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Answered all the ones i can.

6 of O H a D of the O (6 of One Half a Dozen of the Other)
5 is the N R J K L on a M P
40 T with A B
6 of the B (6 of the Best)
2003 E W R W C
12 O is M

16 P in a C G (16 Pawns in a Chess Game)
1 F of a S (1 Flick of a Switch)
2 H in a W (2 Halves in a Whole)
10 R P
1 M B
3 is the C R of T S

8 M a-M
3 P for a D G in RU
5 C of the W B with A (1 B with E)
23 P in a F W C S
3 L M from S are W
2 of a K

4 W on a C (4 Wheels on a Car)
1 G T D A
12 R C in a P
3 P N for G in the S
4 M W
4 P in a B

50 is H a C (50 is Half a Century)
1 G is 1 T M
1963 P J F K A in D, T
2 S for 1 M
3 B and G
1 with a H N A it is a G

1665 G P of L (J-O K O 60,000)
16 M of J (16 Moons of Jupiter)
2 Q in a C G (2 Queens in a Chess Game)
21 M from D to C
23 P F D N is the T of C
78 F L of T C

1000 Y in a M (1000 Years in a Millenium)
24 P on a B B
27 B in the N T (27 Books in the New Testament)
9 C have B with G (9 Countries have Borders with Germany)
3142 P to 3 D P T 1 T
7927 M is the E D of the E (Miles is the Equitorial Diameter of the Earth)

17 D Q (B C)
57 is T N
361 I on a G B
1961 F C to be L T
10 D T S the W
1965 W C D

186 T M P S (S of L)
27 G to H (B C)
3 B in B (2 W and 1 R)
20 in F is V (20 in French is Vin)
20 Q in a R
1520 C C M

6 R W the B is H O the B W T the G
1776 A D of I (The F of J) 1776 American Day of Independence (the Fourth of July)
1862 V H P L M
9 of D is K as the C of S
1 of U (1of Us)
570 the Y of M B (570 the Year of Mohammed’s Birth)

32 A T in a H J
28 D in a S
1016 C B K of D, N and E
29030 F is the H of E (A)
231 A H P T
1555 M N P his P

5 F T T O 5 Four Three Two One
7 N T is the H O B in B
2 C a T
4 Q in P is N ‘V P’
53 P N J
362436 V S of the V D M

― Slumpman, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:07 (seventeen years ago) link

I would say Google to check a hunch, but no more than that. Also, anyone who read the same magazine as me yesterday can clear off with their answer sheet as i destroyed mine in a pint of fruli.

Puzzlers, go!

― Slumpman, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:11 (seventeen years ago) link

1 G is 1 T M

One Geir is one too many!

(Only kidding!!)

― Mark G, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:15 (seventeen years ago) link

1963 P J F K A in D, T

President JFK assassinated in Dallas, Texas

― StanM, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:18 (seventeen years ago) link

3 is the Cube Root of Twenty Seven

― aldo, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:19 (seventeen years ago) link

2 of a K = 2 of a Kind

― Roz, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:19 (seventeen years ago) link

8 M a-M = 8 Maids a-Milking

2 of a K = 2 of a kind

― C J, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:20 (seventeen years ago) link

1 Good Turn Deserves Another

― Roz, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:20 (seventeen years ago) link

"3142 P to 3 D P T 1 T"

something to do with pi

― Tracer Hand, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:21 (seventeen years ago) link

3 L M from S are W = 3 Little Maids from School Are We

― C J, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:21 (seventeen years ago) link

2 c a t = To catch a thief.

Some of these are very dull.

xpost adding to Tracer:

"3142 P to 3 D P T 1 T"

3 (point) 1 4 2 pi to 3 decimal places (T 1 T)

― Mark G, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:22 (seventeen years ago) link

20 in F is V (20 in French is Vin)

no it isn't, it's vingt :-)

― StanM, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:23 (seventeen years ago) link

I wish this was one of them: 99 P but A B A 1

― Roz, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:23 (seventeen years ago) link

Maybe he meant twenty bottles of wine.

