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Dt Gk 12,899

Baffled by this, have searched everywhere I can think of, so it's probably easy and I'm being thick. 50D -roll; watermarking device, 5 letters. -A-D-...
13:35 Sat 31st Jul 20215 answers, last by giggypoo 14:39 Sat 31st Jul 2021
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Pain After Cataract Op.

Mon. 24/5/21 I had my 2nd cataract op.. 1st eye was done 9/4/21 and the result was so wonderful, discomfort negligible, that I was overjoyed to be offered a sudden cancellation on Thurs. last. I went...
20:20 Tue 25th May 202110 answers, last by jourdain2 17:40 Wed 26th May 2021
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Registry Office Marriages

Yet another friend is having problems with this. He and his partner of 15 years have decided that they wish to wed. We are to be witnesses at a very private wedding because his family do not approve...
21:09 Wed 28th Apr 202123 answers, last by jourdain2 14:38 Sun 02nd May 2021
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Weird Blood Pressure

I've not had any real blood pressure problem - hovers between 135/148 Sys. and 76/82 Di. usually but I recently had a cataract op.. I now know that that is nothing to worry about - but I didn't then...
21:01 Sun 25th Apr 20215 answers, last by jourdain2 14:08 Mon 26th Apr 2021
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Firm Says A Letter Has Not Been Received When It Has Been Tracked And Signed For.

This really is for a friend of mine. She was badly done-to by a firm of solicitors she employed to fight a case brought against her by a chap who claimed half her house as squatters' rights. To cut a...
20:06 Fri 16th Apr 202117 answers, last by Canary42 15:43 Sat 17th Apr 2021
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Baffled. Is It A Man Thing?

OK, tonight I made kedgeree. Same recipe as forever (and he said it was good) but as we have become older we eat less, so instead of 2 hard-boiled eggs cut into halves, I boiled one tonight and cut it...
21:02 Fri 15th Jan 202123 answers, last by Sqad 10:39 Sat 16th Jan 2021
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Email Address For The Daily Telegraph Poetry Competition

I don't know how it has happened, but I've lost the page I cut out of the paper! I've now reached the 'put aside and leave for a day' stage with my proposed entry and was looking for the address and...
13:29 Tue 10th Nov 202021 answers, last by jourdain2 11:59 Sat 14th Nov 2020
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Removing A Poor Painting That Has Been Painted Over A Good One.

I realise that this is a very long shot and it's a long story and I was not the guilty party! If someone has used a white undercoat to cover an oil painting and then painted a scene in acrylics over...
16:27 Tue 01st Sep 20208 answers, last by jourdain2 09:53 Wed 16th Sep 2020
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Dt 29,425

Sunday brain-freeze again. Stuck as to how to parse 25 D. Chump scheduled to seize power. 4 letters. We have D*P*. Should be 'dope' but is a 'doe' a schedule, please? T.I.A....
11:26 Sun 26th Jul 20205 answers, last by jourdain2 11:29 Sun 26th Jul 2020
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Dt 29,419

Last one - quite complex, some of these, I thought - No. 15 D Clue - One's left us for dead. We have E_P_E_I_M. Presumably EXP something, but baffled and need to make lunch! T.I.A. to the helpers who...
11:02 Sun 19th Jul 20202 answers, last by jourdain2 11:06 Sun 19th Jul 2020
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Retired Teachers Needed

I keep hearing about bringing retired teachers back to help with the current crisis - as happened regarding doctors. I am more than willing to put in a couple of mornings per week (ex-English teacher,...
19:57 Mon 06th Jul 20207 answers, last by jourdain2 20:41 Mon 06th Jul 2020
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Dt Gk 12,840

Baffled by this one. We thought it should be belt. 36A Strip of fabric or leather with pockets or pouches for tools, pens, pencils or sewing items. R_L_. Have double-checked the R & L (strip and...
11:28 Sat 13th Jun 20204 answers, last by jourdain2 11:30 Sat 13th Jun 2020
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Didn't There Used To Be A 'Religion' Category?

Not all that important to most people, but I am feeling troubled and I am under pressure (as a P.C.C. member) to provide a response tomorrow sometime. Can we start by acknowledging that I am a...
21:13 Wed 06th May 202047 answers, last by naomi24 15:21 Sat 09th May 2020
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Holiday Booking They Won't Refund

A few months ago we booked a holiday cottage with Cottages.com beginning 8.5.20 for a week. Obviously se can't go. We have rung (45 mins.) and emailed to get a refund. They only offer a voucher. After...
21:20 Sat 02nd May 202015 answers, last by btrobin 09:38 Sat 09th May 2020
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Dt 29,305 Have I Got Something Wrong?

8D Clue 'Fool takes plunge short time later'. (8 letters). We have R?P?T?C? - so have we got one of the others wrong?...
14:21 Sat 07th Mar 20203 answers, last by jourdain2 14:25 Sat 07th Mar 2020
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Visual Field Eye Test

Does anyone know what this entails. I had a letter today from local hospital with an appointment for one in August. It says: "It measures your central & side vision by using flashes of light within a...
21:54 Sat 15th Feb 202016 answers, last by jourdain2 20:56 Mon 06th Apr 2020
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Not An Exotic Destination, But Advice Welcomed

Mr. J2 and I became Great-grandparents in Sept. 2017 and have never yet met little Archie. The problem is that they live near Exmouth and we are in East Yorkshire. We've been hoping that time could be...
18:38 Wed 29th Jan 202010 answers, last by Buenchico 20:32 Thu 30th Jan 2020
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Australia On Fire, How To Check If A Relative Is Safe?

Hi, we are becoming very concerned about Mr. J2's only cousin (she's about 80). Her Christmas card described fires not far away and now we read that Catalina has been 'engulfed by flames'. We've been...
14:50 Thu 02nd Jan 202055 answers, last by albaqwerty 22:46 Sun 12th Jan 2020
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Dt 29,228 Can't Parse Last Clue.

Hi all, once again I'm stuck on one. 22D A university occasionally copied, held up as sound. A-E-O Is it 'APERO', which is an anagram of opera? If so, can someone tell me why, please? TIA...
14:06 Sun 08th Dec 201911 answers, last by jourdain2 14:16 Sun 08th Dec 2019
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Dt 29,222

Last one (tearing hair out). 22A Standard lyricist who produces satire. Have ?A?O?I?T. 'IST' at the end, I suppose. T.I.A....
11:13 Mon 02nd Dec 20197 answers, last by jourdain2 11:19 Mon 02nd Dec 2019

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