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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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The Times 28947 +28980

TioMateo | 19:52 Sat 17th Aug 2024 | Crosswords

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Drop a trail of blood? (7) = DESCENT. I get drop = Descent, and trail =SCENT, but why does blood =DE?

Little monkey's spotted leaving river (3) = IMP. How does IMP(URE) = spotted?

Choose cape shunned by African Christian (3). OPT. If Coptic = African Christian, How does CIC = Cape?

Kind of dash astride horse in St Albans or Telford? (6). EPONYM. I get the parsing of EM around PONY, but why St Albans & Telford?

Account showing pork pie manufacturer's invoice fairly settled, avoiding fine (5,4). BILLY LIAR. I get the parsing completely, but why/how does BILLY LIAR = Account?

Light yarn binding closeto door fixture (8,5). I get the parsing, but have never met the phrase FRICTION MATCH. It's not in Chambers, but presumably means the same as a NEEDLE MATCH?

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Neveracrossword

Friction Match is in Collins, a reference book often used in the Times - but the definition there is only 'a match that ignites as a result of the heat produced by friction when it is struck on a rough surface'. There's nothing about fixtures...

Neveracrossword

For opt, it's simply Copt that is 'a member of the Coptic Church', with the usual C for Cape being dropped.