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Mental Mondays #5 Crossword & Puzzles by Mark

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 Mark
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Mark is the designer of this week's tricky prize crossword. This week's test is a mixture of random bike related general knowledge with a few cryptic ...

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Posted : 27/03/2023 10:06 am
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Bah, stuck on 8 across and 13 down. Suspect I'll kick myself on the latter.


 
Posted : 27/03/2023 12:37 pm
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...although, weirdly, the crossword grid and the clues seem to have changed?!


 
Posted : 27/03/2023 12:40 pm
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anyhow, it's the forum powerhouse and the great annual tyre that are befuddling me.


 
Posted : 27/03/2023 12:41 pm
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Whoop, much easier than last week. Failed to finish that one.


 
Posted : 27/03/2023 1:00 pm
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I'm stuck on the annual tyre thing too...


 
Posted : 27/03/2023 2:08 pm
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Woohoo! I'm a winner! (From last week!) 😁


 
Posted : 27/03/2023 2:09 pm
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Ah ha! Got them all. Really should've had the Forum thing more easily, and the tyres one just needs thinking through. Quite a lot in my case.


 
Posted : 27/03/2023 2:27 pm
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Actually finished one for a change.


 
Posted : 27/03/2023 2:43 pm
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Now on this week's ... all done apart from forum powerhouse ...


 
Posted : 27/03/2023 2:48 pm
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15 minutes to do all but one, followed by an hour of Close Encounters of the Third Kind style mania while I ate lunch and got back to work thinking about the last clue.
That feeling when the penny drops though!


 
Posted : 27/03/2023 2:49 pm
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Stuck on the orienteering one. Not sure if it's cryptic like the powerhouse & annual tyre clues or the actual name of an event.


 
Posted : 27/03/2023 3:43 pm
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The orienteering one is a bit cryptic. Think of an outdoor clothing brand sponsor.


 
Posted : 27/03/2023 3:46 pm
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You will kick yourself if I tell you what the annual tyre answer is 🙂


 
Posted : 27/03/2023 3:48 pm
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The orienteering one is a bit cryptic. Think of an outdoor clothing brand sponsor.

Cheers- is this a new type of clue- lateral cryptic?

You will kick yourself if I tell you what the annual tyre answer is

Alternative clue- 365 used condoms


 
Posted : 27/03/2023 3:54 pm
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The orienteering one is a bit cryptic. Think of an outdoor clothing brand sponsor.

Still stuck on this one.


 
Posted : 27/03/2023 10:38 pm
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Tyres finally dropped with a loud thud.

Still stuck on the orienteering one.


 
Posted : 28/03/2023 10:19 am
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Orienteering one and the not grumpy one for me. Doing my head in....


 
Posted : 28/03/2023 11:35 am
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It really is annoying that once you have completed it you can never see it again.


 
Posted : 28/03/2023 12:45 pm