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Title Builder Beta

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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.

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Spectator 2252

Mampara | 20:55 Thu 17th Mar 2016 | Crosswords

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13d Carpeting in tower (6) R?C?E?

Looks like ROCKET but why ?

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"I'll give you a rocket for that!" said the boss, when I was carpeted.

Mampara

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I know that a 'rocket' means a reprimand but where does TOWER
come in.

Stephenson's "Rocket" towed a train!

Mampara

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Thanks but a bit tenuous I feel.

Agreed; most people would read "tower" as e.g. a church tower, rather that tower with a hard "o".

Mampara

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Good point - thanks.

Not really any different from flower referring to a river (i.e. something which flows), quite a common ploy in crosswords.

D'accord, canary.

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