Posed last night in pub. What is a 9 letter word which if you take one letter away at a time always makes a proper word? Last letter left is going to be either i or a but as a clue my friend thought...
hi still need a few, have got really stumped on these ,hope someone can help. part four have still got eggs and bacon dahlia wallflower cornmarigold sweet pea have got to put them in pairs wild one...
Got a bit bogged down in top left corner! Can anyone assist ? 1A Make unknown spirit (6) B?L?D? (but B may be wrong) 1D Hurry finding difficult situation in secret passage (8) I have put BOLTHOLE but...
This is driving me crazy and I'm sure one of you clever people will put me out of my misery. Three men went into a restaurant and each ordered a meal costing ?10. When they had finished the went to...
I am baffled - please will someone help? 1. What familiar foreign expression of just eight letters in two words contains all five vowels ? (General Knowledge Section) 2. What 3 nine-letter words...
Can anyone name 2 more England internationals since 1993 who's first name starts with the same letter as the last name of their surname? So far I've got Nigel Martyn, Nigel Winterburn, Sean...
I'm struggling to finish this quiz so would appreciate help with the following please 4. FF & BR (television/film) 12. BF & the H (television 14. ST & SM (television) 17. JT & CD (music/film) 28. WR &...
1a) Setting by Handel of an ode by Dryden (10, 5) 1d) Series of single dramas on TV from 1956 to 1974 (8, 7) 8d) Give up in the face of defeat ( 5, 2, 3, 5) 30a) restriction in currency movement (8,...
I thought I'd finished but having second thoughts about one question. Answers are all bird names - 'Greedy person.' There's so many - it could be Vulture, Raptor or even Gull. What do you think?