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The question is "how many wheels on three taxis". Its not the obvious 12 or 15 if you include spares. Its doing my nut. Any ideas? I really can't think outside the box...

keys666

This was on the 'quiz call' tv channel last night, I know the answer but can anyone help me on how they got to it? - 'ELEVEN TIMES SIX PLUS FIVE' - For half an hour the callers said either 121 or 71,...

pldcav

Times Jumbo 648 - cryptic

52d Source of water, the sea (4) - A - N. I'm thinking MAIN is a German river as well as a name for the sea, but I'm not 100% confident. Suggestions anyone?

endanger

Times Jumbo

At bargain rate daughters secure riding accessory (9) Fine newspaper resting inside train (6,8) Frenzied horse crossing railway - bizarre! (10) Many thanks in advance

pldcav

Azed 1778

29a Resistance modifier activated echoer once beginning (8) - H E - C O R D, so presumably RHEOCORD, but how does the wordplay work? I can see an anagram of (e)choer, but apart from that ...

pldcav

Times Sat Xword 20/5

9a Single girl's left in the van to find romance (7) L - A - S - N, so presumably LIAISON which = romance, but how does the wordplay work?

tauneyann

Sunday Express She mag.

17D and 23A please. Famous Einstein film. three ...ten... and eight letters. Any ideas? Then....... MOS 4D, The .......Range, is a group of mountains in Kenya, in which the river Tana rises.and last...

pldcav

Times Sat 6/5

14a Useless hero could be caught (4) - D - E, so it could be IDLE = useless, and it's an anagram of EL CID (hero) without C (caught) Or does anyone have a better idea?

pldcav

Azed 1770 - mistake in 7d ?

7d Radiation unit? One denying using small number for time taken up (7) Presumably RONTGEN, but the closest I can get on the wordplay is NEGATOR with N instead of T, all reversed, giving RONAGEN. Any...

pldcav

Ditloids

5 T on a F 23 P of C in the H B

Virginia1302

gbq48

In the context that 8 and 15 = 17: 7 and 24 = 25: 20 and 21 = 29 what do 119 and 120 equal? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

pldcav

Times Cryptic Jumbo 630

3d Match is out (4) A - A -, so presumably AWAY, but it doesn't seem totally convincing

pappasmurf

Excuse me

What time is it ?

jew_c_ass

big mon exp 13 across

latin american dance,originally from Cuba,performed in a line?? c-n-a ??

Frank23

GBQ question 48

What on earth is this all about. It is way beyond me. Was hoping to get a few more of the first 50 done before I go off to sunnier climate. Need to recharge last few remaining brain cells. In the...

pantolady

channel islands

a beautiful flowering plant of the lily family derives part of its botanical name from the ancient roman name for one of the channel islands. What is the modern name of the channel island from which...

pldcav

Times 4/3 Cryptic

23a Lady holding title only after her second game (5) C - E - S, so presumably CHESS. I have a theory regarding the wordplay, but I'd be interested to see if others have the same idea.