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'Carol will not be sitting in dictionary corner'

That seems a pretty uncontroversial statement - does she suddenly fancy herself as a lexicographer now?

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Ah OK, that's interesting. I used Firefox and there were no markings - just the option to double click when you hovered over the various parts of the screen, which made it quite easy to miss one.

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Well done Rosemary! The red herring wasn't such a neat touch if you missed one of the genuine entries like I did! it seems to specifically label the hotspots on an iPad, but not on a PC

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Thanks Rosemary, I stumbled across this a few days ago as well. Managed to get them all after a protracted struggle - there are some real stinkers in there, a few of which jar from a "cryptic crossword" point of view Well done you! After several days poring over lists I'm still missing tw...

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Thanks Rosemary, I stumbled across this a few days ago as well. Managed to get them all after a protracted struggle - there are some real stinkers in there, a few of which jar from a "cryptic crossword" point of view

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BAREFOOT in Round 4, PETIOLES in Round 13

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DESALTED in round 6, LEPORINE in round 13

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OVARITIS round 6

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I presume this is in Excel? If you divide everyone's hourly wage by 1000, add a random number x and then format the column as Date, everyone's entry will just show the same date, which you can choose via x (e.g x = 41,000 gives everyone the date 01/04/2012). Pretty unlikely anyone would try formatti...

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Loved the question on band Venn diagrams - one of my favourites for a while

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PINNATELY in round 8

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LOWLIFES was there in R7 I think

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3rd numbers: (10+6)*9*6+9+4=877. Tough numbers today - wonder if that first one is possible?

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PARERGON in Round 12, courtesy of Mr Bevins

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AEGROTATS in Round 8, SAURIAN in Round 9

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First one is ATHEISTS, as in AT HEISTS.

Second one is TYPE A

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Cheers Ben and thanks for organising the tournament. I had exceptionally tough but enjoyable games in every round and can't quite believe I managed to squeeze through all of them. Hopefully I'll manage to make it along to one of the CO events within the next year, so you might not need to change the...

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Ha, really! <checks apterous> Damn, I really should get myself one of those OED3 things,

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PROEMIAL in Round 4, JONESED in Round 11, RUSTICATE Round 12

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Cheers Adam. I edged past Kirk 5-3, after he was 3-1 up.

Bob 118-112 Kirk
Kirk 98-96 Bob
Bob 90-97 Kirk
Kirk 124-123 Bob
Bob 109-89 Kirk
Kirk 94-127 Bob
Bob 104-93 Kirk
Kirk 86-103 Bob

Thanks Kirk, great games

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MANGONELS in Round 8

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ANAPHOR as a beater in R11, STIPPLED in R13

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In please, Adam

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Congrats to Adam. Kirk and I are playing our semi final next Wednesday at 8.30pm.

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Thanks Innis - cracking set of games and just lucky for me that the crucial conundrum was the first time I've ever seen one before you!

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Just too slow Martin! Thanks Julie - saw it late as I was trying to factor 840 with 7*6 and go from there, as I expect Rachel did (can't remember what she actually wrote).

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2nd numbers one away:

(6 * 6 * 8 - 7) * 3 - 4 = 839

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In for qualifiers please Ben

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I'm in

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PARANOIC as an equaller in Round 13. Sri looks like a very good player - some excellent spots

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EULOGIST is a nice 8 in round 6

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10 is "A merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all forumites", but I prefer Mark's answer.

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Beer next time I'm in Edinburgh, Mr V. Cheers! Will be interested to know how you get on

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I agree with gev. I think there's potential for a Google-proof connections type quiz like the RSS one posted by raccoon, but a straight GK one just seems a bit uninteresting. Might try to write one...

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Yep, fruity Eugene and the tennis to go. I found 3 pretty unsatisfactory and out of keeping with the rest of the quiz, so sure there is a neat trick.

Nice spot on Russia by the way

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Yep, that's right Phil. A simple but very effective code, I think.

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Finally got the connection for 2b!

JL (1963) is Jerry Lewis, EM (1996) is Eddie Murphy, both of whom played the Nutty Professor!

Ryan, I got the same as you for Number 3, although not the same times. Will have a nother check

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Cracked the code for 1)

Answer for the Macmillan quote is:

ar aan: 'eve ha it so ood'

Clue is alphanumeric extremes

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A mate of mine has got 4), although Ryan was pretty much there. I was expecting it to be more complicated. They all contain greek letters in their names. The three examples are DELTA Goodram, Catherine ZETA-jones and PHIliP SIdney (two letters). The other all contain greek letters straddling names. ...

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Nice one Phil, guess "evoking" widens the net a bit

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Cheers for posting this - it's a great quiz. I've got a couple that we're missing. 6) When written as words, the number of letters in each number increases by one each time, i.e. Ten (3), Nine (4)...Ninety-six (9). This works for both sequences. 7) The phrases are mnemonics for the first notes in na...

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Best conundrum buzz ever, Graeme - loved it. Congrats to you, and well played Carl as well - really good final.

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Thought I might as well join in the fun. Probably medium/hard, but nothing too tricky knowledge-wise

http://www.puzzgrid.com/grid.php?id=1654

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Yep, you're missing the fact that I'm an idiot who thinks 48-9 is 37

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Second nums:

(6*8-9)*7-1

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STIMULI in round 13

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RIFLEMAN was there in round 4

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Hmm catcher's box less obscure than double dribble. Not sure about that. If you took the survey in America perhaps as it's called travelling over there. Travelling isn't the same thing - that's when you change your pivot foot after you've stopped without bouncing the ball. A double dribble is dribb...

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Sure - I can see that there is no way mine is optimal, but I think you do need some sort of cap, otherwise you could just keep looking ahead to see if you can improve ad infinitum - then it may start to look more like a variant of the secretary problem. To follow on from your idea of obviously takin...

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Although it has some similarities to the secretary problem, the way Gev has phrased it seems to imply that you have perfect information, i.e. you'd never have to make a decision without knowing what is coming next. Assuming that the tube is not infinitely long (as you could surely then just wait for...

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I mean, have there really been any historically awesome boxing fights over the last 5-10 years? If you mean heavyweight boxing, then I agree with you - there haven't been any. If you mean in any weight division, then I think there have been a few. Corrales v Castillo in 2005 is the best one I can o...

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I remember watching the Superbowl a few years ago and seeing this awesome set of Reebok ads

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That's got to be the worst attempt at picking numbers I've seen for a while

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1st Numbers:
(7+6)*(50+9)+(7-1)

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I think so, Jim! Makes more sense in the context of the song.

For some reason, I always thought Freddie Mercury sang "I don't have no time for no-one, kick his ass" in Living on my Own.

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Nice one Kai. I always found this one doubly confusing, because I used to think that What's My Age Again by Blink 182 went "I walk alone, to get the feeling right", when that actually is "I wore cologne"!

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There appear to be ten answers, but only five of them were pointless. Apart from Birt, Dyke and Thompson, I don't recognise them at all. Maybe some of the older contestants would have been better placed.

Think Hussey was Chairman, wasn't he?

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At the other end of the scale, that final round question was ridiculously tough. Directors General of the BBC since WWII... good luck with that.

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Cambridge and UCL for me the first time round, and Sussex on my recent foray back into academia

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Did he utilise a "faith healer" as part of his managament team?

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