rowid,clue,answer,definition,clue_number,puzzle_date,puzzle_name,source_url,source
18912,TOWN - SPAT OWN [argument | to have],,,SPAa,2019-07-04,"Times 27,395",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2167580.html,times_xwd_times
5076,"sounds like SOW FEAR, at least to non-rhotic speakers (those who don’t stress their “r”s).",,,SOFIAa,2018-07-28,Times Cryptic No 27096,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1981841.html,times_xwd_times
13548,reverse all of REC COS [sports ground + companies],,,SOCCERa,2018-05-18,"Times 27,041",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1943595.html,times_xwd_times
34083,"or, SO BE RING.",,,SOBERINGa,2019-03-30,Times Cryptic No 27306,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2113746.html,times_xwd_times
28530,SNIP{p}ER.,,,SNIPERa,2017-04-01,Times Saturday 26682,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1713172.html,times_xwd_times
2475,"- SLIGHT [small] ""seals"" {shor}E",,,SLEIGHTa,2018-04-06,"Times 27,005",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1920959.html,times_xwd_times
28620,"IN - SIN [wrong] to cover PEEL reversed [skin, ""on reflection""]",,,SLEEPa,2016-10-28,"Times 26,555",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1619474.html,times_xwd_times
13552,"SKIER [sportsperson] ""digesting"" PP [pianissimo = very quiet]",,,SKIPPERa,2018-05-18,"Times 27,041",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1943595.html,times_xwd_times
18910,"- {n}AV{y} + I'S [one's], all reversed for this Hindu deity.",,,SIVAa,2019-07-04,"Times 27,395",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2167580.html,times_xwd_times
63043,SO (extremely) “hugging” IMP (brat) / A / TIC (jerk).,,,SIMPATICOa,2018-10-20,Times Cryptic No 27168,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2026252.html,times_xwd_times
50983,"- SHREK catches I [green ogre; one]. Referring to the first ever winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2001, and its eponymous green uglihero.",,,SHRIEKa,2018-07-06,"Times Cryptic 27,083",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1970809.html,times_xwd_times
21470,- SHOP [give away] + KEEPER [ring],I,,SHOPKEEPERa,2018-07-13,"Times 27,089",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1974160.html,times_xwd_times
35622,"PINK: KING PIN=key figure, “kept in” SHOCK=upset.",,,SHOCKINGd,2017-04-08,Times Saturday 26688,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1717260.html,times_xwd_times
34077,"SH=don’t speak, ILL=badly. Another word of whose meaning I was uncertain, but I trusted the wordplay and wrote it in as soon as I saw it.",,,SHILLa,2019-03-30,Times Cryptic No 27306,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2113746.html,times_xwd_times
36864,"HE in SIKH. Saw quickly I needed to put “he” in something, but took a while to work out what. I suspect the spelling of “sheikh” made it harder to see!",,,SHEIKHa,2017-03-25,Times Saturday 26676,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1708591.html,times_xwd_times
37921,EIGHT: SIGHT [faculty] around EYE [looker] around VENT [opening]. Another nice disguise – “obviously” there should be an “F” (opening in faculty) somewhere in the answer.,F,,SEVENTYa,2017-04-29,Times Saturday 26706,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1730137.html,times_xwd_times
45784,"- (STRIVE*) [""to be trained""] + OR [if not]",,,SERVITORa,2018-06-02,Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1324,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1954265.html,times_xwd_times
36869,"(ENABLES MC*). I had some doubt about which end of this clue was the anagram indicator, and which the definition!",,,SEMBLANCEa,2017-03-25,Times Saturday 26676,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1708591.html,times_xwd_times
58801,"- EG in SUE. The extended non-literal meaning of segue constitutes one of my least favourite words. Others in the pantheon include egregious, feckless, cognitive dissonance and passive aggressive.",,,SEGUEa,2018-08-06,Times 27109,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1986608.html,times_xwd_times
