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Live.com Email Alerts Even When Browser Closed

I have a Mac operating OSX. I recently signed up to Live.com which I only use through a browser. However, if I send myself an email using the Mac's Mail program, and send it to my live.com account, I...
17:44 Mon 19th Aug 20131 answer, last by mikeymike99 18:29 Mon 19th Aug 2013
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Shakespeare Henry V query

Maybe someone can help as googling just throws up examples, not the explanation. In Henry V - during a protacted scene of mind-numbing puns comparing mistresses to horses a character says: "I...
09:10 Sun 11th Sep 20113 answers, last by mikeymike99 21:28 Sun 11th Sep 2011
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Guardian sudoku - help needed

I've been puzzling over this one (number 1813) for a few weeks now. I've uploaded a picture of it to ebay (because I'm not sure how to upload a pic to answerbank). In the picture I've included all the...
11:53 Sat 14th May 201114 answers, last by dzug2 14:27 Sat 14th May 2011
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Leaders get all directions from man with belts (3,5)

The answer is definitely Van Damme (as in Jean Claude, the martial arts film star - hence "man with belts"). But not sure how. "Van" = leaders (van is short for vanguard'). So how...
20:30 Sun 26th Sep 20103 answers, last by bibblebub 20:46 Sun 26th Sep 2010
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Euromillions jackpot of 100m Euros

The Euromillions jackpot on October 1 will be 100m. Yet how is this possible? If the jackpot goes on the previous Friday how can they guarantee 100m for the next draw?
08:46 Thu 23rd Sep 201011 answers, last by mikeymike99 19:30 Thu 23rd Sep 2010
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note to drop back, discovering flammable substance (7,3). Because it fits I'm sure the answer is "natural gas" but can't see how. Any help much appreciated.

21:33 Thu 17th Jun 20104 answers, last by mikeymike99 21:38 Thu 17th Jun 2010
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ovals in stamps

22:18 Sat 17th Apr 20105 answers, last by karenmac60 22:25 Sat 17th Apr 2010
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Is image on photographic film reversed left to right?

I'm pretty sure but would like confirmation: is the image that is made on photographic film reversed left to right?
21:18 Tue 09th Jun 200912 answers, last by vascop 11:43 Sat 13th Jun 2009
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City as spelt? (6)

The answer is Athens, but even a crossword blog I look at doesn't explain why. Could anyone help?
11:14 Fri 22nd May 20093 answers, last by mikeymike99 11:20 Fri 22nd May 2009
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Stories about camel having saved galaxy (9)

This is from araucaria BUT "all across solutions contain a word from which the same three-letter ending has been removed; for the subsidiary parts of the clue these letters are deemed to have been...
21:24 Fri 17th Apr 20092 answers, last by mikeymike99 22:03 Fri 17th Apr 2009
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Watch part of the way things are going (8)

'Cogwheel' fits, and it's a watch part, but not sure how the cryptic bit works.
23:25 Wed 18th Mar 20092 answers, last by mikeymike99 23:49 Wed 18th Mar 2009
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Macbeth Quote

Am in the middle of writing a review (for Little Shop of Horrors as it happens) and am trying to recall the quote from Macbeth - the gist of it is likening murder to crossing a river and once you've...
23:03 Mon 16th Feb 20092 answers, last by mikeymike99 10:39 Tue 17th Feb 2009
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Will gargling with Sodium Bicarbonate drastically increase sodium intake?

I know that sodium bicarbonate has - like salt - a high sodium content. If I gargle twice a day with sodium bicarbonate in water will I increase my sodium intake to a significant degree?
22:41 Sun 16th Nov 200810 answers, last by coccinelle 12:16 Mon 17th Nov 2008
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Return No 1 thanks to Scottish singer wailing (9)

It must be ululating. I can see how it's nI (number one) thanks ta and Scottish singer lulu all backwards to give ululatin. But where does the 'g' come from?
21:26 Mon 10th Nov 20082 answers, last by mikeymike99 21:45 Mon 10th Nov 2008
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Story doesn't start right (12)

Conservative (right) fits, but how does the first bit of the clue work? Answers gratefully received.
23:25 Thu 04th Sep 20082 answers, last by mikeymike99 23:39 Thu 04th Sep 2008
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Small boy or girl failed exam at start of term (6)

A clue with no definition, but the answers are all birds, so I'm pretty sure it's avocet (i've already got the 'v'). I can figure out 'ocet' (zero score for CE exam, and start of 'term') but how does...
22:06 Mon 01st Sep 20084 answers, last by mikeymike99 22:24 Mon 01st Sep 2008
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Unfathomable joke in the Guardian

This was printed in Simon Hoggart's column in last Saturday's Guardian. I just don't get it. It's probably very simple and I'm missing the obvious, but could someone please explain it to me: Andropov...
10:21 Tue 26th Aug 20089 answers, last by Bluedragon 18:14 Tue 26th Aug 2008
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sharpen note during controlled return (6)

The answer is D*B*U* The word Dybbuk fits and the definition is " spirit of a dead person that enters a person and controls their actions". So 'controlled return' is possibly a very obscure...
09:24 Thu 14th Aug 20082 answers, last by mikeymike99 10:06 Thu 14th Aug 2008
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Created a stir getting lost on overlooking confined region (10,4)

This is almost certainly restricted view, but how? "Created a stir" is an anagram of 'restricted' but leaves 2 a's left over. How do two a's, plus the word 'on' give view? I won't be able to sleep...
23:28 Sun 27th Jul 20082 answers, last by mikeymike99 11:24 Mon 28th Jul 2008
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TV Detector Vans

Once and for all could someone answer the question: do TV detector vans have the ability to detect TVs? Or do the vans just contain a database of people who have a licence?
22:42 Thu 26th Jun 200819 answers, last by Lakitu 21:31 Tue 01st Jul 2008

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