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AFR Year In Review 2023 Solution

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AFR Cryptic (16/12/2023) Solution

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 CHALET Short fellow rented small house (6) (CHA)p + LET 5 BUCKLED Stag once showed the way and collapsed (7) BUCK + LED 9 VIRTUAL REALITY A rival utterly upset about one computer-simulated environment … Continue reading

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AFR Cryptic (9/12/2023) Solution

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 RECESS Break up services arranged with 6 down? (6) Anagram of SERVICES minus VI 4 MAJESTIC A joke, one acquired by host, is superb (8) (A + JEST + I) inside MC 9 PURSE … Continue reading

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AFR Cryptic (2/12/2023) Solution

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 DISTRESS Is time in outfit agony? (8) (IS + T) inside DRESS 5 SEATED Occupants of house ate dinner sitting down (6) houSE ATE D inner 10 CONCERN Business, once in credit, now losing … Continue reading

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AFR Cryptic (25/11/2023) Solution

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 DEAD DRAW Added new green for bowling of the highest level (4,4) Anagram of ADDED + RAW 5 FIBBER Fellow organised bribe for one delivering fabrication (6) F + anagram of BRIBE 9 ARTERIAL … Continue reading

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AFR Cryptic (18/11/2023) Solution

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 STAPLE Principal is to join paper (6) Double definition 4 REVERSAL Odd bits of rust appearing in display switch (8) (R)u(S)t inside REVEAL 10 BUILDING SOCIETY Barrister’s first guilty decision ruined prominent lender (8,7) … Continue reading

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AFR Cryptic (11/11/2023) Solution

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 CLERIC Divine relic excited head of church (6) Anagram of RELIC + (C)hurch 5 HABITAT Natural environment is rather active in Panama possibly (7) (A BIT) inside HAT 9 FORTUNE-TELLERS Timber gatherers collecting erratically … Continue reading

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AFR Cryptic (4/11/2023) Solution

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 INCISE Cut segments from CSI, NCIS etc (6) csI NCIS Etc 4 ACADEMIC A person studying a rat and mutated mice (8) A + CAD + anagram of MICE 9 SAMOA Small NZ bird … Continue reading

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AFR Cryptic (28/10/2023) Solution

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 LOG CABIN Register when taxi returns home (3,5) LOG CAB IN 5 UTTERS Speaks total sense at the start (6) UTTER + (S)ense 10 TRAPEZE Swing part pulled back with ease by the sound … Continue reading

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AFR Cryptic (21/10/2023) Solution

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 CORRESPOND Run in hearts added to pool tally (10) R inside CORES + POND 6 CHIT Leading member of choir reached note (4) (C)hoir + HIT 10 RADICAL Basic form of carbon used in … Continue reading

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