2480,"- humorously misconstrued, if you only spend a single second in command, you've been a very short time at the top",,,SECOND-IN-COMMANDa,2018-04-06,"Times 27,005",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1920959.html,times_xwd_times
35618,"SC.=that is (abbrev. of “scilicet”), RUMP=behind.",T,,SCRUMPd,2017-04-08,Times Saturday 26688,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1717260.html,times_xwd_times
21463,- SOLD outside C [flogged; clubs (suit of cards)],,,SCOLDa,2018-07-13,"Times 27,089",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1974160.html,times_xwd_times
20644,"- Not sure if this is a reference to Olivia Manning's novel ""School for Love""? I'm afraid to say I bunged this in after ruling out SHADOWS, assuming it was a Twelfth Night reference... but if it is, it's gone over my head!",,,SCHOOLSa,2017-04-21,TLS Crossword 1169,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1724989.html,times_xwd_times
21466,"- SCHOOL M{arking} A RM. Fish come in schools and an RM is a Royal Marine is a jolly, but probably not a Jolly Jack Tar it seems.",,,SCHOOLMARMa,2018-07-13,"Times 27,089",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1974160.html,times_xwd_times
34086,"A double definition, the first from Latin.",,,SALVEa,2019-03-30,Times Cryptic No 27306,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2113746.html,times_xwd_times
34375,"NET: the river TYNE inside an anagram (“moving”) of (FAST E*). I’m not quite sure how to read the definition. If they dive, wouldn’t it be intentional? But, you get the gist. Acrobat artists or high wire performers, for example.",D,,SAFETYa,2019-04-13,Times Cryptic No 27318,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2122406.html,times_xwd_times
39314,"- within I YR [one | year], RAW TO [not prepared | to], all ""back""",A,,RYOTWARIa,2018-02-01,"Monthly Club Special 20,208",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1887836.html,times_xwd_times
39932,"- HOUSE [put up], with ROUND [drinks] initially",,,ROUNDHOUSEa,2018-06-15,"Times Cryptic No 27,065",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1958785.html,times_xwd_times
43675,"DIAMOND: rough = hoodlum, one in a suit = diamond in this case.",,,ROUGHd,2017-03-18,Times Saturday 26670,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1704508.html,times_xwd_times
51582,- SUB reversed in ROT,,,ROBUSTa,2018-01-08,Times 26929,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1874457.html,times_xwd_times
21464,"- RE{a}R [bring up], with S CUE [second | reminder] in place of [""for""] the ""a"". An easy clue to bung in but a harder one to parse correctly!",,,RESCUERa,2018-07-13,"Times 27,089",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1974160.html,times_xwd_times
50982,- PRO getting in REACH [for; contact],,,REPROACHa,2018-07-06,"Times Cryptic 27,083",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1970809.html,times_xwd_times
13554,"(MINT CREATE*) [""possibility for...""]",DOWN,,REMITTANCEa,2018-05-18,"Times 27,041",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1943595.html,times_xwd_times
2482,"- homophone of REIGN DEAR [period of influence | precious, ""we say""]",DOWN,,REINDEERa,2018-04-06,"Times 27,005",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1920959.html,times_xwd_times
28532,ESTATE: E [European] in REAL STATE.,,,REALa,2017-04-01,Times Saturday 26682,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1713172.html,times_xwd_times
13549,"double def. RAY as in doh-ray-mi-fah, the second note of the diatonic scale.",,,RAYa,2018-05-18,"Times 27,041",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1943595.html,times_xwd_times
54581,- RAT [desert] keeps INCA [7d] keeps O [nothing],,,RAINCOATa,2019-07-25,"Times 27,413",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2178641.html,times_xwd_times
35569,STREET: since QUEER STREET could clue SETTER as an anagram. A quaint expression.,,,QUEERa,2018-09-22,Times Cryptic No 27144,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2011597.html,times_xwd_times
54583,- FINAL [settled] on QUARTER [region],,,QUARTER-FINALa,2019-07-25,"Times 27,413",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2178641.html,times_xwd_times
