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whats your number?

each answer contains a number,,, 1. the same thing applies to me (4,5,3,2,2) 2. catch question (3,4,5,4,4) 3 "I don't believe it" (3,4,2,3,5)

Polly62

London Tube Stations

1.Royal train owners in a cereal 2.Alcoholic shampoo 3.A small road with a tollgate smells fishy 4.You might take this to get to Chelmsford 5.A reasonable chop off the top 6.Surfing on your mobile

beerbelly

Daily Mail Cryptic - 16 August 2005

Stuck for three; 12d Inigo Jones emerging from noise working with this patriot? 15a Browning: they are latin and incomplete? 19a Is a top translator of regional dialect? Please help they're driving me...

Her Majesty

Tuesday Telegraph cryptic

Hi Anyone out there tring to to-days cryptic? Am really struggling with all the long words. Toss caber. upended holding length up in the air ??????i?????? Roughly apply a mixer to batter ??P??????????...

reesky

s times

volatile hydrocarbons iran

crofter

Just for fun!

This clue amused me. Answer and reasoning please: 17a Wallaby in 21 with no jump over a bit of sea (9) P_D_M _ _ _ _ (21d was RETREAT) With this clue, the answer looks obvious,...

bloater

Colours

The answer has a colour in it. Cardinal attire (6,4)

mitti

sumthing

Is there a mistake in SUMTHING in today's express newspaper because I can't work it out!!!!!

mickthemuppe

Do you know

Anybody know more quotations like What was the best thing before sliced bread? or if you spill stain remover on your sleeve what can you get rid of it with? Any more please?

honeythief

Radio Times Prize Crossword No. 32

23A Where striker finds an opening? (9) _O_L_O_T_ I'm torn between 'goalmouth' and 'goalposts'. Does anyone have a view on which answer is most suitable, or is it a 50/50 toss-a-coin situation? Thanks...

blogpuffle

bill & ben ?

Can somebody verify whether bill & ben was first aired on british tv on the 18th december 1952 or the 12th december 1952 please. Many thx

pega

friday mail

1a Spots lake in Belarus that's endlessly rough 7 5a copes terribly tying up nag 6 p???e? 12a experts in costing once at variance 11 ????o???n?? 27a...

BobB

Radio Times 33

Still at it. Passes the time convalescing. 18a Express by means of focus (7,5) beginning with T 9d Put macrame work in basket with dessert (5,7) M 4th letter I'll keep working on the others -...

ratrobson

T V Programme or Radio Show

He had long arms (7) Scared (4,4) Any suggestions welcome, TIA The Little rat

wideboy

Words backwards

Is there a name for a word which reads as another word backwards eg 'drawer' and 'reward' as in today's daily mail. (It isn't palindrome which should read the same backwards).

scotty

crusader xword 9 august

Am stuck on two, can anyone offer any ideas, please: I think one down is FAMILYTREE,and two down is LANGUISHED. 1 a) complete female gets sick.... F?L? 9 a) men ran to catch one quarry.... M?N?...

shelly2000

all these answers can be made of wood

insect and a mammal, cpt.picard is computerised, keep prices stable, a wager, compass saw or bow, woo in a silly way, rugby player, marriage is a contest, 32 with different parents, stonelike and...

macron

sunday express crossword

In anatomy, the true skin or dermis under the epidermis? (5) 13a

Emo

Colour link

What colour links Regent Street, Covent Garden, and Tottenham Court Road ?

vaf

THe sunday times

21a brother one day made stronger 6 24a Learned people run to be involved with letitia 8 17d covered walkway left by one company 7

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