― C J, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:23 (seventeen years ago) link

20 Q in a R

20 Questions in a Row

― Tuomas, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:25 (seventeen years ago) link

9 of D is K as the C of S

9 of diamonds is known as the (what?)

― Mark G, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:28 (seventeen years ago) link

1016 C B K of D, N and E

Canute Becomes King of Denmark, N(ormandy?) and England

― StanM, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:28 (seventeen years ago) link

1961 F C to be L T

1961 Fidel Castro to be ??? Something to do with the Bay of Pigs?

― Tuomas, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:33 (seventeen years ago) link

"3142 P to 3 D P T 1 T"

3 (point) 1 4 2 pi to 3 decimal places (T 1 T)

Times 1 Thousand! yay

― Slumpman, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:36 (seventeen years ago) link

9 of diamonds is known as the (what?)

C of S...

Card of... ?

― Slumpman, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:38 (seventeen years ago) link

362436 V S of the V D M

I don't know, but 36 24 36 is something to do with measurements (middle/waist/bust, see 60/90/60 in the other non-imperial thingy)

― StanM, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:40 (seventeen years ago) link

Did You Know? - Curse of ScotlandThe nine of diamonds playing card is often referred to as the "Curse of ... Nine diamonds were at one time stolen from the crown of Scotland and a tax was ...
www.rampantscotland.com/know/blknow_curse.htm - 27k - Cached - Similar pages

― Mark G, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:41 (seventeen years ago) link

(er... make that 90/60/90)
(xpost)

― StanM, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:41 (seventeen years ago) link

362436 V S of the V D M

Vital Statistics of the...

Venus Di Milo!

yay!

― Mark G, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:43 (seventeen years ago) link

Wooo!

H 5 at that!

― StanM, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:47 (seventeen years ago) link

40 T with A B

40 Thieves with Ali Baba

― StanM, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:48 (seventeen years ago) link

1963 P J F K A in D, T

Dallas, Texas

xpost is that reverse billing, like 4 seasons with Frankie Valli?

― Mark G, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:50 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm just guessing! (that's "president jfk assassinated in dallas, texas," see a bit earlier in the thread)

― StanM, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:53 (seventeen years ago) link

4 M W

Formica Whiteboard!

― Mark G, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:57 (seventeen years ago) link

3 B in B (2 W and 1 R)

3 balls in billiards (2 white and 1 red)

― Mark C, Monday, 2 April 2007 11:58 (seventeen years ago) link

Actually, that probably is:

Formica Worktop.

― Mark G, Monday, 2 April 2007 12:02 (seventeen years ago) link

4 Q in P is N ‘V P’

4 queens in poker is nicknamed "Village People" :)

― Mark C, Monday, 2 April 2007 12:02 (seventeen years ago) link

24 P on a B B

24 pints on a beer (is there another word for crate?)

― StanM, Monday, 2 April 2007 12:03 (seventeen years ago) link

Barrel? But the "on" seems wrong.

― Mark C, Monday, 2 April 2007 12:11 (seventeen years ago) link

24 pigs on a ball bearing.

It's a new TV reality show in which people vie to balance the greatest number of farmyard animals on a very small object.

― C J, Monday, 2 April 2007 12:13 (seventeen years ago) link

2003 E W R W C : 2003 England Won Rugby World Cup

― estela, Monday, 2 April 2007 12:14 (seventeen years ago) link

Could be a typo i guess? It says "on" in the original puzzle...

xxpost

― Slumpman, Monday, 2 April 2007 12:14 (seventeen years ago) link

12 O is M

12 O'Clock is midnight ?

― Ste, Monday, 2 April 2007 12:27 (seventeen years ago) link

I have to go to work, nobody solve any of these until I come back! WAAAAHHHH!

― Beth Parker, Monday, 2 April 2007 12:29 (seventeen years ago) link

okay, I copied the thread as it is now. I'll puzzle on it later and then see who got the same answers.