55632,"UP backwards, then (NATION CUT*). “Periods” is the American term for “full stops”.",,,PUNCTUATIONa,2018-04-28,Times Cryptic No 27018,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1932820.html,times_xwd_times
11040,(AD TORN OPEN*).,D,,PTERANODONa,2018-11-24,Times Cryptic No 27198,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2045072.html,times_xwd_times
26314,The well known identity of apes and bishops,,,PRIMATEa,2021-01-14,27874,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2472343.html,times_xwd_times
37917,DD.,,,PRETTYa,2017-04-29,Times Saturday 26706,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1730137.html,times_xwd_times
36865,"P [pawn] RESUME [come back]. For a while I contemplated “pledgee”, as in PLEDGE=to pawn, followed by E={com}E back. It’s in Chambers, but happily it was another red herring.",,,PRESUMEa,2017-03-25,Times Saturday 26676,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1708591.html,times_xwd_times
54579,- P RAISED [pressure | increased],,,PRAISEDa,2019-07-25,"Times 27,413",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2178641.html,times_xwd_times
28633,"- (ONE'S SKIP*) [""for wreckage"", i.e. to be wrecked]",,,POKINESSa,2016-10-28,"Times 26,555",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1619474.html,times_xwd_times
43104,"- POE{try} [lyrical work, ""lacking TRY (= effort)""]",,,POEd,2019-05-16,"Times 27,353",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2141043.html,times_xwd_times
13562,POE [author] gets presented with TASTERS [samples],,,POETASTERSa,2018-05-18,"Times 27,041",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1943595.html,times_xwd_times
28910,- PITA HAY [bread | cut and dry] + A,,,PITAHAYAa,2018-05-01,"Monthly Club Special 20,211",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1935023.html,times_xwd_times
58810,"- HOLE for opening is easy enough, but where I earn my corn today is by pointing out that pigeon can be used to mean responsibility, usually in negative phrases - naturally - like 'Look, mate, that's not my pigeon'",,,PIGEONHOLEa,2018-08-06,Times 27109,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1986608.html,times_xwd_times
51581,- H (house) + E and B [musical keys] in PE,,,PHOEBEa,2018-01-08,Times 26929,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1874457.html,times_xwd_times
35621,"P=quietly, EP=record, TIDES=comings and goings on beach.",,,PEPTIDESd,2017-04-08,Times Saturday 26688,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1717260.html,times_xwd_times
48212,"- PARLEYED [spoke French perhaps], ""visited"" by E [English]",DOWN,,PEARL-EYEDa,2019-09-30,"Monthly Club Special 20,228",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2215364.html,times_xwd_times
34087,"PARCH “about” TRIA[d], “saving” the final letter.",,,PATRIARCHa,2019-03-30,Times Cryptic No 27306,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2113746.html,times_xwd_times
43768,"- PATHOS [sympathy] ""suppressing"" GEN [information]",,,PATHOGENSa,2016-09-30,"Times 26,531",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1602575.html,times_xwd_times
34079,"DE DEUX: anagram (“unexpectedly”) of (EXUDED SAP*). A part of the ballet, of course, nothing to do with a literal nutcracker.",,,PASa,2019-03-30,Times Cryptic No 27306,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2113746.html,times_xwd_times
11038,"PAY (foot, the bill for example) around (about) ISLE (an inch).",,,PAISLEYa,2018-11-24,Times Cryptic No 27198,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2045072.html,times_xwd_times
20642,else a little Conservative!,,,Ora,2017-04-21,TLS Crossword 1169,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1724989.html,times_xwd_times
62139,reading:,D,,Optionald,2021-03-04,Times Quick Cryptic No 1823,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2499120.html,times_xwd_times
63038,"edit: thanks to Ulaca for pointing out “en” not only sounds like the letter N, it is the name of it according to the usual dictionaries. I must say I find that puzzling. Do all letters of the alphabet have names? How do you spell the name of the letter “a” for example? And does “z” have different names in UK and US? Apparently so, according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_alphabet. Learn something new every day!",,,Ona,2018-10-20,Times Cryptic No 27168,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2026252.html,times_xwd_times
