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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.

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Sunday Times Mephisto 3332 Sunday July 7Th 2024

hypotheses | 08:44 Mon 08th Jul 2024 | Crosswords

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A dour struggle today. I'm afraid Mr. Grimshaw and are not on the same page. New setter? Normally I can knock this off in half an hour or so but not today! Am I being particularly dense or are others finding this heavy going?

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ProfessorMaisie

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I agree with you, hypotheses - a real struggle (and not a rewarding one).I struggle with Grimshaw's puzzles more often than not, and more than any other Mephisto setter I've encountered over the decades.It takes no great skill to construct a difficult puzzle. Very obscure answers clued by very obscure wordplay will do it, and very long and obscure answers...

10:45 Mon 08th Jul 2024

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roslyn251254

What are you stuck on?

hypotheses

Question Author

About half of it but I'm grinding my way there. Wasn't looking for specific help, just general thoughts on whether this is particularly sticky! But thanks for asking.

hypotheses

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Phew. What a struggle. Got there in the end. More than usual number of pretty obscure words.

ProfessorMaisie

I agree with you, hypotheses - a real struggle (and not a rewarding one).

I struggle with Grimshaw's puzzles more often than not, and more than any other Mephisto setter I've encountered over the decades.

It takes no great skill to construct a difficult puzzle. Very obscure answers clued by very obscure wordplay will do it, and very long and obscure answers that are anagrams (impossible to get without an anagram solver, they effectively block off vast areas of the grid) in fact Grimshaw's last effort featured this device!

I'll give Grimshaw a miss if it goes on, because I expect to complete Mephisto without aids - checking a few answers in Chambers on completion - that usually works with every other setter. I'm not going to be forced into using technology because the setter refuses to play the game fairly.

hypotheses

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Couldn't have put it better myself!

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