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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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Bunthorne Obituary

Argee2 | 15:45 Thu 03rd Aug 2006 | Quizzes & Puzzles

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I was saddened this morning to read of the death of Bob Smithies who, besides being an excellent photographer and tv presenter, was a very erudite and amusing crossword setter in the Guardian for many years. He was one of the setters whose literary allusions were very clever and you felt very smug when you solved one of the more convoluted ones, although, according to today's Guardian, the clue of which he was most proud was a very simple one: "Amundsen's forwarding address (4).
Answer: Mush! A true cruciverbalist who will be
sadly missed.

mos 35d

What's in your trolley quiz

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kayakamina

That is sad news Argee2. I sometimes found his anagrams a bit overcomplicated- I recall one of 53 letters, but will miss his puzzles. With 'Crispa' now retired and Araucaria in his mid 80's the Guardian will need to strengthen it's younger team of Paul etc.

dancecaller

We've just beenstruggling with a Bunthorne puzzle in the book (vol 2 no 20)

Argee2

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The longest anagram I remember doing was in a Guardian crossword by Paul: There are holes in the sky where the rain gets in, but they're ever so small that's why rain is thin. 77 I think. But I cannot remember what the clue was!!
Is there a career opening for you at the Guardian, K?

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