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All I know is that its not valid on apterous, and im pretty sure its not an omission,.Jon Corby wrote:What about ODE(2r) though?JackHurst wrote:SPLOIERS for conundrum on 31st March
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Its not OED valid, so you've got an excuse if you didn't get it.
Habit. And because alternative numbers solutions are so awesome.Jon Corby wrote:I haven't looked ahead a single day yet. Why did you need to check the answers to a numbers game and a straightforward conundrum?
What are you all talking about? Do you have to actually have the calendar to understand this thread?JackHurst wrote:All I know is that its not valid on apterous, and im pretty sure its not an omission,.Jon Corby wrote:What about ODE(2r) though?JackHurst wrote:SPLOIERS for conundrum on 31st March
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Yes.Gavin Chipper wrote:What are you all talking about? Do you have to actually have the calendar to understand this thread?
I mean, someone could mention the word that you are talking about. There was no spoiler under the "spoiler space"!Jon Corby wrote:Yes.Gavin Chipper wrote:What are you all talking about? Do you have to actually have the calendar to understand this thread?
Maybe you should have bought the calendar? Would you like us to post all the puzzles here everyday for you, you cheapskate? Get the hell out of my sight.Gavin Chipper wrote:I mean, someone could mention the word that you are talking about. There was no spoiler under the "spoiler space"!Jon Corby wrote:Yes.Gavin Chipper wrote:What are you all talking about? Do you have to actually have the calendar to understand this thread?
My favourite post in a long time.Jon Corby wrote:
Maybe you should have bought the calendar? Would you like us to post all the puzzles here everyday for you, you cheapskate? Get the hell out of my sight.
It made me cry. I hope you're happy.JackHurst wrote:My favourite post in a long time.Jon Corby wrote:
Maybe you should have bought the calendar? Would you like us to post all the puzzles here everyday for you, you cheapskate? Get the hell out of my sight.
I saw that one while I was reading the dictionaryKirk Bevins wrote:Today's letters produce a 9 letter word but the calendar shows max as 7. Lots of errors recently. We forgive you, Stewart.
Lol.Jon Corby wrote:Doddy, do you have the Calendar?
The answer is SPOILERS.JackHurst wrote:SPLOIERS for conundrum on 31st March
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What did I miss here?Jon Corby wrote:Doddy, do you have the Calendar?
Pesticide, again.David O'Donnell wrote:What did I miss here?Jon Corby wrote:Doddy, do you have the Calendar?
A-LOL, if you cunts weren't so funny ...JackHurst wrote:Pesticide, again.David O'Donnell wrote:What did I miss here?Jon Corby wrote:Doddy, do you have the Calendar?
RBAYJon Corby wrote:Doddy, do you have the Calendar?
My calendar's at work so I don't see the weekend ones until Monday...Kai Laddiman wrote:RBAYJon Corby wrote:Doddy, do you have the Calendar?
I reckon he'd deny it.Ryan Taylor wrote:Wonder if The Gillard has the calendar?
Awesome.Matt Morrison wrote:I reckon he'd deny it.Ryan Taylor wrote:Wonder if The Gillard has the calendar?
I don't understand any of this. I gather there's a Countdown calendar and I gather it would be amusing to you if I denied owning one, so here you go: I deny it. But I still don't get the joke, maybe because I'mRyan Taylor wrote:Awesome.Matt Morrison wrote:I reckon he'd deny it.Ryan Taylor wrote:Wonder if The Gillard has the calendar?
I didn't think that was a word, but Finlo Rohrer on the BBC website also seems to think it is, not to mention Michael Wallace.Kevin Thurlow wrote:unitiated
The conundrum on yesterday's calendar page was UATSCHOOL.Adam Gillard wrote:I don't understand any of this. I gather there's a Countdown calendar and I gather it would be amusing to you if I denied owning one, so here you go: I deny it.Ryan Taylor wrote:I reckon he'd deny it.Matt Morrison wrote:Wonder if The Gillard has the calendar?
Well I'm not at school but I have been sucked into your trap. Holocaust Memorial Day on Thursday.Graeme Cole wrote:The conundrum on yesterday's calendar page was UATSCHOOL.
My grandad's birthday on Thursday.Adam Gillard wrote:Well I'm not at school but I have been sucked into your trap. Holocaust Memorial Day on Thursday.Graeme Cole wrote:The conundrum on yesterday's calendar page was UATSCHOOL.
My aunt's too.Ryan Taylor wrote:My grandad's birthday on Thursday.Adam Gillard wrote:Well I'm not at school but I have been sucked into your trap. Holocaust Memorial Day on Thursday.Graeme Cole wrote:The conundrum on yesterday's calendar page was UATSCHOOL.
Wow. 743.Matt Morrison wrote:My aunt's too.Ryan Taylor wrote:My grandad's birthday on Thursday.Adam Gillard wrote:Well I'm not at school but I have been sucked into your trap. Holocaust Memorial Day on Thursday.
