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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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I Prize Crossword No 2480

owdbob | 11:56 Tue 22nd Jan 2019 | Crosswords

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Entirely stuck on last two in i 2480: 22d Attempts to secure right villains for classic film? (5) I have b?r?s. Birds? But wasn't the classic film THE Birds?
27a : Top brass? Top metal coating article (7) I have : s?p?a?n. Can't find anything plausible with that pattern......

Any help would be appreciated....thanks!

Telegraph Cryptic 535 31St Jan 2019

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elliemay1

22 bids(attempts) + r= birds which were the villains in the film The Birds

Toorak

22 birds are the villains in the film so birds is fine

27 captain

Cap tin around a

mac44

22d. Birds, r in bids.

dannyk13

27a.Captain - Cap(top) + a(article) inside tin(metal)
Birds looks good for villains in the film.

Spicerack

27. Captain

owdbob

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Thanks, everybody. I thought it was birds, but as the film was THE birds.......and I had made a mistake on 14d, putting "anthraces" instead of "anthracic"
Now it's done! Cheers!

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