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Paxman To Step Down

Jeremy Paxman is stepping down as host of University Challenge after 28 years .Any thoughts on who might replace him? Oh please, just not Sandi Toksvig!...

axman

8 Down

Fascinating, intriguing. A?t?r?s?i??

naomi24

Little Things That Make Your Day

Yesterday I spotted a little bee wandering slowly on my patio in the hot sunshine. He didn’t look happy so I put him in the shade on a shallow dish with some water in it. He didn’t move. Dead I...

professorplum13

Ev 1552

Full grid with combined answers filled in ( not real words?) but where is the MESSAGE please?

lashley

Spec Next Door

last 2 does 3d end with a n e or an a? 22d african lizards,gnus and zebras-20 lost out S?N?A?ERs please parse-thanks...

yungadin

Dt 30,063

5 Down :More work - increased touring to Italy and America. Answer : utopia. 15 Down : Mary, Jane or Jerry ? Answer : pot ....

nailit

Musical Genre That You Cant Stand

Ive got quiet an eclectic taste in music, depending upon the mood that I'm in.... Love some classical stuff to chill out to. Enjoy metal, punk, new wave and basically anything 80's (Teenage years...

Matakari

A Puzzle By Radler ( August )...

Good day, a puzzle by Radler with some tricky clues for which I am seeking some answers to hopefully go on to crack the riddle. Thanks in advance! ( Preamble: Five answers in the completed grid can be...

pimplyteen

Unnecessary Warnings

Now and again I sometimes need a rubber band and end up hunting the house down for one, so today while out and about I bought a packet. Can someone explain why I need to be warned? This is what it...

jobjockey

Supplements

I have refused to buy the Telegraph for the last two Saturdays due to the absence of the supplements, I don't think £3.50 is good value mius the supplemants, and to add to my woe my Daily Mail didn't...

Pumbah

Daily Telegraph General Knowledge (Gk) 12,951 Saturday August 6Th 2022

Last two. 55A " A dialect word for a seasonally flooded chalk bed or stream" (5) Bourn?. 48D "Meaning 'small circle', a French verse form of 13 or 14 lines" (6). Rondel?...

Rondy

Cemetery

Two little boys stole a load of apples from a neighbours apple tree. They decided to go to a quiet place to share the lot equally. One of them suggested the nearby cemetery. As they were jumping over...

maggiebee

Daft Definitions

Pantry - The room where you keep your underwear. Pants - What underwear does on a long run up a steep hill. Parachute - A double-barrelled shotgun. Paradox - Two doctors. Pasteurise - Too far to see....

Ken4155

Either Half - Sat 30 July 2022

Hoping to get at least one all-correct bet this season, or, at the very least, a few decent cash-out offers. All 1500 starts, bar Middlesbrough - 1730. Norwich, Luton, Rotherham, Blackpool, Wigan,...

Matakari

Spectator 2566...

Good evening, it’s Pabulum again for me and things are falling into place at a gentle pace. I’m anxious to crack the theme, but am stuck on some clues for which I would appreciate answers. Thanks in...

sandyRoe

Would Bookmakers Accept A Bet That A Football Game Would Not End In A Draw?

In Sunday's match you could bet on both teams and whichever won walk away with a profit. If the game finished as a draw you'd lose. Could you strike a bet that it wouldn't end as a draw?

Krypto

Spectator 2566 Somewhere Xii

I would be really grateful for help with my last few unsolved clues: 13a ?R?N? 41a ?I?RR? 50a I? S? 34d ?R??EEN...

ZebuSanctuary

Radio Times Prize Crossword 16

Clue: 'The outcome of a regular letter' Solution: 'Event' Could someone please explain how the answer is arrived at. Thanks in advance!

Bobbisox1

Old Advert Jingles Or Sayings

Which ones can you remember?! I’ll put this in CB as a big of Thursday afternoon fun as if it’s in adverts it’ll probably go unseen You’ll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with...