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Crack the Cryptic Colossus 140

 
 
Reply Mon 21 May, 2012 06:24 pm
New to doing the cryptics and am stuck on the last few, any help appreciated
51a - object to newspaper piece - _ _ _ I_ _ _
60a - Roland, perhaps, or Benedict - A_N_ _ _
61a - prejudiced when I got into bed - _ _ _ O_ E_
73a - wrongly cited signs of breaking down - D_S_ _ _ T_N_
49d - aircraft reportedly found in praries - _ _ _ _ _ S
52d - banked on Her Majesty backing new deli - _ _ _ _E_
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CowDoc
 
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Reply Mon 21 May, 2012 06:41 pm
@tryxy116n,
60a - ARNOLD
73a - DISSECTING
49d - PLANES
52d - RELIED

Didn't see the others immediately
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Lustig Andrei
 
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Reply Mon 21 May, 2012 11:10 pm
@tryxy116n,
60a = ARNOLD

3a = DISCONTENT
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Strauss
 
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Reply Tue 22 May, 2012 12:14 am
51a - object to newspaper piece - _ _ _ I_ _ _ Article
61a - prejudiced when I got into bed - _ _ _ O_ E_ Alcoved

Maybe..
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oolongteasup
 
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Reply Tue 22 May, 2012 12:14 am
@tryxy116n,
51a is a definite article
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James34
 
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Reply Tue 22 May, 2012 09:43 am
@tryxy116n,
61a is BIGOTED
Anagram of I GOT BED
James
barby
 
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Reply Fri 25 May, 2012 03:50 am
@James34,
49 down . I have plains,not planes, which gives you bigoted at 61 across.
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barby
 
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Reply Fri 25 May, 2012 03:51 am
@tryxy116n,
I replied to wrong person. Anyway. I have Plains for 49 down , which gives bigoted for 61 across
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barby
 
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Reply Fri 25 May, 2012 03:55 am
@tryxy116n,
73 across is not discontent, it is dissecting, by using the words "cited signs"
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jacaranda
 
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Reply Fri 25 May, 2012 06:40 am
@tryxy116n,
hi tryxy116n
51a article
61a bigoted
49d plains
Good Luck
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tryxy116n
 
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Reply Sat 26 May, 2012 05:36 pm
Thanks to all that helped.
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