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dt.sat

10a..old english name for a hedgehog and 29d..woven cloth named after an english town.B---O--/-o--

July Generalist

Having difficulty this month, stuck on 20d, Shakespeare's appearences. ?s?e?t? Are my letters correct? Please can anyone help? Thank you.

macpark

the generalist

Confirmation sought please for 2 clues. Is 34 Osnaburg or osnaberg? I fancy the former but who knows? Also 47ac Is it Trachearae

Scotaway

dtgk 23/6/07

Just one more and finished 4d please

jasperthomas

ft 401

27 across Composer of the ballet music, The masque of red death *C*E*E*N*I 28 down A type of drum from east africa I*O*A 29 down A small but very troublesome amazonian biting fly *I*M

mimififi

Hi there, i was wandering if any onecould help me understand my friend's twins? She has had IVF treatment and has gone on to have twin girls (born a few weeks ago). The babies look nothing like one...

mjd

polymath 398

14a Psychiatric jargon for the sudden achievement of insight 3,8. I have ?H? R?A?T?O? and the only thing that fits is :THE REACTION but I can't find a reference anywhere.

shaunnutley

Amplification and Decibels

If a sound is amplified does this mean the volume is increased? i ask this because i notice that if i amplify a alarm clock which is 112 dB and adjust the volume on a pair of speakers to 112dB it...

mjd

Number Theory

If you take a set of random numbers N and using only the final digits find the total number of 1s, 2s,3s, 9s. Then the percentage of 1s is always greater than the percentage of 2s etc. etc., and these...

london_lassy

Tel/Herculis

4down...atomizer or atomiser? 20across...howdah or houdah?

SCCheshire

dt 25,302

19a One letter missing - must be obvious! DO?E 26a Is this one NYALA and if so, why? Many thanks

Grenmus

Herculis - two left

Will probably kick myself when I see the answers !! 1D Property where grapes, coffee or other crops are cultivated ---A-E 8A Direct one's ambitions or hopes towards achieving something ---I-E TIA

Steve_ref

How Fast

Posted this on a snooker forum, but I'm not sure how many mathematicians/physicists there are who play snooker. Is it possible to calculate the fastest speed a snooker ball can travel on a standard 12...

fire

Please explain

If air is not used in a divers regulator then what is actualy used apart from oxygen, cause it ends up being air at the end. i know their is to parts to a divers regulator but what "gases" are used as...

yellow11

herculis

end of a hammer head opposite the face ?EE? thanks

Tweed

Resistive and inductive loads.

I am curious about the different max. current specifications stated on various switch gear for resistive loads compared to inductive loads. Surely the current is the overriding factor in what a switch...

clematis

dtgk

It may be easier but i am still stuck on 4!!!!! Help please. 28d 35d 37d. 11d 36a Oops that was 5 can't count either!!!!

mjd

Polymath 384

Stuck on last one:16D Stateroom on a passageway in a ship (5). I have B?B?Y

Lorcan

Cornwall Place Names

These are crypic clues to names of places in Cornwall. No numbers of letters I'm afraid. 1-Patron saint of dentists 2-Broken, Yankee teen 3-Home of the Slobs (Slobs is capitalised on the sheet so I'm...

mjd

Polymath 381

30d Genus of plants yielding leaves for drink. (4) I have T?E?

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