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Azed errors

Perhaps the print vession of the crossword is OK, but the online one isn't. 15a starts one cell further to the right and has six letters. 26a, the matching clue, ends one cell further to the left and...
13:02 Sun 17th Feb 20082 answers, last by Quizmonster 13:42 Sun 17th Feb 2008
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Usage

Has this category actually gone four whole days without a new question or is something wrong with my computer? So, what the hey! I'll ask one that's been nagging away at me... When did "I was...
11:52 Tue 20th Nov 200719 answers, last by Thunderbird+ 13:21 Wed 21st Nov 2007
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ChatterBank vote

I wonder whether it has occurred to the Editor that the very people most likely to vote FOR keeping ChatterBank are the same ones who have multiple user-names! Doesn't it seem rather like the old joke...
11:54 Mon 15th Oct 200721 answers, last by O'Reilly 12:06 Wed 17th Oct 2007
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Azed

Has Mr Azed misread his own handwriting again in today's puzzle? I refer to the common letter for 23A and D. I do not ask for the answers...it's because I'm pretty sure I know the answers that I ask...
16:27 Sun 09th Sep 20074 answers, last by augustusH 22:33 Sun 09th Sep 2007
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Smoking & Pubs

I'm no publican, but I did promise my favourite bar-lady I'd post this question on her behalf... Licensees have long had exact guidelines on how to deal with someone who has already had too much to...
08:24 Wed 30th May 20074 answers, last by littlebill 12:59 Fri 01st Jun 2007
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Litter-tray

Raffles, our 'old gentleman' cat, has now - at the age of 22 - seemingly become a bit Alzheimerish. He has decided that odd nooks and crannies inside are perfectly acceptable toilets, despite having...
07:58 Tue 29th May 20077 answers, last by leelapops 11:03 Wed 30th May 2007
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Mephisto

I've just won the Mephisto...again! I mentioned here the fact that I'd won one first and two consolation prizes in that competition within the space of just a few weeks last summer. And here we go...
14:45 Wed 16th May 200724 answers, last by Charlie3110 15:11 Thu 16th Aug 2007
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azed

I don't buy The Observer, but get the Azed from the Guardian website every week. There, it offers a 'Click here' link for the preamble. Unfortunately when I do click there, all I get is an apology for...
12:29 Sun 24th Dec 20063 answers, last by Quizmonster 13:55 Sun 24th Dec 2006
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Mephisto & Lightning

Not a question...just information. About 12 weeks ago, I posted the news that I'd won the Mephisto 1st prize. Thinking they'd keep a record of winners' names & addresses, I then sent a grid in in my...
14:21 Sun 08th Oct 20064 answers, last by kayakamina 14:52 Sun 08th Oct 2006
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Mentor & Piece

I know what the words mean, but I'm puzzled as to how they have taken on their recent applications. It seems that nowadays, when someone who has recently achieved something is being interviewed, they...
10:58 Thu 14th Sep 20061 answer, last by Peter Pedant 23:43 Fri 15th Sep 2006
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Elderly

Did you see my final response to the query you 'addressed' to me earlier? I ask only because - if your husband is planning on entering the Mephisto grid - tomorrow is the posting deadline. You'll need...
15:53 Fri 18th Aug 20061 answer, last by elderly 22:39 Sun 20th Aug 2006
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The Oxen-Folk

Is it just my imagination or is it really becoming more and more common for people on AnswerBank to post replies without bothering to read answers already there? Obviously, we are all actually sitting...
16:07 Tue 18th Jul 200617 answers, last by maxximus 08:05 Thu 20th Jul 2006
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Sunday Times

This is not a question...I just thought some regulars in this category might be interested in knowing that I took delivery this norning of my Bloomsbury English Dictionary, having won The Sunday Times...
10:58 Thu 13th Jul 200612 answers, last by geo0939 17:51 Thu 13th Jul 2006
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AZED solvers

I don't know whether this applies to the version in the Observer itself, as I do the downloadable version of the Azed. However, in that, the clues for 20 and 21 down are transposed. I figured I'd save...
19:55 Sun 07th May 20064 answers, last by Murielmci 16:25 Tue 15th Feb 2011
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Insulating fabric

Currently, we keep breakfast plates hot - after warming them in the micro - by wrapping them in kitchen foil. The problem is that, once the foil has been used and restraightened two or three times, it...
16:35 Mon 27th Feb 200615 answers, last by Quizmonster 12:16 Wed 01st Mar 2006
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Mahonia...Azed 1,758

Did you get anywhere with the crossword after my suggestions on Monday? I ask because I finally got the time yesterday to have a proper go at it and it is now completed. Let me know if you - or others...
07:53 Thu 09th Feb 20065 answers, last by mahonia 15:16 Thu 09th Feb 2006
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TV Listings

Is there a website where one can create one's own selection of TV listings for a given evening? Now that there are hundreds of channels to choose from, is it possible to type in the ten, say, one...
16:33 Thu 26th Jan 200610 answers, last by Quizmonster 16:28 Mon 30th Jan 2006
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Samaritan

Has anyone who did the Christmas quiz involving a question which asked what the profession of the good Samaritan was actually now seen the answer?I ask because I pointed out at the time that the Bible...
08:02 Mon 23rd Jan 20065 answers, last by Quizmonster 20:16 Mon 23rd Jan 2006
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Narolines

Did you see 'Balderdash & Piffle' on BBC 2 yesterday evening? It is a programme, presented by Victoria Coren of 'The Observer', looking into the etymology of words and phrase development.The...
11:59 Tue 03rd Jan 200613 answers, last by jno 11:05 Fri 06th Jan 2006

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