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Re: Monthly Puzzles

#101 Post by Bunnylump » Sun Jun 15, 2025 6:55 pm

Oh, you are so nearly there! As soon as you realise where they are from...
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#102 Post by Bunnylump » Mon Jun 16, 2025 9:54 pm

And LAT has also found thw answer. 😄
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#103 Post by Bunnylump » Mon Jun 30, 2025 1:57 pm

Just putting this up now because I'm bored! :lol: July puzzle, hope you like it. :)
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#104 Post by LAT » Mon Jun 30, 2025 8:33 pm

I have a few answers, I'm enjoying it so far! :D

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#105 Post by Bunnylump » Mon Jun 30, 2025 8:54 pm

:D
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#106 Post by SparkOut » Mon Jun 30, 2025 9:38 pm

I think "Grace and her children move into a new house in Jersey, but haunting causes annoyances. (3,6)" should be 3,7?

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#107 Post by SparkOut » Mon Jun 30, 2025 9:56 pm

And possibly "The world's most famous clown spends Halloween in a dilapidated hospital with friends (4) 2005 3" should have 4 as the last digit too? (or maybe 2)


I liked this one a lot

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#108 Post by LAT » Mon Jun 30, 2025 10:54 pm

Favourite clue so far is 'A writer befriends a Polish Immigrant....' :D but lots have been good.

Am still working my way through them.

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#109 Post by Bunnylump » Mon Jun 30, 2025 11:43 pm

SparkOut wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 30, 2025 9:38 pm
I think "Grace and her children move into a new house in Jersey, but haunting causes annoyances. (3,6)" should be 3,7?
Yes, it should! Sorry (you know I can't count?) :lol:
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#110 Post by Bunnylump » Mon Jun 30, 2025 11:46 pm

SparkOut wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 30, 2025 9:56 pm
And possibly "The world's most famous clown spends Halloween in a dilapidated hospital with friends (4) 2005 3" should have 4 as the last digit too? (or maybe 2)


I liked this one a lot
Again, yes, that's right.
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Re: Monthly Puzzles

#111 Post by Bunnylump » Mon Jun 30, 2025 11:48 pm

And Sparkout has solved the July puzzle whilst it's still June. :lol: Well done.

I had lots of fun writing this one! :lol:
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#112 Post by LAT » Tue Jul 01, 2025 12:17 am

Is the letter count correct on the Rebel princess clue? I'd like it to be 5,4

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#113 Post by SparkOut » Tue Jul 01, 2025 7:28 am

Funny, I solved it having copied 5,4 down, so didn't notice that count. I think it should be 5,4 too. (Well, it is)

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Re: Monthly Puzzles

#114 Post by SparkOut » Tue Jul 01, 2025 7:52 am

LAT wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 30, 2025 10:54 pm
Favourite clue so far is 'A writer befriends a Polish Immigrant....' :D but lots have been good.

Am still working my way through them.
Agreed. Other faves are the young French waitress, the four astronauts and the selfish car dealer clues.

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#115 Post by LAT » Tue Jul 01, 2025 8:38 am

SparkOut wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 01, 2025 7:28 am
Funny, I solved it having copied 5,4 down, so didn't notice that count. I think it should be 5,4 too. (Well, it is)
Thanks! I spent rather too long wondering what that could be! :roll:

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#116 Post by LAT » Tue Jul 01, 2025 8:39 am

I agree about those other clues, also admired the ingenuity in the Novelist arrives in Vienna clue. :D

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#117 Post by Bunnylump » Tue Jul 01, 2025 10:59 am

...and also congratulations to Scurra and LAT. 😀

P.S Just re posting amended puzzles with (hopefully) corrected enumeration. Thank you to those who spotted them.
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Re: Monthly Puzzles

#118 Post by Bunnylump » Thu Jul 31, 2025 9:21 pm

Hello again folks. Here is my offering for August, hope you like it. Both pages have the same answers, there is just a cryptic version on one and a standard puzzle on the other.

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Re: Monthly Puzzles

#119 Post by LAT » Fri Aug 01, 2025 4:08 pm

Are the grids meant to be the same? The straight grid doesn't have 15 down whereas the cryptic grid does. Which also means the numbering from 15 onwards doesn't match.
Confused Noddy! :?

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Re: Monthly Puzzles

#120 Post by Bunnylump » Sat Aug 02, 2025 10:10 am

Probably won't have time to check today as have lots going on. Sorry, may have posted wrong version. Have temporarily removed.
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