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Quizzes and Puzzles - Papers and Magazines

Dear All, I hope you are well. We are hoping to put together a complete directory of all crosswords, puzzles and quizzes which The AnswerBank users participate in. We wondered if you could help our...
15:16 Fri 08th Jan 2010115 answers, last by lk4519 12:01 Mon 11th Mar 2013
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08012006

Low energy bulbs

Why can't low-energy bulbs be used with a dimmer switch
07:42 Sat 02nd Jan 20104 answers, last by Zacsmaster 17:08 Mon 04th Jan 2010
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08012006

Generalist January 2010

Help please with the two 11-space clues as follows: "Irish for the wild iris or yellow flag" - begins with F. "Good breeding" - S????? ????? Your answers may give me help with the...
09:36 Sat 02nd Jan 20108 answers, last by 08012006 11:17 Sat 02nd Jan 2010
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Roget

M.O.S.

Answer, please to 30d. Birthplace of Sacha Baron Cohen, S-N-O-S (7 letters)...
16:08 Sun 13th Dec 20097 answers, last by Lie-in King 17:18 Sun 13th Dec 2009
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HAZELDEAN

street names in Minnigaff and newton stewart

15. AACEEFKLNNRRRT 23. AABBELORSSST 5. BCDEINORRSTUU...
13:12 Sun 13th Dec 20092 answers, last by 08012006 14:17 Sun 13th Dec 2009
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slow 'n easy

FT 13258

14D Practising horology inside (5,4) D - I - G - R - E 21D Scottish flower is out (5) F - R - H Either FIRTH or FORTH but which and why??...
11:32 Sun 13th Dec 20096 answers, last by Christoddd 19:15 Tue 15th Dec 2009
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08012006

today's telegraph cryptic 26106

23a Soldier on exercise, about to get cut off (9) PERSEVERE fits: PE = exercise, RE = soldier, SEVER = cut off; but where is the clue to the full word?...
09:23 Tue 08th Dec 20094 answers, last by 08012006 14:47 Tue 08th Dec 2009
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08012006

Tel GK 890

29a Balloon in a cartoon or comic strip (7) F???T?O 31a System of single holdings of land (7) R???A?E 1d Piece of cutlery with shallow bowl of spoon and prongs of fork (5) SP ORK (is it?) 4d...
10:44 Sun 06th Dec 20095 answers, last by 08012006 10:49 Sun 06th Dec 2009
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08012006

Friday's Telegraph cryptic - 26103

Can someone please explain why 1d "Tenor with good sense of music ! " is TEAR. I follow "ear" as "good sense of music", and T may remotely represent the male singing...
07:21 Sat 05th Dec 20092 answers, last by 08012006 07:32 Sat 05th Dec 2009
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LEICESTERSHI

HERCULES

Straighforward puzzle except 9A Sedimentary clay or mud rock, readily splits into thin layers. Could one argue for both SHALE and SLATE?
10:16 Mon 30th Nov 20095 answers, last by dwil 12:55 Mon 30th Nov 2009
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08012006

Microsoft Word - symbols

I have chosen to assign key "Ctrl+ D" to the degrees symbol. When I type this combination in a word document, all is fine as the symbol appears correctly. However, when I try to paste...
11:38 Sun 29th Nov 20093 answers, last by Sputnik 14:01 Mon 30th Nov 2009
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08012006

Generalist - Dec 2009

24a Wyoming's Uintatherium (10) D?I?O?E?A? 37a If royal, it is ababbcc (5,6) ??Y?E ???E?E 40a A long-handled brush (5,4) ?S?E? H?A? 27d The memorial at Seelow Heights commemorates this 1945 WW2 battle...
09:32 Thu 26th Nov 20093 answers, last by 08012006 09:39 Thu 26th Nov 2009
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08012006

Grammatical terms

What are the names of the grammatical terms for • words that are spelt the same but pronounced differently: eg row (as in boat) and row (as in noise or argument); bow (as in violin) and bow (as...
12:07 Wed 18th Nov 20092 answers, last by 08012006 19:07 Wed 18th Nov 2009
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Wrangler

MoS 25d New Zealand town by Banks Peninsula on South Island

All research gives me LyttELton as the answer but it needs to be spelt LyttLEton to fit? Is the MoS wrong, or am I???
13:26 Sun 15th Nov 20095 answers, last by Zacsmaster 13:50 Mon 16th Nov 2009
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08012006

DT cryptic

Could someone please expain two from yesterday's puzzle 26082:- 11d Carrying gym bag before class = PENETRATING 19d Hammer staple = VAMPIRE...
08:05 Wed 11th Nov 20095 answers, last by 08012006 08:34 Wed 11th Nov 2009
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Louise07

To which UK city do letters to Father Christmas go? (9 letters)

To which UK city do letters to Father Christmas go? (9 letters)
14:16 Tue 10th Nov 20097 answers, last by dothawkes31 17:49 Tue 10th Nov 2009
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erinbyrne

sunday tribune

28d) Former Irish painter and stage designer born in Dublin (4,5) 25a) Former Northern Ireland and Arsenal socer player (5,5) 17d) Are not availaable for park (5) a-e-- thanks in advance...
11:00 Mon 09th Nov 20094 answers, last by ballybrittas 12:24 Mon 09th Nov 2009
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Telegraph GK 886

23a Showy but worthless stuff (8) T???P?RY 19d Electronic device used to distort sound of guitar (7) ???Z?O?...
07:18 Mon 09th Nov 20093 answers, last by 08012006 07:54 Mon 09th Nov 2009
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08012006

Generalist crossword in Prospect magazine, Nov 2009

14a Small carnivorous theropod of the late Cretaceous period (11) D?O?A?OSAUR 16a South African antelope with a blaze on its forehead (7) B?E?BOK 33a Genus of parasitic plants from Java and Sumatra...
12:03 Fri 30th Oct 20094 answers, last by 08012006 12:48 Fri 30th Oct 2009
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Roget

Painters

Answers, please to 10a abd 11a British Paiiters who founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (5.7,8) (6 and 4)...
15:12 Sun 11th Oct 20093 answers, last by 08012006 15:14 Sun 11th Oct 2009

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