39348,"an exarch, which is a Byzantine provincial governor, especially of Italy.",,,Ofd,2018-02-01,"Monthly Club Special 20,208",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1887836.html,times_xwd_times
28638,"- {b}OXER. ""Lightweight"" is a boxing category; take the top off a BOXER to reveal a type of fence in horse jumping.",T,,OXERa,2016-10-28,"Times 26,555",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1619474.html,times_xwd_times
35608,"OWING=in the red. All “guarding” N=knight. Did anyone read “Red Guard” as belonging together? Nice feint, that.",,,OWNINGa,2017-04-08,Times Saturday 26688,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1717260.html,times_xwd_times
37919,or OVERT URN.,,,OVERTURNa,2017-04-29,Times Saturday 26706,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1730137.html,times_xwd_times
57353,"- OVER ISSUE [concerning | children]. If a bank has overissued currency, this would constitute a note glut.",,,OVERISSUEa,2020-04-09,"Times 27,635",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2319188.html,times_xwd_times
55631,"OF ACTION: OU (“where” in France), TO, FACTION (camp).",,,OUTa,2018-04-28,Times Cryptic No 27018,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1932820.html,times_xwd_times
20643,- OUT [unfashionable] + homophone of DONNE.,,,OUTDONEa,2017-04-21,TLS Crossword 1169,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1724989.html,times_xwd_times
34084,HALF: anagram (“poor”) of (HEALTH FOR*).,,,OTHERa,2019-03-30,Times Cryptic No 27306,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2113746.html,times_xwd_times
55635,hidden answer inside “tO THE Round”.,,,OTHERa,2018-04-28,Times Cryptic No 27018,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1932820.html,times_xwd_times
13561,"(I G{rimace} A LOT A*) [""nasty""]",,,OTALGIAa,2018-05-18,"Times 27,041",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1943595.html,times_xwd_times
43103,- OR + CHEST RATE [bust | judge],,,ORCHESTRATEd,2019-05-16,"Times 27,353",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2141043.html,times_xwd_times
58809,"- if you were working for Dutchman William III, you might be called an Orange aide by the sort of person who looked out of the window, saw a fledgling ...",,,ORANGEADEa,2018-08-06,Times 27109,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1986608.html,times_xwd_times
13545,O O [two eggs] + LONG [potentially boring],,,OOLONGa,2018-05-18,"Times 27,041",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1943595.html,times_xwd_times
13547,"THE SLY: (HONESTLY*) [""manoeuvring""]",,,ONa,2018-05-18,"Times 27,041",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1943595.html,times_xwd_times
63042,THE DANGER LIST: (STILTON*) outside (“coating”) HE’D (the man would) / ANGER (rage).,,,ONa,2018-10-20,Times Cryptic No 27168,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2026252.html,times_xwd_times
55627,(ROADS*) around N for north and W for west.,,,ONWARDSa,2018-04-28,Times Cryptic No 27018,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1932820.html,times_xwd_times
54584,- ON [possible] + L{ocalit}Y,,,ONLYa,2019-07-25,"Times 27,413",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2178641.html,times_xwd_times
57990,the [dead] body is a {g}ONER.,S,,ONERa,2018-08-25,Times Cryptic No 27120,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1996676.html,times_xwd_times
20650,"- reverse anagram, since if you ""crack up"" AT ONE LINERS, you get ARE INSOLENT.",,,ONE-LINERSa,2017-04-21,TLS Crossword 1169,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1724989.html,times_xwd_times
37914,"O [zero] M{in}SK [MINSK, capital of Belarus, lacking “in”]. Omsk is somewhere in Siberia.",A,,OMSKa,2017-04-29,Times Saturday 26706,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1730137.html,times_xwd_times
20648,"- a not-very-cryptic cryptic definition? Or perhaps ""of imprisonment"" is cluing OF LAG? Reader, I biffed it.",,,OFLAGa,2017-04-21,TLS Crossword 1169,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1724989.html,times_xwd_times
