CancelReport This Post

Please fill out the form below with your name, e-mail address and the reason(s) you wish to report this post.

 

Crossword Help Forum
Forum Rules

prospero

27th December 2022, 17:15
freddycat - 15 was a Spanish queen; 45 an English film actress - was in Tom Jones
101 of 154  -   Report This Post

davids

27th December 2022, 23:43
Finished, and parsed everything except 70a.
I get the stables, but why ‘ways of escape’?
102 of 154  -   Report This Post

brendan

28th December 2022, 06:41
Hi Davids,

Chambers gives one definition as "way of escape through a hedge".
103 of 154  -   Report This Post

app

28th December 2022, 09:07
I haven't seen anyone mention 54D: I can think of more than one answer that fit here. (1) what King Charles called his father, (2) what a champagne cork does, and (3) - maybe - pontifex.
104 of 154  -   Report This Post

jono

28th December 2022, 09:29
Valid points, App. It will be interesting to see the intended solution and whether the ambiguities are acknowledged.
105 of 154  -   Report This Post

prospero

28th December 2022, 10:35
as someone who lives in France, I have to say the comination with 14 only gives one possible answer ...
106 of 154  -   Report This Post

cymro

28th December 2022, 10:37
Last one is driving me mad: 7D crackers. I have NA?E. I assume that it is similar to the other two cracker solutions?
107 of 154  -   Report This Post

jono

28th December 2022, 10:44
Cymro, your N is wrong. This one’s not edible!
108 of 154  -   Report This Post

cymro

28th December 2022, 10:47
Thanks Jono. Back to the drawing board!
109 of 154  -   Report This Post

jono

28th December 2022, 11:00
Prospero@106, thanks, that confirms my answer
110 of 154  -   Report This Post