Where does the money come from to pay the wages of the examiners and the other people who work in the Knowledge office? Presumably the examinees have to pay to be tested, but is there a levy on...
'Who'd plot against Trump's spokesman (about to be replaced, by right) (9)
The answer is CONSPIRER - who'd plot - but I can't see the wordplay. Ideas, please!...
Got this biopic of Hendrix on in the background. The actor playing him doesn't look or sound remotely like him, can't play the guitar, and the film's producers seem to have failed to secure the rights...
Girl wreathed in lilac cultivated from an earlier time (9) The answer is CLASSICAL: the wordplay seems to be lass (girl) with an anagram of 'lilac' round it - but CICAL isn't an anagram of lilac. Or...
Hi Buenchico. Could you please have a look at the last post I made here re another scam email (I think) from 'PayPal'. I'd appreciate your expertise:...
They are now on day 35 or 36 of their journey, and the two cameramen on board have been filming all that time, but their batteries have not run out. Do you think the support vessel replenishes them?...
Today I received an email thanking me for my order for £39.99 for a subscription to Playstation, via PayPal, with whom I have never had an account, a subscription request which I never made. It comes...
At the beginning we saw the architect practice celebrating getting the library contract. So how come the builders were already on site, with hoardings up etc? Surely it would take several weeks, if...
How on earth did Paul Sinha manage to become a Chaser? He is awful, and today - yet again - he lost in the final chase. He stumbles, stutters, hesitates; but, having said that, the more I watch him...
My fixed electricity tariff comes to an end in a couple of months. The best fixed deal they have at the moment (quarterly direct debit) is 15.23p per unit and just over 18p per day standing charge:...
Have managed to wrestle this crossword into submission, but can't work out the wordplay that makes 11 down SUBSTANTIALLY. Maybe you'd explain, please, Jo?!
Hi Gness, thanks for your posts. Yes, Rive Gauche is lovely, and (old romantic, me) I have a very old empty can of it on my bathroom shelf - very very faintly still smells of it! Just occurred to me:...
After your advice of about half an hour ago, AB has improved beyond recognition, and is honestly working about 20 times faster than it has ever done, even before the redesign. Obrigado!
I signed up to Gravatar with my Answerbank username and with the same email address I used to register with Answerbank, and clicked on 'Activate avatar' but still not seen it. Is there something else...
He was commentating from this morning (Sun 22nd Jan) on the India v England cricket, and now he's hosting the BBC radio coverage of the two NFL games. Where is he? India? A studio in England?
Hmmmm. Apart from thinking that the Ben Chaplin character was smarmily unattractive, couldn't stop thinking two things: Ben Chaplin's head is too big for his body; and Emily Watson is the double of...
