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I need just this one answer to complete the quiz, and have scanned roadmaps without success. The answer is a place in Lincolnshire for which the given cryptic clue is:- A famous writer. I have found a...
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Section 3 Cryptic clue to a place in Lincolnshire: "10. A famous writer" Section 4 Answers are book titles, e.g. M on the O E is "Murder On The Orient Express" 3 L a P C 4 The D B of M 7 M F and O A...
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To be pedantic, first of all, this is not a ?500 Prize, but 5 times ?100 !!! However, I have completed the crossword, but am stuck with the re-arrangement of the "shaded" letters to spell out the...
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All of the answers (phrases or proverbs) in this quiz contain an animal or bird. For example, "Cat on a hot tin roof" would be C O A H T R . I cannot guess this following last clue - please can...
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Leaving aside that all three are detectives, what do Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot and Maigret have in common ? I know that they are all fictional - but I do not think that is the answer, nor does...
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I am baffled - please will someone help? 1. What familiar foreign expression of just eight letters in two words contains all five vowels ? (General Knowledge Section) 2. What 3 nine-letter words...
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Does anyone know this, or can you point me to a website, although I have "googled" without success. According to Thomas Cook (in May 2006), how far could you travel in Latvia for ?10? (The clue gives...
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Answers as near as possible to how they sound, and obviously connected with dogs ! Woof ! I need help, please, with my last two unsolved. 13. Conflict winged seeds. 34. Loses head of in the midst of...
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Entries have to be in by 6th Feb, so has anyone ideas on Pictures Numbered - 2 3 7 12 30 32 38 45 49 57 59 62 and 75 - that's how badly I am doing !
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Following my earlier question down-page from here - I omitted one ! Can anyone give me clues to identify the artist of 124 - which is a black and white picture of a monkey and a dog on the ground -...
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Please will any fellow ABers help me with one final "bash" before I have to post my entry tomorrow ? 38. How are Ben and Small better known in the culinary world ? 40. Terminator Gladiator is whose...
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Please does anyone know the title(s) of the books that the following extracts come from. 1. Most of the cottages were built of Cotswold stone ..... Behind the cottages were long steep gardens full of...
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1. In which unlikely setting did polo-ponies make news this summer ? 2. Where is the new town known locally as "Charlie Town Two" ? (Poundbury, maybe ?) Can any ABers help me, please ?
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25 Down - Observer's complaint of filthy place, say (4). (I have ?t?e, so is it stye, and why ?!!!) 29 Across - Under tight control (2,1,6) (Is this - on a string or on a spring ?)
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1. Which modern novel with a title from a 17th century poem features a professional pianist who goes deaf ? 2. Which 18th century poet wished that a 17th century poet were alive to save England?...
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The word for which genre of painting or drawing comes from the French for : line for line. No further clue given by the compiler, and my French dictionary translates - line for line - as - ligne pour...
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Just one more question, additional to my earlier posting, and thanks in advance to anyone who can assist or point me in the right direction ! Which musical instrument was quoted with approval by (a) A...
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Please can anyone help with the following questions, which have me totally baffled. I have "googled" and "asked Jeeves" without success. 1. Which musical instrument made the noise that so thrilled the...
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There is a connection between the following three words, but I cannot spot it. legs- sweet - steps Please, can anyone help ?
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I am totally baffled by the following - please, can anyone help? The initials stand for words that are part of a sequence, e.g. J F M A M J J A S O N D = months of the year. So, what are these: 1. W W...

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