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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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Sat Times Jumbo 862 Cryptic 43 ac and 42 dn

bergerhenn | 08:27 Mon 15th Mar 2010 | Crosswords

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Explanation please.
43ac Method of transport adopted by African native (4), I think its "oryx".
42 dn- British politician's fashion enthrallingold London area (8) , I think it's " Brompton" but why?
Thanks in advance.

Guardian Crossword 24957

Mephisto 2585

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bibblebub

43a yes ORYX
method of transport = RY (railway), neat = OX (you forgot this bit) => O ry X

42d british = BR, politician = MP, fashion = TON, old = O (not gold) => BR O MP TON

bibblebub

^^^ sorry you did put old - too early for me to untangle letters

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