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Boats & ships

What is the difference between a boat and a ship and for that matter a yacht, as yachts can be small boats or large ships?
08:46 Mon 15th Jan 20077 answers, last by heathfield 15:28 Fri 19th Jan 2007
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organic radium

Round about 1914, a Mrs Maud Dickinson who lived in Brighton, discovered some crystals which seemed to have the same or at least similar properties to radium. This she called "Radioleum" or "organic...
17:48 Sun 14th Jan 20078 answers, last by dugden 14:23 Thu 03rd Jan 2013
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Sunday Telegraph g/k 4d

Old singular word for a year's income of a benefice. A?N?T
15:27 Wed 28th Jun 20062 answers, last by buggernuts 15:37 Wed 28th Jun 2006
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group of languages

Sun.Tel.25/6 Group of languages thought to be related. ?H?L?M
13:01 Wed 28th Jun 20062 answers, last by buggernuts 13:46 Wed 28th Jun 2006
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dt 27/5 25

entangle or enmesh E?T?A?M?L
21:49 Wed 31st May 20064 answers, last by buggernuts 08:22 Thu 01st Jun 2006
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DT Quickie

DT 20/5 22a lamb-like E?I?N
08:55 Tue 23rd May 20062 answers, last by buggernuts 12:09 Tue 23rd May 2006
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DT 13/5 Quickie

2d Evasion D?I?I?N That is provided that 1a, pheasant's nest is Nid.
07:18 Thu 18th May 20062 answers, last by buggernuts 10:09 Thu 18th May 2006
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d.t letter 26/4

The following was a crptic clue sent in by a reader. "Cronus round the bend." (5,2,4) I wondered whether anyone has managed to solve it?
17:10 Fri 28th Apr 20063 answers, last by buggernuts 17:41 Fri 28th Apr 2006
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Woodpeckers and weather

Can anyone give me an earlier date than Conrad Gessner's Natural History of 1555, for the first record of a woodpecker being able to fortell bad weather ?
08:10 Tue 17th Jan 2006
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How about a Folklore site?

Could we have a site devoted to Folklore as it doesn't quite fit with history or myths?
15:34 Mon 16th Jan 20064 answers, last by littleoldme 11:03 Tue 17th Jan 2006
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Victorian Cypher

This is a query from another site I belong to. The following appeared in the Daily Telegraph personal column of 1895. " RORIE. Call at lftt where yric xtii was vihl qtc rf lkef ureflkafls li...
15:20 Mon 16th Jan 2006
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Saturday Telegraph Quick Crossword

I have two answers that don't seem to tie in. 1A. Loch north of Fort William ?A or E ?R? I think that the answer should be Layne, but that doesn't fit with the following clue. 3D.Cylindrical pile. I...
13:18 Tue 13th Dec 20053 answers, last by flaggers 13:38 Sat 18th Aug 2007
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DT Sat 29/10 & Quickie

A bit late in asking this as we only receive paper on Mondays in France. 24 across, American folklorist. Paul ?A?D?U?G Quickie. 7 across metal cap F?R???E 4 down kitty ???D
13:04 Tue 01st Nov 20054 answers, last by buggernuts 17:22 Tue 01st Nov 2005
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saturday telegraph

making a predetermined series of steps and body movements in time to music. 11 letters .E...I.H... Terpsichore fits, but does not match the clue. Problem is, the clue setter quite often gets things...
13:45 Wed 19th Oct 20058 answers, last by buggernuts 18:56 Wed 19th Oct 2005
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------Truck

A type of truck? ?O?K?I?L
15:18 Fri 29th Jul 20051 answer, last by buggernuts 15:28 Fri 29th Jul 2005
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deception

Daily Telegraph Quick Puzzle; ?I?G?R?/P?K?R?
14:35 Tue 26th Jul 20052 answers, last by Denise S. 14:39 Tue 26th Jul 2005
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Repellent

??i???e
13:27 Tue 05th Jul 20051 answer, last by lizzysparkle 13:44 Tue 05th Jul 2005
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It emphatically

?t?e?f
13:26 Tue 05th Jul 20051 answer, last by Ternigapp 13:43 Tue 05th Jul 2005
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anagram of most careless

?a?t?s? c???s
13:25 Tue 05th Jul 20052 answers, last by DonKiddick 17:01 Tue 05th Jul 2005
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fast five

glacier's ice pinnacle
17:59 Wed 11th May 20055 answers, last by gen2 19:20 Wed 11th May 2005

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