― Beth Parker, Monday, 2 April 2007 12:31 (seventeen years ago) link

21 M from D to C

21 miles from dover to calais

― Ste, Monday, 2 April 2007 12:32 (seventeen years ago) link

12 O is M

12 O'Clock is midnight ?

It must be i guess, puzzle writer thinks OCLOCK is one word maybe?

― Slumpman, Monday, 2 April 2007 12:33 (seventeen years ago) link

UPDATED LIST: 24 solved, 24 left to find. Good work so far, troops

5 is the N R J K L on a M P
12 O is M
10 R P
1 M B
3 P for a D G in RU
5 C of the W B with A (1 B with E)

23 P in a F W C S
3 L M from S are W
12 R C in a P
3 P N for G in the S
4 P in a B
1 G is 1 T M

2 S for 1 M
3 B and G
1 with a H N A it is a G
1665 G P of L (J-O K O 60,000)
23 P F D N is the T of C
78 F L of T C

24 P on a B B
17 D Q (B C)
57 is T N
361 I on a G B
1961 F C to be L T
10 D T S the W

1965 W C D
186 T M P S (S of L)
27 G to H (B C)
1520 C C M
6 R W the B is H O the B W T the G
32 A T in a H J

28 D in a S
29030 F is the H of E (A)
231 A H P T
1555 M N P his P
7 N T is the H O B in B
53 P N J

― Slumpman, Monday, 2 April 2007 12:34 (seventeen years ago) link

1665 G P of L (J-O K O 60,000)

Great Plague of London (but what about that 60,000? deaths? "Just Obout Killed Off 60,000" ?)

― StanM, Monday, 2 April 2007 12:36 (seventeen years ago) link

1 M B is that old classic: OneManBand.

― Mark G, Monday, 2 April 2007 12:36 (seventeen years ago) link

3 P for a D G in RU

3 points for a drop goal in rugby union

― Ste, Monday, 2 April 2007 12:37 (seventeen years ago) link

29030 Feet is the Height of Everest (Approximately? Average?)

― Slumpman, Monday, 2 April 2007 12:38 (seventeen years ago) link

1665 G P of L (J-O K O 60,000)

Great Plague of London (but what about that 60,000? deaths? "Just Obout Killed Off 60,000" ?)

January-Ocotber Killed Over 60000? (just guessing here..._

― Slumpman, Monday, 2 April 2007 12:40 (seventeen years ago) link

3 P for a D G in RU

3 points for a drop goal in rugby union

― onimo, Monday, 2 April 2007 12:41 (seventeen years ago) link

ah xpost :(

― onimo, Monday, 2 April 2007 12:41 (seventeen years ago) link

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Can you double check that 53 Mr Slump?

― Noodle Vague, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:15 (seventeen years ago) link

OK i'm on IM with someone who kept their answer page. Resisting urge to ask but will have to eventually i guess?

xp ok i will then!

― Slumpman, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:16 (seventeen years ago) link

Slump, if you check, can you let us know if any of the others are wrong so we can have another stab?

― Mark C, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:17 (seventeen years ago) link

right i have the answers now,

DRUM ROLL

53 PNJ = 53 Popes named John

bit of an anticlimax...
Others we were wrong about to follow

― Slumpman, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:19 (seventeen years ago) link

That's straight wrong. John XXIII was last Pope called John and I don't believe there were 30 antipopes altogether, never mind 30 called John.

― Noodle Vague, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:22 (seventeen years ago) link

A further 30 were nicknamed John by overfamiliar Vatican builders.

― Michael Jones, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:23 (seventeen years ago) link

2 S for 1 M
4 M W
78 F L of T C
20 Q in a R
231 A H P T
12 R C in a P

are wrong
clues, or not?

― Slumpman, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:24 (seventeen years ago) link

20 quires in a ream.

― Michael Jones, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:25 (seventeen years ago) link

No clues!