Not that I've seen, although today's conundrum is super easy.Ryan Taylor wrote:Is the calendar the same every year?
Yeah that's what made me wonder because this topic was created on Feb 12th last year and the answer was pretty much the same.James Robinson wrote:Not that I've seen, although today's conundrum is super easy.Ryan Taylor wrote:Is the calendar the same every year?
Anagram: RECEDESUP
)Genuinely didn't notice this mainly because like you say the numbers are so piss easy. Conundrums have been quite tricky of late I thought. It took me until about 3pm today to spot today's one and I had to give up on the HARDYTOIL oneJon Corby wrote:Today's page features the rarely-seen "1 large and 4 small" numbers selection. (Fortunately the numbers are always so piss-easy that it still doesn't present the slightest challenge
I noticed it too, but luckily it was well easy, but so was the conundrum (well, at least in my opinion anywayRyan Taylor wrote:Genuinely didn't notice this mainly because like you say the numbers are so piss easy. Conundrums have been quite tricky of late I thought. It took me until about 3pm today to spot today's one and I had to give up on the HARDYTOIL oneJon Corby wrote:Today's page features the rarely-seen "1 large and 4 small" numbers selection. (Fortunately the numbers are always so piss-easy that it still doesn't present the slightest challenge
), and I also gave up on HARDYTOIL, can't even remember what the answer is even now 
Oh yeah I didn't get yesterday's either. Thought it was OCTOHARPS or something (yes, I know that ends in an S but I still thought it sounded good).James Robinson wrote:I noticed it too, but luckily it was well easy, but so was the conundrum (well, at least in my opinion anywayRyan Taylor wrote:Genuinely didn't notice this mainly because like you say the numbers are so piss easy. Conundrums have been quite tricky of late I thought. It took me until about 3pm today to spot today's one and I had to give up on the HARDYTOIL oneJon Corby wrote:Today's page features the rarely-seen "1 large and 4 small" numbers selection. (Fortunately the numbers are always so piss-easy that it still doesn't present the slightest challenge
And don't get me started on yesterday's conundrum
I got HARDYTOIL at the time, but just now it took me >30 seconds to remember what the answer was. Seems my memory is worse than my anagram solving ability.Ryan Taylor wrote:Oh yeah I didn't get yesterday's either. Thought it was OCTOHARPS or something (yes, I know that ends in an S but I still thought it sounded good).James Robinson wrote:I noticed it too, but luckily it was well easy, but so was the conundrum (well, at least in my opinion anywayRyan Taylor wrote:Genuinely didn't notice this mainly because like you say the numbers are so piss easy. Conundrums have been quite tricky of late I thought. It took me until about 3pm today to spot today's one and I had to give up on the HARDYTOIL one
And don't get me started on yesterday's conundrum
I think I know the intended solution for HARDYTOIL (THYROIDAL*), but there's no anagram for it in Lexplorer, so you might be wasting your time trying to think of it.Charlie Reams wrote:I got CARPHOTOS in about 3 seconds and still haven't solved HARDYTOIL, FWIW.
That is indeed the given solution, but you're right; it's not in the dictionary.Adam Gillard wrote:I think I know the intended solution for HARDYTOIL (THYROIDAL*), but there's no anagram for it in Lexplorer, so you might be wasting your time trying to think of it.Charlie Reams wrote:I got CARPHOTOS in about 3 seconds and still haven't solved HARDYTOIL, FWIW.
I got that, but wasn't 100% on it. I guess that was why. I got CRAPSHOOT fairly quickly too, but only after toying with SOPHOCRAT for a few secondsGraeme Cole wrote:That is indeed the given solution, but you're right; it's not in the dictionary.
I was wondering that when I saw it, but thought, "Surely no-one's that stupidGraeme Cole wrote:Today's conundrum STORMFIRE has an alternative, somewhat easier, solution as well as the intended one.
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Don't be so negative.Jon Corby wrote:Rats, turns out I was 450 out on the answer yesterday - the solution to 380 was given as
50-2x10-100
This wouldn't have happened when I used to write the puzzles.Jon Corby wrote:Saturday's puzzle was: 374 from 100,10,25,2,10,6 (which is a pretty good one, so have a go before reading on)
Answer given as 25+2x10+100+(10-6). I could almost excuse the erroneous L-R style of expression had it been consistently applied, but why the brackets at the end?
Would you have ever presented an illegal six-vowel selection:Jon O'Neill wrote:This wouldn't have happened when I used to write the puzzles.
Jon Corby wrote: Would you have ever presented an illegal six-vowel selection:
O S I P A U R I U
and then spuriously given 'SPURIOUS' as the best answer the next day?
Well, I'm not going to find out, I threw the rest of it in the bin.Stewart Holden wrote:Hopefully it's a one-off!