Title Builder Beta See instructions

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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ft Like the non-smoking nearly man?

gilbertonion | 10:40 Wed 18th Mar 2009 | Crosswords

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Can anyone help with this please? 5,3,2,5 C?O?E ?U?
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Independent 14 March

rt 13

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kettledrum

close but no cigar

gilbertonion

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Thanks kettledrum. Is this an expression I should have heard of?!

kettledrum

I don't think so! It's not in either Chambers or Brewers, but I have found it in Wiktionary: apparently it comes from the practice of giving cigars as prizes at carnivals in the US in the 19th Century. This phrase would be said to those who failed to win a prize.

gilbertonion

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Thankyou. And people wonder why I think crosswords are less of a waste of time than sudoku!

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