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Irish Times Crossword (Crosaire)

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    #92
    SilverHeron
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    SilverHeron wrote: »
    2D
    ABOUT TIME
    ??


    1A
    to chaff is to bargain - chaffeners chafferers?
    ??

    that's a bit fruity though but it fits, so did FLUROMETER though!


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    #93
    Spike440
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    So that only leaves 3d, which I'm going to guess is
    FISHY
    ?


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    #94
    Spike440
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    1a –
    CANAL LOCK
    10a -
    EDEN QUAY
    12a -
    PUNISH
    15a -
    LOSES

    2d -
    ADDS UP
    3d -
    AGNAIL
    4d -
    LOUGHS
    5d -
    COYNESS?
    13d -
    SOLE
    17d -
    SUEZ CANAL


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    #95
    SilverHeron
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    18A
    USELESS
    26A
    ENSUE
    14A
    DE + ES = SEED??
    13D
    SOLE

    24A
    ZEPHYR
    16A
    ARREAR
    ??*
    24A
    YIELDS


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    #96
    Spike440
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    You beat me to 24a!

    I don't think 14 is
    SEED
    because of 5d (
    COYNESS
    .

    19d -
    EMPLOYEE
    20d -
    SIRES
    25d -
    YIELDS

    32a -
    ADORES
    34a -
    AMENDS


    Maybe one of these is wrong: 30a beinning with
    IE_ _


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    #97
    SilverHeron
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    Spike440 wrote: »
    You beat me to 24a!

    I don't think 14 is
    SEED
    because of 5d (
    COYNESS
    .

    19d -
    EMPLOYEE
    20d -
    SIRES
    25d -
    YIELDS

    32a -
    ADORES

    I'd say 5D is
    COYNESS

    20d -
    SORTS

    30A
    ITEM

    23D
    MEMBERS
    *?*


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    #98
    Spike440
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    27d -
    SCHEME - SC + HE + ME
    I love it!

    22d -
    AGUE

    31a -
    CEMENT


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    #99
    SilverHeron
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    Spike440 wrote: »
    27d -
    SCHEME - SC + HE + ME
    I love it!

    Mother of God!!

    21A
    SEATTLE


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    #100
    Spike440
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    Stuck now. Any progress?

    Is 29d -
    ENTREE?


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    #101
    SilverHeron
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    Spike440 wrote: »
    Stuck now. Any progress?

    Is 29d -
    ENTREE?

    Yeah, that's plausible alright,
    8D & 35A could be related?

    28D Could it be something related to senior sound? em....?

    7D -
    STREAMLET


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    #102
    Spike440
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    SilverHeron wrote: »

    28D Could it be something related to senior sound? em....?
    EMBOSS?


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    #103
    SilverHeron
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    Spike440 wrote: »
    EMBOSS?

    Could be, or
    EMBOLD?
    senior? The first one seems more likely


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    #104
    Spike440
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    11a - Is hybrid a reference to an anagram? I've been playing with BE+AT+RE(about) ...


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    #105
    SilverHeron
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    Spike440 wrote: »
    11a - Is hybrid a reference to an anagram? I've been playing with BE+AT+RE(about) ...

    It could be, I took 'be at' to mean 'beat'. What's charming refering to?


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    #106
    SilverHeron
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    23D
    SEMITES


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    #107
    Spike440
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    35a -
    ASSERTION
    ??


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    #108
    SilverHeron
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    Spike440 wrote: »
    35a -
    ASSERTION
    ??

    28D - Must end in a T then?.. .


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    #109
    bothyhead
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    14a
    EL + BE = ELBE ... a German river
    29d
    OR + i + GIN
    33a
    The Reign
    9a
    Liffey


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    #110
    bothyhead
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    22d =
    Ague - One of the characters in the Twelfth night was Sir Andrew Aguecheek - thanks to Wikipedia!)




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    #111
    bothyhead
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    How charming to be at about a hybrid = Amulet
    Nice!, very nice

    He sounds deep, by the sound of it = Abase
    I don't get it. Ok, it sounds like abyss, but where does the 'he'
    part come in (abe, abba?), and there's no straight definition. :(


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    #112
    spurious
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    bothyhead wrote: »
    I don't get it. Ok, it sounds like abyss, but where does the 'he'
    part come in (abe, abba?), and there's no straight definition. :(
    A bass (pronounced 'base') voice is a male voice.


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    #113
    bothyhead
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    spurious wrote: »
    A bass (pronounced 'base') voice is a male voice.

    Damn, that was so obvious. Let's just say that I'm abased ;)

    Thanks!


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    #114
    bothyhead
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    Nothing too difficult in yesterday's. The common word in the four perimeter clues was
    class

    The only one I'm not too sure about is 12a: Pinches one's back, but not it seems for the spout (4)
    SPIN (nips - aka pinches - reversed)
    fits the checked letters; however, I'm not sure how this relates to spout.


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    #115
    spurious
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    The opposite of out is in.
    Sp - out
    Sp - in


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    #116
    bothyhead
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    spurious wrote: »
    The opposite of out is in.
    Sp - out
    Sp - in

    Ah! I see - very subtle. Thanks again.


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    #117
    bothyhead
    Registered Users Posts: 442 ✭✭bothyhead


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    #118
    bothyhead
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    10a
    saturnine
    11a
    assisi
    21a
    oil
    27a
    overtake(?)
    .. I can't decide on the last letter

    4d
    innate
    15d
    scrambled
    17d
    ado
    22d
    inverse


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    #119
    bothyhead
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    19a possibly
    orchard


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    #120
    SilverHeron
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    17A
    ASH
    18D
    HCL
    31A
    DESTITUTE
    25D
    PAST IT
    23A
    HEARTS
    20A
    CONSOLE??
    7D
    ALLIGATOR

    10A Nice work there - I was struggling with insatiate!!


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    #121
    SilverHeron
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    1A
    FOUR KINGS?
    5D
    GENDERS
    2D
    ORATOR??? relating to oration I'd say
    28A
    UNBEND


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