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Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 CASTRATE Company fee is cut (8) CAST + RATE 5 DOUBTS Questions driver originally reassigned to bus (6) (D)river + anagram of TO BUS 10 TWADDLE Pair nearly spoil uninteresting talk (7) (TW)o + … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 GAPING Joke about pressure in Open (6) GAG outside (P + IN) 5 FORT Military outpost defended soundly (4) Sounds like FOUGHT 9 RONDO Musical composition is right before performing act (5) R + … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 HABIT High somewhat? That’s addiction (5) H + A BIT 4 ETRUSCANS Old Italians converted true digital images (9) Anagram of TRUE + SCANS 9 INSWING Movement of delivery from one state in Germany’s … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 STAMPS Collectables stay mostly with house-sitters? (6) (STA)y + MPS 4 MORASS Primitive growth found on banks of river and a bog (6) MOSS outside (R + A) 8 AWAIT Look for it east … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 SOFT COPY Item stored on disk of Tasmania’s head company pinched by spy (4,4) [OF + (T)asmania + CO] inside SPY 5 TANDEM Members of management and employees, one behind the other (6) managemenT … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 PHASED Section of bookshop has editions released in stages (6) bookshoP HAS EDitions 5 CAMP BED Stretcher arrived containing lead handles in the middle! (4,3) CAME outside [PB + han(D)les] 9 DATA PROCESSING Reformatted … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 IMPARTED Acknowledgement by one who’s separated is passed on (8) Double Definition 5 BARBED Rail and support used for sleeper is spiked (6) BAR + BED 9 PARIS European capital is following an accepted … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 STRIKING Remarkable Kangaroo Island seen in series (8) KI inside STRING 5 TIPPED Leant over and provided some good advice (6) Double Definition 10 RICER Quantity of water ice rusted kitchen utensil (5) wateR … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 POLLSTERS They seek opinions from learners starring in advertisements (9) (L + L) inside POSTERS 6 BARED Stripped members of club are daring (5) cluB ARE Daring 9 PHARMACOLOGISTS Drug experts and academic on … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 ANGLO-SAXON A slogan rewritten by performing Englishman (5-5) Anagram of A SLOGAN + X + ON 6 CROC Snapper caught by fabulous bird (4) C + ROC 10 STARTER Race official organised rest at … Continue reading →