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Floating Reedbeds

A group of us want to improve the habitat in a local lake and research on the net suggests that floating reed beds are the way to go. Unfortunately, we're broke and so have to construct them...
23:18 Thu 30th Jul 20092 answers, last by Clanky 09:24 Fri 31st Jul 2009
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Favourite Clue

In Jonathan Crowther's "A-Z of Crosswords" 2 (at least) of the featured setters cite Les May's "Bust down reason" for BRAINWASH as their favourite clue. Can someone...
09:07 Thu 30th Jul 20093 answers, last by Clanky 13:25 Thu 30th Jul 2009
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Term for Damselflies, Mayflies etc.

What is the technical term to describe insects, such as damselflies, mayflies etc. which lay their eggs in water, whose larval forms live in water and which emerge to metamorphose into their adult...
18:59 Tue 23rd Sep 20084 answers, last by Clanky 14:41 Sun 28th Sep 2008
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Herculis Link Words

I'm this week's dummy; posting Saturday's crossword without noting the link words! Can anyone provide them, please?
14:56 Mon 31st Mar 20086 answers, last by Clanky 15:02 Mon 31st Mar 2008
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Badger Scarers

Do B&Q (or anybody else's) ultrasonic cat or fox scarers also work for badgers? My Aunty lives n the middle fo a town but is plagued by badgers continually tearing up her lawn and plants at night. Sje...
15:02 Sat 08th Dec 20077 answers, last by hc4361 11:41 Thu 12th Nov 2015
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High voltage spark gap

What's the largest distance a spark can jump from an 11Kv overhead power line to a good conductor in credible UK weather conditions? I applied Paschen's Law, using the peak voltage and worst case...
18:43 Mon 19th Mar 20072 answers, last by Clanky 19:09 Wed 21st Mar 2007

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