08012006 Member Profile in The AnswerBank

jubo

mos prize crossword

32a, pickle of mixed vegetables in a mustard sauce, ?i?c?l?l?i. i thought this was piccallili but it doesn,t fit in with 29d. have i spelt it wrong/

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Daily Telegraph General Knowledge (GK) Saturday December 4th 2010

Stuck on bottom right corner 54a In Zen Buddhism, a term for enlightenment literally meaning “understanding” (6) 58a A guide and interpreter in Arabic-, Persian- and Turkish-speaking...

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Daily Telegraph Cryptic 26414 Friday December 3rd 2010

17a School -- first place for violent revolt (6) P???C? 26a Part of member of working class, not leader (4) R??? 18d Labour lag behind with introduction of alternative vote? (7) ??A?A??...

08012006

Daily Telegraph Cryptic 26407 Thursday November 25th 2010

Stuck on bottom right corner ! 25a End-of-term examinations? (9) A?T???I?? 28a Deliberate tackle's first caught by referee (8) ?E???A?? 30a Passionate hunks kept in check (8) ?E???E?? 23d When fired,...

CLATRI

Thursday November 25th 2010

Which is the first great lie of portrait photography?

08012006

Generalist Dec 2010

16a A female in Romany (4) ?H?I 22a Attractively full-figured (6) ?A?T?? 23d A tale of adventure or romance (5) ??S?E 32d An ornamental container for Bill and Ben? (8) ?A???P?T 33d Student of a middle...

jenbin

Sun Tel Cryptic 2562

Stuck on two - 3 dn Part of solo that begins work by Strauss (4) -A-O. Sure it must be also as its in the clue but what's that got to do with Strauss? 26 dn Finish line put in first, in advance (4)...

wilstan22

Herculis

2d The principal public legislative assembly of the ancient Athenians (8)

barbieri

Scotsman

Sly person in custody, (3), t?d Where one could have caught train in Chester during the havoc. (11), ??v???a?i?n...

nicelander

Daily Telegraph Cryptic 26,385 Saturday October 30th 2010

26 down. Eight sounded cocky. 4 letters C?E? Many thanks in advance and apologies if this has been previously answered. Maybe CREW but cannot see why?...

08012006

Generalist November

44 A fortified dwelling house with a ground floor for cattle (4-5) ?E?E ?O?E? 45 T he female or a young male of the smew (6-4) ???S?L ?O?T...

viennetta

Everyman 3342

Hello everybody, writing from Vienna on a damp Sunday afternoon... Can anyone help with 12A, Ordinary boy following Guevara and Villa, initially. C?E???N and 3D Hang Henry More?! H?V?? Many thanks....

degiorgio22

Sunday Times Cryptic 4403

Stuck on last two. 3d. Senior MP's to face judges with sign of hesitation (12) I have F - O - T - E - C - E - 20d. is strange, as the clue requires the use of the first letters of Seem To Rally...

rombald

Quiz struggling questions

princess, duchess, countess, ladies, sizeable and undersized are all, what? Who is the famous naval gentleman from the home port of Sweetwater?...

08012006

Daily Telegraph Cryptic 26370 Wednesday October 13th 2010

23a Fancy striker beginning to attack (7) C?i?e?a (please explain why if it is chimera)

honey01

general knowledge

1.what latitude is the most northernly in mainland england? 2.when prince charles married diana spencer who was the best man? 3.why do farmers in parts of china keep ducks in their paddy fields? the...

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Daily Telegraph Cryptic 26369 Tuesday October 12th 2010

10a Choppy sea for one in landing-place making one nauseous (6) Choppy sea = eas; one in = i; landing-place = quay so how do you derive "queasy" (nauseous) from qua eas i y...