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Welcome to Title Builder Beta.

This small piece of kit is designed to make building your Quiz, Crossword or Puzzle question more effective. It should make finding your question easier for others and, the easier it is to find, the more likely someone is to answer it!

To build an easy to find question title simply select the paper and quiz, enter the quiz number if relevant and fill in the Publication Date. Once you’re happy click “Build Title” and the information should populate the Title field. Fill in the final required details of your question as you normally would, and click submit.

As this is a Beta we only have a limited number of papers and quizzes listed. If you think your favourite Quiz, Crossword or Puzzle should be listed here don’t hesitate to contact us.

Remember: You do not have to use the title builder - simply enter the title and question as you normally would and click submit!

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What Word For "a Quick Look" Came From 1940S Military Slang?

Eluned | 09:44 Sat 15th Jul 2017 | Crosswords

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s u t 6 letters

Dt28480

Saga Magazine July Cryptic

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donny48

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shufti ˈʃʊfti/ nounBritishinformal noun: shufti; plural noun: shuftis a look or reconnoitre, especially a quick one. "I'll take a shufti round the wood while I'm about it" Origin 1940s (originally military slang): from Arabic šāfa ‘try to see’.

09:45 Sat 15th Jul 2017

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donny48

shufti

dannyk13

Shufti

douglas9401

Shufty

donny48

shufti
ˈʃʊfti/
nounBritishinformal
noun: shufti; plural noun: shuftis

a look or reconnoitre, especially a quick one.
"I'll take a shufti round the wood while I'm about it"

Origin
1940s (originally military slang): from Arabic šāfa ‘try to see’.

Baldric

SHUFTI

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