal

alonso

samsausage

alonso -

templetenny

Tanx Samsausage. I had 5a spelled wrong and it was killing me

Aaron Boone

My final few are in the top left corner for some reason :

20a fondly rememb by rovers, cake and goon show fans _C_L_ _

20d popular ground for eggs (with 8a ROAD) - this one I know is prob so obvious

samsausage

eccles and easter

Aaron Boone

Thanks, here's me looking at English football grounds all evening (not Scottish) and the ways to cook an egg.:rolleyes:

For 9d, Jack to start batting - OPENER - is a ref to England's Jack Hobbs 1882-1963. Someone asked about it somewhere in the threads.

vektarman

Has anyone the answer for 63 down please. Charged, initially, with overseeing court action. ?,B,?

Aaron Boone

Your looking at NBA there, court being a basketball court.

vektarman

Thanks Aaron are you stuck on any that I can help with?

Aaron Boone

one left 3d - too many words to serve
O_E_S_T

not coming up on the crossword solver

vektarman

Overset: means too many words to type, a bit vague I know but there is a connection.

cleverboy

Overset is also an anagram of "to serve"