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Where Was I? Sunday Times 11.3.07

I have the answers to the two questions, but could not work out what the reference to aviation history and June 27, 1982, was all about. It is not necessary to know for the competition - I am just...
17:28 Mon 12th Mar 20073 answers, last by avis50 18:08 Mon 12th Mar 2007
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Generalist - February 2007

17 across "dais in Dijon" ?a?t ?a? This has stumped three of us! A bit of a clue would stop us going quietly crazy. thanks!
14:05 Fri 02nd Feb 20074 answers, last by sarumite 14:24 Fri 02nd Feb 2007
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I won! I won!

Hey - I won last Saturday's DTGK crossword! I was neatly folding the page to do this week's when there it was - my name! I am surprised you did not hear the shriek all over the land!! Thanks to all...
19:39 Sat 14th Oct 200634 answers, last by Benno 16:11 Tue 17th Oct 2006
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Trying to locate a statue

I am trying to find out where can be found a statue of a black boy, and indeed possibly entitled "The Black Boy", which is at the foot of a staircase in a house open to the public somewhere in...
00:24 Mon 09th Oct 20064 answers, last by Octavius 16:56 Mon 09th Oct 2006
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Prospect crossword - I won!

Someone has just emailed me to tell me that according to the small print at the bottom of the page of the August Prospect crossword, I won a previous one - not sure which as my computer has decided...
19:21 Sat 12th Aug 20065 answers, last by avis50 16:25 Sun 13th Aug 2006
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Generalist, 30 across "Ancient kingdom . . ."

"ancient kingdom in southwest Arabia, famous for trading in gold and spices) I have s?b? It really annoys me that I have found all sorts of really long and difficult words for this crossword and am...
18:40 Thu 29th Jun 20062 answers, last by avis50 18:46 Thu 29th Jun 2006
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Sunday Telegraph GK 710

5d ev?e - interjection of bacchic frenzy probably too late to send in now, but it's been driving me mad, so I would still like to know!!
17:49 Thu 22nd Jun 20064 answers, last by avis50 00:09 Sat 24th Jun 2006
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Polymath 347

Eek! OneLook has let me down! 28 across - fine-grained lamprophyric rock . . . I have ?o?c?i?u?t? and OneLook does not recognise that at all.
17:58 Wed 07th Jun 20064 answers, last by avis50 21:46 Thu 08th Jun 2006
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Using the search facility

1. It would be nice to be able to search just one section of the site (e.g., just look in Quizzes and Puzzles) - I see from previous suggestions that there was a category search. Is it no longer...
17:49 Wed 07th Jun 20061 answer, last by Pippa68 09:36 Thu 08th Jun 2006
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Trying to identify a place seen from the air

Coming into Stansted Airport the other evening I noticed a place I would like to identify if possible Unfortunately, we were circling before landing, so I am not sure exactly where we were! I think it...
17:52 Mon 05th Jun 20066 answers, last by avis50 13:34 Tue 06th Jun 2006
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polymath 343

I would like to thank everyone who has posted answers to Polymath 343. Normally I would have struggled on longer on my own, but this has been a very busy week and the deadline was looming (and I am...
18:39 Wed 10th May 2006
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Poem by Lawrence Durrell

I need to find the words of a short poem by Lawrence Durrell called Discovery of Love. It starts "I turned and found a new moon at my feet". I have Googled like mad and can't find it anywhere. Trouble...
12:41 Thu 27th Apr 20064 answers, last by avis50 12:28 Sat 29th Apr 2006
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A solution to the pen/pencil dilemma??

If you fill in your crossword in pen, you might make a mistake and have to tippex it out. If you fill it all in in pencil, you can rub out the errors, but then you have to go over the whole thing in...
18:52 Tue 04th Apr 20065 answers, last by juliely 08:17 Wed 05th Apr 2006
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An odd thing about crosswords . .

Both my sister and I have noticed this - when stuck with a clue and typing the letters and spaces into a crossword solver, very often as soon as we have typed them in, and before hitting "enter", the...
18:48 Tue 04th Apr 20064 answers, last by ruthay321 07:25 Wed 05th Apr 2006
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Sunday Telegraph Mindbender

32 across "The .... Question" - why should Scotish MPs have a say in English matters (10) I thought I knew the answer to this - the West Lothian Question, but it doesn't fit! Help? thanks.
17:49 Tue 28th Mar 20065 answers, last by Goofy 18:42 Tue 28th Mar 2006
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Poirot - The Double Clue

There was a Poirot episode called The Double Clue repeated this week. It used some amazing deco buildings as locations, but I have not been able to find out where they were (I think that most were in...
18:21 Wed 01st Mar 20064 answers, last by lindner 20:57 Mon 17th Feb 2014
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African Cup of Nations - music

Last weekend I saw a trailer on television (don't know which channel) for the African Cup of Nations. It had very dramatic background music? Does anyone know what it is? Or how I can find out? thanks
13:19 Fri 20th Jan 2006
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Mail on Ssunday Jan 1st

Ancient African city of which Saint Augustine was bishop. Google keeps giving me Hippo, but that does not match with Room at the Top for 6 down - unless I have that wrong!
18:16 Thu 05th Jan 20064 answers, last by pega 21:09 Thu 05th Jan 2006
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Times T2 Saturday 20th

18 across - sealed packet. I have l?c?e? - that is, if I have the other answers right!
18:03 Tue 23rd Aug 20058 answers, last by avis50 18:54 Tue 23rd Aug 2005
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Times T2 Saturday

I am stuck for three answers - they intersect. 41D r?l???a?e Logical reasons (for action) 49A ??b?-t?a???d With concealed explosive 51D ??i?e Elegant bearing thanks for any help!
13:33 Tue 26th Jul 20056 answers, last by avis50 17:04 Tue 26th Jul 2005

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