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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 Cryptic Crossword No 179

souxie | 11:01 Wed 07th Sep 2011 | Quizzes & Puzzles

8 Answers

12 Across, Axes pound copra,breaking coconut?,(8) Y???????
15 Across, Small fly going round a painting, (8) NO LETTERS
28 Across, Beetles should grip on this when it's cold,(4,4) ?N?? ????
8 Down, Compare notes on universal broadcast at the same time,(15)
????????N?????S

Sorry about the lack of letters

Many Thanks in Advance

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Euphemia

8d contemporaneous

Calibax

12a Xylocarp

souxie

Question Author

Many thanks Euphemia but the word does not fit in with the few letters that i have, unless i am wrong on 20 Across,Enter pub in the smallest bit of clothing,(6) for which I have BIKINI,IS THAT RIGHT??

Euphemia

Contemporaneous is an anagram of "compare notes on u" and means "at the same time"

souxie

Question Author

Many Thanks Euphemia for putting me on the right road,oh well back to the drawing board for 20 Across.

Many Thanks again

Quizmonkey

How does bikini answer the clue? I fear it's a wild guess which isn't the way to solve cryptic crosswords - hence all the wrong letters! Do I take it that's now ????R? ?

sidkid

28 snow tyre

bulliver

20a tabard (tunic/clothing) = 'bar' (pub) in 'tad' (smallest bit)

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