43676,MESSAGE: OFF MESS [disliking untidiness] AGE [grow up].,,,OFFd,2017-03-18,Times Saturday 26670,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1704508.html,times_xwd_times
45791,- even letters in {g}O{l}D {d}I{s}C{s},,,ODICa,2018-06-02,Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1324,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1954265.html,times_xwd_times
54577,"- ""Flay"" {p}ASSED O{n} [died], then reverse it",,,ODESSAa,2019-07-25,"Times 27,413",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2178641.html,times_xwd_times
18913,"- DALI [Spaniard (Salvador) who painted] in {m}OSQUE [place of worship, ""topless""]",,,ODALISQUEa,2019-07-04,"Times 27,395",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2167580.html,times_xwd_times
39322,"- OBS [pupils once] + EQU{err}Y [attendant, who has lost ERR meaning ""slip""]",O,,OBSEQUYa,2018-02-01,"Monthly Club Special 20,208",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1887836.html,times_xwd_times
28906,- {phen}OBA{rbitone},,,OBAa,2018-05-01,"Monthly Club Special 20,211",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1935023.html,times_xwd_times
13539,"sure how many time signals you get on TV in these days of ubiquitous mobile phones, but I assume they used to be happen and be very useful in the day?",,,Nota,2018-05-18,"Times 27,041",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1943595.html,times_xwd_times
36858,"familiar with “tinctured” in this sense, although tincture of iodine for example would certainly stain anything it came near!",D,,Nota,2017-03-25,Times Saturday 26676,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1708591.html,times_xwd_times
45783,"sure the Neva in NW Russia comes up very often outside of crosswords, but it seems to be above averagely useful in them.",,,Nota,2018-06-02,Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1324,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1954265.html,times_xwd_times
5069,"– we’re not looking for Rule Britannia at the Royal Albert Hall during the Last Night of the Proms. This is a brass band on a seaside promenade. The reference is to the 1907 song Oh, I Do Like to be Beside the Seaside, written by John A. Glover-Kind.",O,,Noa,2018-07-28,Times Cryptic No 27096,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1981841.html,times_xwd_times
36872,"doubt a hint of the pejorative? Ah, why can’t they be like we were – perfect in every way!",,,Noa,2017-03-25,Times Saturday 26676,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1708591.html,times_xwd_times
35581,"definition – she did indeed tend to lambs, or at least sheep.",D,,Nicea,2018-09-22,Times Cryptic No 27144,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2011597.html,times_xwd_times
20640,always does contrive – Fal lal la!,T,,Naturea,2017-04-21,TLS Crossword 1169,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1724989.html,times_xwd_times
58805,HILL GATE - G AT in ELLINGTON HIT*,,,NOTTINGa,2018-08-06,Times 27109,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1986608.html,times_xwd_times
50985,- NATION keeping OT [people; books],,,NOTATIONa,2018-07-06,"Times Cryptic 27,083",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1970809.html,times_xwd_times
55634,"(POSE*) inside NIECE. The definition being the bridge of a pair of spectacles, for example. Nice.",,,NOSEPIECEa,2018-04-28,Times Cryptic No 27018,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1932820.html,times_xwd_times
54586,"- double def, Lear being Edward Lear, purveyor of nonsense verse.",DOWN,,NONSENSEa,2019-07-25,"Times 27,413",https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/2178641.html,times_xwd_times
58802,- N IR VAN A,,,NIRVANAa,2018-08-06,Times 27109,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1986608.html,times_xwd_times
20652,"- hidden &littishly in {assassi}N IN JA{pan}, and becoming something of a chestnut!",D,,NINJAa,2017-04-21,TLS Crossword 1169,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1724989.html,times_xwd_times
45787,BLUE - NIL [nothing] + {pal}E + BLUE [gloomy],,,NILEa,2018-06-02,Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1324,https://times-xwd-times.livejournal.com/1954265.html,times_xwd_times