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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i Cryptic No 390 (Thursday) - please explain first clue!

Fubsy | 11:33 Fri 11th May 2012 | Quizzes & Puzzles

9 Answers

I really struggled with i 390 by Punk. 9/25/15/8 clue was "if slippery, a teacher masks perfect death" (1,4,4,1,4,2,8). I know now that the answer is "I feel like a pair of curtains" but I'm having trouble understanding why!

I get 'If eel like' for the 'if slippery' part but then after that I'm bamboozled! Can someone please explain the reasoning behind the solution as it's really doing my head in! Thank you!