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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.

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Daily Telegraph Prize Crossword 26,936 Saturday August 4th 2012

SwerBan | 09:20 Sat 04th Aug 2012 | Crosswords

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Last 2 in - I've got the solutions (I think) but not the wordplay.

7d - Handcuff gives couple obstruction (8) BRACELET

13a - Great brain - mine familiarly enjoyed acquiring bit of erudition (7) EGGHEAD

Thanks in advance!

DT 26936

scotsman's weekend

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tyrepill

7d couple=brace...obstruction=let (tennis)

factor-fiction

a couple/pair is a brace

boxtops

7d - brace = pair, couple
Let = obstruction (as in "let or hindrance")

sandyRoe

couple...brace+ let..obstruction. as in 'no let or hinderance.'

Chandamama

couple BRACE, obstruction LET
EGG+ HAD around E(rudition)

factor-fiction

I can't see the wordplay yet for 13a

SwerBan

Question Author

13a - Egg = "..mine familiarly" ??????? Still do not understand

boxtops

Egg - everyone in the family was made from an egg....? tenuous, I know!

dannyk13

I think is intended to be a familiar name for the brain. Mine referring to to the setters brain.

Chandamama

mine = store = nest egg

SwerBan

Question Author

13a - Put that down as a bad clue, perhaps? Unless anyone knows better. The BD telegraph blog is not up yet - must be watching the Olympics or something!

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