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Welcome to Title Builder Beta.

This small piece of kit is designed to make building your Quiz, Crossword or Puzzle question more effective. It should make finding your question easier for others and, the easier it is to find, the more likely someone is to answer it!

To build an easy to find question title simply select the paper and quiz, enter the quiz number if relevant and fill in the Publication Date. Once you’re happy click “Build Title” and the information should populate the Title field. Fill in the final required details of your question as you normally would, and click submit.

As this is a Beta we only have a limited number of papers and quizzes listed. If you think your favourite Quiz, Crossword or Puzzle should be listed here don’t hesitate to contact us.

Remember: You do not have to use the title builder - simply enter the title and question as you normally would and click submit!

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Times 27,210

NeilMunro | 14:34 Sat 01st Dec 2018 | Crosswords

5 Answers

Very grateful for all help with these clues please.
1dn: “The sound of appealing gig (6).”
17dn: “Cash reduced by bishops, for example (8).”
26ac: “The writer’s going to island covered in mud - he’s rolling in it (11).”
14dn: “Playwright made great strides, European star (4,2,4).”

Spectator @ 2387

Guardian Prize Crossword 27681 Saturday December 1St 2018

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Lie-in King

Best Answer

1d Hansom (gig; carriage) - sounds like "handsome" 17d Specimen - 'speci(e)' (cash, reduced) + 'men' (bishops) 26a Millionaire - I'll (the writer's) Iona (island) (in) 'mire' 14d Lope de Vega - 'loped E(uropean) Vega'

14:35 Sat 01st Dec 2018

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Neveracrossword

1 Hansom, sounds like Handome, appealing, and gig = carriage, taxi etc.

26 Millionaire

Lie-in King

1d Hansom (gig; carriage) - sounds like "handsome"
17d Specimen - 'speci(e)' (cash, reduced) + 'men' (bishops)
26a Millionaire - I'll (the writer's) Iona (island) (in) 'mire'
14d Lope de Vega - 'loped E(uropean) Vega'

Neveracrossword

17 Specimen, for example. Speci(e), cash +Men, bishops, pieces on chessboard.