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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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Observer Prize Crossword 3500 Sunday November 3Rd 2013

surrey | 10:51 Sun 03rd Nov 2013 | Crosswords

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Everyman last one: '3D Valuable wood from this place? Better off spending capital' (6,4) Letters I have are _O_U_T _R_E so I think the answer is LOCUST TREE but not entirely happy how that works out cryptically. LOCUS possibly 'from this place' and the end letter T and TREE are the letters in 'Better' less the 'B' so perhaps the reference to 'spending capital' means leaving off the first letter. If so that leaves 'Valuable wood' as the possible overall non cryptic description of the locust tree - is it a valuable wood?
Or has anyone got any simpler and/or better ideas on it?

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Oldred

locus (place) + anagram of (b)etter

maurice

The locust tree produces valuable wood, yes (see Chambers for instance); the rest is probably a pun on low-cost, isn't it? Your calculations on the letters are right, too, though!

Oldred

Sorry - sent before finishing - locus (place) + anagram of (b)etter has to be correct.
Locust is a hard wood so presumably expensive

surrey

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Thanks to you both - good to get some reassurance. I can't help but feel it isn't one of their better clues!

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