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Sunday Express £1,000 Crossword

Stuck on the last one: Domestic electrical supply in which outlet sockets connect to the mains supply through a continuous circuit (4,4) RING ?A?N
10:45 Sun 14th Nov 20105 answers, last by thickoeric 13:26 Sun 14th Nov 2010
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Cost of running gas central heating

Does anyone know if it's more cost effective to have the central heating running most of the day at a low temperature or to keep switching it on and off as you need it?
11:22 Sun 31st Oct 20104 answers, last by thickoeric 11:48 Sun 31st Oct 2010
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Free lists of pardoned convicts leaving Sydney 1827

Photocopies of original lists of convicts, free by servitude, leaving Sydney in 1827 on various ships bound for England, New Zealand, etc. They include the convict's name, ship in which they were...
10:26 Thu 28th Oct 20102 answers, last by carolegif 12:20 Fri 05th Nov 2010
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Sunday Crusader & his Squire

Help please with 18 down of the Squire's clues: Former people of Central America (7) T ? L? E ? S
14:23 Sun 24th Oct 20102 answers, last by thickoeric 14:27 Sun 24th Oct 2010
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Ford Fiesta Depreciation

Help, please! I'm bogged down by websites and figures. I'm trying to work out my car's cost per mile and have included insurance, fuel, servicing, etc., etc., but am blinded by science in how to get...
13:00 Mon 18th Oct 20104 answers, last by thickoeric 17:06 Mon 18th Oct 2010
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Sweet peas

I've just planted some of last year's saved sweet pea seeds and put them in the greenhouse. I expect this is a silly question but do I water them over the winter ????
14:08 Sun 17th Oct 20103 answers, last by Whoever 15:46 Tue 19th Oct 2010
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Sunday Express £1,000 Crossword

Help, please! I'm stuck on 2d. Japanese dish made of thin fillets of raw fish (7) E ? ? H ? ? ?
09:44 Sun 17th Oct 20107 answers, last by thickoeric 09:51 Sun 17th Oct 2010
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Sunday Express Skeleton Sunday September 19th 2010

The clue to 5d. is 'Place it's unlikely one needs to visit' and I'm pretty sure the answer is TALLAHASSIE but I can't work out why. Can anyone enlighten me, please? (The letters are T ? LL ?H ? SS ? E...
14:47 Sun 19th Sep 20103 answers, last by thickoeric 16:26 Sun 19th Sep 2010
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Passengers on ship 'Elizabeth' 1827

My 4xgreat-grandfather, Samuel Francis from Lincolnshire, was transported to NSW in 1820 for 7 years. He apparently returned to England in 1827 from Sydney on the ship Elizabeth bound for England. Can...
17:57 Sun 12th Sep 20103 answers, last by thickoeric 10:54 Wed 15th Sep 2010
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Sun. Exp. £1,000 Crossword

I'm stuck on 36a. Long, Loose black garment with wide sleeves worn by academics or Protestant clerics (6,4) - E - E - - / GOWN Help, please....
09:23 Sun 22nd Aug 20103 answers, last by nigel T 17:13 Sun 22nd Aug 2010
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Wheel at Launceston

One of my convict ancestors was given 30 days' hard labour on the wheel at Launceston (Tasmania) in 1841 for "being out without a pass, assaulting the Constable and drunkenness" (busy man!)...
19:33 Wed 18th Aug 20104 answers, last by JuniperEccles 12:23 Sat 19th Sep 2015
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Samuel Francis of Suffolk

I'm trying to find birth details and parents of Samuel Francis who apparently was born in 1778 in Suffolk, possibly Hepworth (there's a Hepworth in Norfolk as well, just to add to the mystery). Can...
18:16 Fri 06th Aug 20104 answers, last by thickoeric 10:13 Sat 07th Aug 2010
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Rhubarb

I planted Victoria rhubarb and didn't harvest any the first year as bidden. This year (the 2nd year) it is growing really well and cooks and tastes fine but the stalks remain green. Shouldn't they be...
13:00 Sat 10th Jul 20102 answers, last by thickoeric 08:46 Sun 11th Jul 2010
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Beware of the Dog

Is it illegal to display a sign saying "Beware of the Dog" if you don't actually have a dog?!!
12:28 Mon 28th Jun 20103 answers, last by thickoeric 18:45 Mon 28th Jun 2010
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Weight of typewriter

I need to send a Panasonic electronic typewriter by courier but to get a quote I need to know the weight. Can anyone give me a rough idea, please?
16:56 Wed 16th Jun 20102 answers, last by thickoeric 17:07 Wed 16th Jun 2010
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Sunday Express Skeleton Sunday May 30th 2010

I've got 2 left to do - help, please! 20d. Bar across a little pallet? A??? 24a. Say 'full', then say 'empty' ???E?E...
14:51 Sun 30th May 20101 answer, last by Dodger666 14:52 Sun 30th May 2010
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Sunday Express Skeleton

14:47 Sun 30th May 20102 answers, last by thickoeric 14:57 Sun 30th May 2010
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Cost per mile

Can anyone give me a ballpark figure for the cost per mile of a petrol 2006 Ford Fiesta Style Climate doing 5/6,000 miles a year? I've looked at various sites but think I need A-Levels at least to...
10:12 Sun 23rd May 20105 answers, last by ZebUK 11:35 Sat 05th Jun 2010
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Gooseberries

My gooseberry bush is in its second year and is just starting to produce fruit but the leaves are being eaten by some varmint or other. Can anyone tell me what it is likely to be and how I can stop...
12:54 Tue 11th May 20103 answers, last by johnk 08:32 Wed 12th May 2010
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AOL 9.1

I've just upgraded to AOL 9.1 and am perfectly happy with it but am stuck on one thing. It promised that you can surf the net without signing on but I can't find out how to do this. Help, please!
11:02 Thu 18th Mar 2010

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