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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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Independent Crossword 7142

Mikejas | 08:35 Mon 07th Sep 2009 | Crosswords

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1d West Indies in batting debacle: virtually useless way to get a result (9-5) D?C?W?R?H-???I? (Could it be Duckworth-Lewis? If so I'm beginning to think the setter is indulging in a personal whim with little chance for non-cricket lovers!)
21a Bear bringing tongue closer (8) ??G?N?E? (First letter could be E if above answer is correct)

Mephisto 2558

Express Big Monday Crossword

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cruciverbali

West Indies = WI

Batting debacle = Duck

Virtually useless = worth les(s)

cruciverbali

Tongue = Eng(lish)

Closer = ender

Mikejas

Question Author

Thanks cruciverbali. But I refuse to apologise for only guessing at Duckworth-Lewis. It was only by trawling the net that I found a phrase that looked right and even then I wasn't sure. No doubt Aggers would have got that one.

factor-fiction

But isn't that part of the fun of doing crosswords, Mikejas- you sometimes discover new words/phrases etc

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