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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.

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Guardian 23884 Bunthorne

kayakamina | 10:55 Fri 29th Sep 2006 | Quizzes & Puzzles

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24a Get thee hence, Mr Thribb! Bend an ear in old Egypt and make,say,a vain attack. (2.3.3.7.)
I feel the answer is Go For The Jugular ! (ie vein) but cannot see the entire wordplay.
Get thee= Go forth
Bend an ear Jugu
Mr Thribb ? and Old Egypt?

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pldcav

Get thee hence = GO FORTH
Mr Thribb! = EJ (Private Eye "poet")
Bend an ear = GUL (lug rev)
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old Egypt = UAR

kayakamina

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Thank you pldcav Mr Thribb is a new one on me not being an Eye reader. Egypt I should have got!

pldcav

E J Thribb (17 1/2) is not likely to be alluded to in a Times or Telegraph crossword, I suspect.

kayakamina

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Yes I agree. That is what stumped me because I can usually complete the puzzles without too much trouble. I am now reading up on Mr Thribb (171/2)!
Coincidentally this is the second time this month that an 'Eye' reference has foxed me- it had to be explained to me that 'Brenda' was in fact the Queen! K

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