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Travel Insurance to cover cancellation if you have to return due to illness/death in the family

I want to book a holiday but my father has been diagnosed with cancer and as yet we dont know what treatment he needs. I need travel insurance cover to cover my costs if the trip has to be cancelled...

galasalmon

Scottish quiz

Answers are either Cryptic or factual, Thought I had finished it but found 2 more , any help gratefully received. The winner and loser . at Killiecrankie ( 6 ) Shares it's name with a marooned sailor...

Puzzled001

Identifying Oriental 'Priest' sculpture

Hi all, I have been given a garden statue of an oriental old man (priest, I think) with an open 'prayer' scroll extending from his right hand at shoulder height to his waist , in his left hand,...

flocker

TLS 935

17 dn. Boorish cavalry officer from Victorian fiction, said to be from Northern Ireland. (8) ?E?R?M?N Derryman? Can't locate this anywhere...

potterfan3

Ancestor's Job

I've been recently looking up my family tree, and I've found that a couple ancestors had the same job though I can't read the writing. https://dl.dropbox.com/u/60029413/occ.jpg can anyone read this?...

youngmafbog

Why have we allowed this to happen?

IMMIGRANTS make up almost one in five of all murder and rape suspects an investigation has revealed. In London, of the 547 people charged with rape in the past 12 months, 174 were non-UK citizens....

starmack

Phoenix wrap up

Stuck. Any help appreciated. 6d. 9 letters. Could swilling beer avert breakdowns of back in parts? V???????L 30a. 8 letters. Mushy peas hold type of flower No letters. Is it part anagram? 7d. 8...

Mamyalynne

♫ Happy Birthday Lie-in-King♫

Have a lovely time, enjoy your special day. Mamya Purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ♥♥♥ http://www.partyballo...juvenile/09582-01.jpg...

catgullyarha

i do like to be beside the seaside. relating to all things coastal in the british isles, towns, flora fauna, islands,natural or man-made features,in fact or fiction

2/ shining on nobleman?[8,4] I should imagine something "pier" 4/ small brook, perhaps 5/ the quarter game...

dottfv

Double Quiz

The answer to first part is an anagram of second eg. funeral hymn and edge - dirge - edge. 1. decorum - straightening 2. cryptographs - globular 3. engraver of metal - scour. Thanks,...

Gallifrey

August prize crossword 245-BBC Music Magazine

Would appreciate any help with these clues,please,thank you. 5 across- Various hidden choirs retained by man,Russian composer(6,9) ?????? ?H???D?I? 23 across- Pianist Boris enthralling sailors,working...

Twit-Who

EV 1027 Checkmate by Shark

An enjoyable puzzle but really once you have the grid fill and letters the highlighting is hardly a challenge. Would have been so much more fun without the across misprint letters.

clairerob21

sum mer quiz

all answers either contain the letters SUM OR MER 1. 70's rock band 7,4,3,6 2. king george vi had one 7 3. tolkien fable 6,5,2,3 4. american actress 7,4...

Ladymojo

Countries

1. No-man's land? 2. Great Britain has showers in the East. 3. Is the girl made of silver? 4. I took off. 5. And/or Royal Academy. 6. A danger many overlook. Any help much appreciated, Thankyou....

Ric.ror

High Blood Pressure

I went for another check up yesterday and the nurse was still concerned about my BP She said the bottom number should be in the 80's but mine was 90 - she did say it could be due to the fact that I...

Lomax

Education - CAM65

OK, looking at CAM65: 1A Sensible sorts of questions articulated ... (9). Answer is MORECAMBE - why? I can't even see a definition in there and Chambers doesn't have a definition for Morecambe. This...

Lomax

Out of my league

Brain power please : In detail mercilessly criticize five veristic works (8)...

birdie1971

Circumcisions in Germany

It is now illegal in Germany to perform circumcisions for purely religious reasons. This has caused the normally fractious relationship between the Jewish and Islamic religions to be temporarily put...

thomson3869

The Herald Monday July 16th 2012

Give out a penny that one found in cabinet? (10) A?????S?E? / Conservative accord just right (6) S????

poodledoo

kings quenns & nicknames

7)Name 2 of 3 monarchs who all reigned during the same year. 15)Who delayed his coronation for 14 years, then died 2 years later? 30)Did his flair for gardening give rise to his nickname?(3-2)... the...

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