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burgess3334

mm links game 2007 April (week 1)

Did you spot the "quote" from the sonnet "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day"? The third line is "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May" This leads to the title: "DARLING BUDS OF MAY" I...
09:01 Sat 05th May 200751 answers, last by chriss 18:24 Sun 06th May 2007
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Librarians4

Ditloid puzzlers

Found a ditloid quiz sheet with no answers to it. We have done all but three, which are 4WC, 4SG and 3A in a WM. The best brains and Internet searchers have drawn a blank! Please can anyone help...
15:57 Thu 03rd May 20076 answers, last by Librarians4 10:42 Tue 08th May 2007
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DGR

rt 19

3 down "TV actor to do cabinet role again" is, I think, "Robbie Coltrane" but assuming it is an anagram, where does the second "b" come from?
17:29 Thu 03rd May 20074 answers, last by DGR 17:50 Thu 03rd May 2007
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swannbaker

Going down .

Take an English word of 9 different letters . Remove the 4th and 7th letters , leaving the order unchanged , to produce a 7 lettered English word . Now take the 7 lettered word and again remove the...
18:55 Thu 19th Apr 20072 answers, last by swannbaker 17:31 Thu 03rd May 2007
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LottieAnne

The Times 3 December 1988

1ac Do hardy men relax, having achieved their objective? (4,3,3) - - - n / - - - /d - -. Not too sure about the 'd'. 4d Doubtful accession involving left of revivalist movement (10) 3rd letter 'o' 14d...
20:54 Tue 01st May 20076 answers, last by LottieAnne 16:03 Wed 02nd May 2007
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bronty

they are all english castles.

Take lapse of falldown in walled city near wales. Change one letter from pig cultivated land. flow with crowd together in it but no e. Side of building of no importance. Piece of torn cloth soil...
11:32 Tue 01st May 20073 answers, last by swannbaker 14:15 Tue 01st May 2007
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informashun

bad for you

what if eaten over many years can cause stress and a feeling of constantly being under pressure and unwell?
12:24 Tue 01st May 20076 answers, last by ddon 16:27 Tue 01st May 2007
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endanger

sat times

6d They flew a bird through country, over top of hill to opening of nest (6,3,5) 24a Now different NI district is moving in a positive direction (7) 1d Current plan announced (7) ????g?? many thanks E
13:59 Tue 01st May 20079 answers, last by kayakamina 14:13 Tue 01st May 2007
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MCC

Times 23587

I'm finding this a real pain, this week - last one - 14 across - "Rejecting the imperfections of war is not the real argument" (5,3) - ?T?A? M?N I'd appreciate an explanation, too.
14:02 Tue 01st May 20074 answers, last by kettledrum 14:34 Tue 01st May 2007
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Meadow Lane

Daily Tel 25,292

12a "Nervous and pale losing heart" 6 ?E?R?L 19d "Dredges river locks" 7 D?E???S 25a "Judge faces reversal on end of sentence" 6 E?T?E?
13:55 Tue 01st May 20077 answers, last by Meadow Lane 14:08 Tue 01st May 2007
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hobnail

GFQ 18 one to go !!

Sorry, it's me again, just one to go. 13) If Julia has one child, Dawn has two children, Esmeralda has three children, and Arabella has four children,then logically how many children does Bryony have...
22:26 Sat 28th Apr 20075 answers, last by swannbaker 23:20 Sun 29th Apr 2007
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wideboy

Puzzled!

There was a woman whose mother died. When she was at the funeral she met a guy who she fell instantly in love with. Unfortunately she didn't get his name or address and spent the next two weeks...
23:30 Thu 26th Apr 20079 answers, last by wideboy 16:51 Fri 27th Apr 2007
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shineybomb

Cryptic London Underground Quiz (part 4)

Help needed to complete this quiz. All answers are underground stations, DLR or north london railway stations (from www.netquizzes.com): 1. Patella isn't blue 2. Field guns stop car 3. Hoary big...
13:30 Thu 26th Apr 20079 answers, last by swannbaker 00:05 Fri 27th Apr 2007
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imd123

Why do Head Chefs wear tall hats?

Not really a 'quiz' question but didn't know where to post it! Why do head chefs traditionally wear the tall hats? Is it so they can be easily spotted in the kitchen? Is there a name for the hat?...
17:15 Tue 24th Apr 20075 answers, last by Alibobs 20:44 Tue 24th Apr 2007
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jabula

Great fun Quiz 18

I saw this a few days ago, but no one has come up with an answer to this question which intrigues me. If Julia has 1 child, Dawn has two, Esmerelda has 3 and Arabella has four children, how many...
15:53 Sun 22nd Apr 20075 answers, last by Goofy 11:15 Mon 23rd Apr 2007
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swannbaker

It's a draw .

With how few straight lines can you draw exactly 100 squares , no fewer , no more ?
11:39 Sun 22nd Apr 20078 answers, last by jackiecee 04:15 Thu 26th Apr 2007
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Tigra Girl

Girls Names

Clues to girl's names - number of letters in brackets 9) Chancy Speculation (3) 15) My name is ................ (8) 17) Who is She? (6) 18) Type of Biscuit (5) 29) Part of a Sweet (3) 35) Hussy! (7)...
21:03 Fri 20th Apr 20076 answers, last by swannbaker 22:49 Fri 20th Apr 2007
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LottieAnne

The times 1995 National Final

1ac Powerful leader one should read carefully (8) 3rd letter probably 'w' 5ac Work in college (6) 10ac Walk East to America? Certain to be a tragedy. (10,5) 3rd letter 1st word probably i. 17d...
10:25 Thu 19th Apr 200711 answers, last by Muffet 23:53 Mon 30th Apr 2007
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caragatha

cricket

australia on an unbeaten stream in the world cup for 25 years name the first team to beat them and what year .
16:05 Thu 19th Apr 20072 answers, last by swannbaker 19:02 Thu 19th Apr 2007
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sohcahtoa

dt25280

25ac: Serious sport - English take on Madrid? (8) Thanks
13:03 Tue 17th Apr 20072 answers, last by sohcahtoa 13:27 Tue 17th Apr 2007

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