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Lions Squad

Only two Scots in a squad of 41? Yet Payne and Henderson get picked - and 12 Welsh! I fear a trouncing....
12:58 Wed 19th Apr 20174 answers, last by snags 22:43 Fri 21st Apr 2017
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The Knowledge

Where does the money come from to pay the wages of the examiners and the other people who work in the Knowledge office? Presumably the examinees have to pay to be tested, but is there a levy on...
22:45 Wed 12th Apr 201719 answers, last by ParsleyDumpling 09:53 Thu 13th Apr 2017
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Private Eye 596

'Who'd plot against Trump's spokesman (about to be replaced, by right) (9) The answer is CONSPIRER - who'd plot - but I can't see the wordplay. Ideas, please!...
10:50 Wed 05th Apr 20173 answers, last by goodgoalie 10:55 Wed 05th Apr 2017
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Jimi:all Is By My Side

Got this biopic of Hendrix on in the background. The actor playing him doesn't look or sound remotely like him, can't play the guitar, and the film's producers seem to have failed to secure the rights...
22:31 Sat 01st Apr 201710 answers, last by Murdo 07:36 Sun 02nd Apr 2017
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Times Jumbo Cryptic 1257

Girl wreathed in lilac cultivated from an earlier time (9) The answer is CLASSICAL: the wordplay seems to be lass (girl) with an anagram of 'lilac' round it - but CICAL isn't an anagram of lilac. Or...
13:06 Sat 01st Apr 20178 answers, last by goodgoalie 11:54 Sun 02nd Apr 2017
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For Buenchico

Hi Buenchico. Could you please have a look at the last post I made here re another scam email (I think) from 'PayPal'. I'd appreciate your expertise:...
00:32 Sun 26th Mar 201710 answers, last by allen 11:19 Sun 26th Mar 2017
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Mutiny

They are now on day 35 or 36 of their journey, and the two cameramen on board have been filming all that time, but their batteries have not run out. Do you think the support vessel replenishes them?...
12:47 Wed 22nd Mar 201722 answers, last by RobNorth 01:17 Thu 23rd Mar 2017
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Pay Pal Scam?

Today I received an email thanking me for my order for £39.99 for a subscription to Playstation, via PayPal, with whom I have never had an account, a subscription request which I never made. It comes...
18:21 Mon 20th Mar 201717 answers, last by goodgoalie 00:52 Sun 26th Mar 2017
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Times 26,663

Been scratching my head on this last one most of today: 'Current cut off from Rhode Island, city awaiting power' (5) E?E?T Elect, event, erect?
23:55 Fri 03rd Mar 20175 answers, last by goodgoalie 00:02 Sat 04th Mar 2017
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The Replacement

At the beginning we saw the architect practice celebrating getting the library contract. So how come the builders were already on site, with hoardings up etc? Surely it would take several weeks, if...
23:48 Tue 28th Feb 201710 answers, last by cupid04 16:21 Mon 06th Mar 2017
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The Chase - Paul Sinha

How on earth did Paul Sinha manage to become a Chaser? He is awful, and today - yet again - he lost in the final chase. He stumbles, stutters, hesitates; but, having said that, the more I watch him...
00:01 Fri 24th Feb 201717 answers, last by NID1 14:07 Sat 06th Jul 2019
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Electricity Fixed Tariffs

My fixed electricity tariff comes to an end in a couple of months. The best fixed deal they have at the moment (quarterly direct debit) is 15.23p per unit and just over 18p per day standing charge:...
12:42 Mon 20th Feb 20173 answers, last by woofgang 16:02 Mon 20th Feb 2017
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Foreign Accents In Openoffice

Does anybody, please, know how to write foreign accents (acutes, umlauts etc) in OpenOffice? Also, is it possible to write them in Hotmail emails?...
12:28 Wed 08th Feb 20176 answers, last by gl556tr 17:29 Thu 09th Feb 2017
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Times Cryptic 26,640

Have managed to wrestle this crossword into submission, but can't work out the wordplay that makes 11 down SUBSTANTIALLY. Maybe you'd explain, please, Jo?!
14:00 Sat 04th Feb 20178 answers, last by goodgoalie 14:18 Sat 04th Feb 2017
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For Gness/byzance

Hi Gness, thanks for your posts. Yes, Rive Gauche is lovely, and (old romantic, me) I have a very old empty can of it on my bathroom shelf - very very faintly still smells of it! Just occurred to me:...
13:18 Wed 01st Feb 20171 answer, last by gness 15:49 Wed 01st Feb 2017
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Thanks, Buenchico

After your advice of about half an hour ago, AB has improved beyond recognition, and is honestly working about 20 times faster than it has ever done, even before the redesign. Obrigado!
00:15 Wed 01st Feb 20177 answers, last by gness 01:05 Wed 01st Feb 2017
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Where's My Avatar?

I signed up to Gravatar with my Answerbank username and with the same email address I used to register with Answerbank, and clicked on 'Activate avatar' but still not seen it. Is there something else...
23:48 Thu 26th Jan 201724 answers, last by jourdain2 18:13 Fri 27th Jan 2017
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Charlie Dagnall

He was commentating from this morning (Sun 22nd Jan) on the India v England cricket, and now he's hosting the BBC radio coverage of the two NFL games. Where is he? India? A studio in England?
23:51 Sun 22nd Jan 20171 answer, last by goodgoalie 12:20 Mon 23rd Jan 2017
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Apple Tree Yard

Hmmmm. Apart from thinking that the Ben Chaplin character was smarmily unattractive, couldn't stop thinking two things: Ben Chaplin's head is too big for his body; and Emily Watson is the double of...
23:25 Sun 22nd Jan 201726 answers, last by Sqad 16:18 Tue 24th Jan 2017
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Fitting Gas Boot Struts

Assuming I can get hold of them myself, does anybody know if fitting 2 new gas boot struts is an easy DIY job?
00:14 Sat 21st Jan 20178 answers, last by stocksman 17:28 Sat 21st Jan 2017

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