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    I see to have the book of The Darwin Awards - "for those who have benefited the human gene pool by removing themselves from it !"....Used to cheer me up no end ! If you need a little pick-me-up, I can walk recommend "The Book of Heroic Failures", which contains gems such as - The Least Successful Hospital Visit In June 2010 Mrs Connie Everett of Kitimat, British Columbia, was taken to hospital after colliding with a moose while driving to visit her sister, Mrs Yvonne Studley, who was in hospital after colliding with a moose.
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    I whispered down the phone - "I want your breasts, your legs and your thighs." Suddenly, the wife burst in and screamed "Who the f*** are you talking to ?" I said "Nando's love - do you want anything ?"
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    I agree FF ! I've got a young BeddyWhippet and there's no better sight than seeing him in full flight, doing what he was meant to do !
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    Press barons. I got the answer almost straight away, but it took me a while to work out HOW the answer is arrived at - and I think that's the important bit of a cryptic ! Insist on = "press" (as in "press for"), prohibition for = "bar on", scurrilous leader = letter "s" (first letter, indicated by the word "leader"). Put them together...... No wonder I'm terrible at crosswords , by your explanation how to solve them your either clever as Fukc or Nuts . . I'm not sure which :) Clever as f***, mate !
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    When my ferret's lived in separate smaller groups, I used those puppy pad things, but now I've got them all living peacefully together, and they're getting through no end of them ! Ive heard so many conflicting answers, so....once and for all - Can I safely use newspaper for their toilet corner ?
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    Very true. I reckon that's why The Times have stopped putting the compiler's name on their crosswords......Makes it that bit more difficult ! Telegraph man myself Cheers, D. You should try The Times Jumbo on a Saturday.....Fills my free time for the next couple of days.....At least !
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    Press barons. I got the answer almost straight away, but it took me a while to work out HOW the answer is arrived at - and I think that's the important bit of a cryptic ! Insist on = "press" (as in "press for"), prohibition for = "bar on", scurrilous leader = letter "s" (first letter, indicated by the word "leader"). Put them together......
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    Very true. I reckon that's why The Times have stopped putting the compiler's name on their crosswords......Makes it that bit more difficult !
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    Progression? TC Correct. Explain ?
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    Newspaper bosses insist on prohibition for scurrilous leader (5,6)
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    Progression? TC : thumbs :
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    Progression? TC : thumbs :
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    Try this one.... Prisoners go out in sequence (11)
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    Sinister. Nurse = sister, entry = in. Put the two together to make "sinister", the Latin word for "left"....
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    When I was on a laptop, the little face thingies all clicked up on the menu - now I'm on a tablet, non-starter......
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    Best advice would be......Take me with you !
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    How many letters? You've put a smirking face? Ha I've edited it - should be number 8, but if I put brackets round it, it goes ( for some reason.....
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    Nurse gains entry and is left (1 word, eight letter)
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    Scrambled eggs??? Well done ! Stumped me for hours, that one. Then it just came in a flash, when I was thinking about something else. Weird how that happens, eh ?
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    A really good one, that stumped me was... Gegs (9,4)
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    Dandie Dinmont......
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    Well, The Jam are one of the best bands this country has ever produced, and the Happy Mondays......aren't !
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    Surely, your mum or dad teaching you to ride a bike is one of the last remaining rites of passage ? A bonding experience, even ? A basic skill, passed down the generations. 60% of parents now claim to be too busy to teach their kids to ride a bike (!), so many are now engaging professionals - at 20 quid an hour - to get their kids on 2 wheels. Obviously, Cycling Proficiency is important, to learn road safety and negotiating traffic, and that comes later, but paying to learn to balance a bike without stabilisers ? Really ? http://www.thebikestation.org.uk/glasgow/learn/cycle-traini
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    There does seem to be an increasing number of people who need saving from their own stupidity !
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    "Youth is wasted on the young." (George Bernard Shaw)
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