Clue for February ( 7,8,9,10 )

X9. Fence associated with an excellent crime writer (7)

Y9. Emperor's sister compelling nearly all to fill in answers (9)

Z9. A character out, perhaps, to make girl hide (8)

A10. Employed old copper bearing clubs as rat-catcher (8)


Send in your answers for February by Mar 2 midnight.

Clue for February (4,5,6)

U9. You and I are about but it goes against the grain! (6)

V9. Gruesome sort of film gets small page at last (8)

W9. Not do enough to keep everyone quiet in stockade (4,5)

Clue for February (2 ,3 )

S9. Dress up as criminal and get beaten (9)

T9. Joy surrounding a funny person, chap driving old vehicle (10)

Clue for February (1)

R9. Practical joke proving social blunder when taken the wrong way  (5-4)

As the clues keep coming, it might help further if you spot a pattern linking all of them.

January Winner

The winner for January is Margaret Sha. Congrats, Margaret.
She gets a RM50 MPH voucher.

The hidden pattern in January's series is the alphabetical sequence of the first letters of the answers.

Answers below :

H9. Extol
I9.  Fused
J9.  Gourd
K9. Hecate
L9. Iberians
M9. Jack in the box
N9. Killjoy
O9. Lap dancer
P9. Milieu
Q9. Navigation

Clue for January (9,10)

P9. I recline in a Greek character's environment (6)

Q9. Sailing from land with a very big black cast-away aboard (10)

When you are done with the answers e mail them to jay1men@gmail.com before Feb 1.

Clue for January (7,8)

N9. Misery recollected jokily includes love at first sight (7)

O9. Exciting parcel, and she barely moves close (3,6)

Clue for January (6)

M9. Give up doing TV character at the end of spring (4-2-3-3)


At this point you may notice something in the previous answers that can help you crack the coming ones faster.
There is a pattern which is in sequence.

Clue for January (5 )

L9. Western Europeans or one from North moving South (8)

Clue for January (4)

K9. Tom and Jerry's second feature shows underworld figure (6)

Clue for January (3)

J9. In rolling grass, nothing but fruit (5)

Clue for January (2 )

I9. Investigator keeping his country in one piece (5)

Clue for January (1)

Every month there will be 10 clues presented. There is no time limit to solve the clues. But before  the end of the month  send in your answers in a single mail to jay1men@gmail.com. The first all-correct entry will get a RM50 MPH voucher.

H9. Former Liberal about to crack up (5 )

The Times Crossword Championship 2012 - Part 4

Beginners can try out the first preliminary puzzle here.
Keys are : definition in BOLD , wordplay in italics and keywords in italics and in brackets ( ).

Advanced solvers can try out here.

Jay

Crossword 55

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Crossword 54

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Crossword 53

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Crossword 52

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Crossword 51

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Crossword 50

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