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Sun Tel Aug 27 GK puzzle

Can anyone tell me who is the actress who is pictured? First name has the letters -I-O-E, as in Simone..

Lin

Female Streaker

In a London Derby,as it happens, who was the first woman streaker at a top football match in the UK? I am getting fed up with looking at bodies that don't fit the question lol.

traceyg

Where Was I? - Sunday Times 20 August

What is the name of the railway summit? I reckon that it is somewhere in the Lake District. The clue is - "one of Britain's greatest railway inclines....this notorious railway summit (916ft), on a...

Gill1941

Herculis 21st August

I have "gilded cage " as one of my phrases. As this is also in the clue I am not sure it is right. Can someone confirm, please? Thank you

janeevans

Shipping

What vessel holds the record for the deepest descent and when? Thanks for any help

Callithrix

What five Ietter word

does every Oxford graduate pronounce wrong?

blowmedown

Queen Victoria

What is the name of the Mansion in Stamford Lincolnshire which is open to the public where Queen Victoria planted 2 trees in 1844

Frank23

Young Sleuths

What were the names of the young sleuths,(cousins) who appeared in a series of radio plays and books in the 1940's? Can anyone point me in the right direction?

beanpole

I have just got back a quiz answer sheet where the answer given to the clue "a person chosen to transact business for others " is "sindic" (my answer was surrogate) I can't find sindic anywhere has...

joycedwight

Mail on Sunday.

My last two I am stuck on.Help please.37d Dennis English French horn player who died in a car crash in 1957.I have -r-i-. My second one is7d . The...novel by George Meredith featuring the character...

yellow11

gk716

light aerial cablecar 11TE?E?E?I?UE like a spinning top 7 ST??B?C expressing purpose 5 TE?IC thanks =last ones!

poodledoo

whats in your trolley

all items are things you would put in a shopping trolley 1) Waits for no man (5) 2)shove the queen(6 3)Australian English man of stone (11) 4) Cheque returned unpaid from bank(6) -any other ideas than...

Magyar

Disney Character

Which Disney character fits the following clue: Burnt the tarts I know King Alfred burnt the tarts, but as far as I know there is no Disney character called Alfred, and although the Queen of Hearts...

foxyfarmer

Yorkshire Post Crossword

2 Well-handled spectacles (9) L_R_N_ _ _E 3 Composers perfect joy (5) B_I_ _ 12 One short poem out of many in the OT (4,2,5) (thought it was an anagram of 'many in the OT' but I have the letters _...

GK Fanatic

Sunday Times Where Was I

I'm going crosseyed trying to unjumble the letters for the Roman fort near Ipswich.. HELP...here they are CEMOBIRMUVOT Thanks in anticipation

swinton1

Sport lets me down!

Can anyone suggest a reference book that will help me with sports personalities, i already have Trevor Montagues A - Z Compendium and Ian Paten's Who's Who in British Sport (very old) Many thanks