― Noodle Vague, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:26 (seventeen years ago) link

game back on!

― Ste, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:27 (seventeen years ago) link

12 Redhot Chillis in a Pepper.

― Mark G, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:27 (seventeen years ago) link

20 quires in a ream.

ding ding ding!

― Slumpman, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:28 (seventeen years ago) link

4 Minute Warning?

― Noodle Vague, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:28 (seventeen years ago) link

12 Royal Cards in a Pack?

― Noodle Vague, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:29 (seventeen years ago) link

yes and yes

― Slumpman, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:31 (seventeen years ago) link

koogs already said that

― Ste, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:31 (seventeen years ago) link

(royal cards one)

― Ste, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:32 (seventeen years ago) link

ah i missed that.

2 S for 1 M
78 F L of T C
231 A H P T

have definitely not been caught yet (i ctrl-f checked)

― Slumpman, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:34 (seventeen years ago) link

Soz, I been out all afternoon.

― Noodle Vague, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:34 (seventeen years ago) link

2 Shoes for 1 Man

― Noodle Vague, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:35 (seventeen years ago) link

78 full (something) of Tarot Cards - must be something like that? It's only yr modern Tarot decks that go up to 78, I ~~just read somewhere~~ understand.

― Michael Jones, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:38 (seventeen years ago) link

Full List of Tarot Cards?

― Noodle Vague, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:38 (seventeen years ago) link

nope (to both)

― Slumpman, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:39 (seventeen years ago) link

231 Years Of American Independence

― eater, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:39 (seventeen years ago) link

2 seconds for 1 month?

― Ste, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:56 (seventeen years ago) link

wild I know, but its all doing my head in now.

― Ste, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:56 (seventeen years ago) link

2 seconds for one member?

― Mark C, Monday, 2 April 2007 15:58 (seventeen years ago) link

nope

― Slumpman, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:03 (seventeen years ago) link

Ok i have to go, but i left the remaining three answers on a HTML playground thread called "Psst". I won't link it, but they're there. Apologies if the answers give you no satisfaction whatsoever.

― Slumpman, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:20 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm glad I looked. They suck nearly as badly as 53 Popes Named John.

― Noodle Vague, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:24 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah they're pretty bad. oh well mind fuck over with for now.

― Ste, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:27 (seventeen years ago) link

still, well done everyone! give yourselves a P on the B!

― Slumpman, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:28 (seventeen years ago) link

So "53 Popes Named John" was actually right?

― Tuomas, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:29 (seventeen years ago) link

"2 Singles for 1 Married"?

― Tuomas, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:30 (seventeen years ago) link

You know, like in statistics. Sounds pretty silly still.

― Tuomas, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:31 (seventeen years ago) link

I haven't looked at the answers yet for the ones no-one else has got (and I am gutted I missed this as I love things like this and was having the dullest afternoon ever at work):

Is 231 A H P T "after half past two", as in 2.31?

― ailsa, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:33 (seventeen years ago) link

Nope

― Noodle Vague, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:36 (seventeen years ago) link

Didn't think it would be, somehow, since that's not really a thing.

― ailsa, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:38 (seventeen years ago) link

2 spouses for one marriage?

hee first xpost

― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:38 (seventeen years ago) link

That's already been tried.

― Tuomas, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:40 (seventeen years ago) link

And Slumpman said it wasn't correct.

― Tuomas, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:40 (seventeen years ago) link

Okay, having checked the correct answers the 78 one is sorta guessable, but cheers for anyone who catches the other two.

― Tuomas, Monday, 2 April 2007 16:47 (seventeen years ago) link

78 feet = length of tennis court. Michael Jones should be hanging his head in shame.

Still no idea about the other ones.

― ailsa, Monday, 2 April 2007 18:16 (seventeen years ago) link

(that had better be right. It's factually accurate, at least)

― ailsa, Monday, 2 April 2007 18:17 (seventeen years ago) link

Yep, it's right!

― StanM, Monday, 2 April 2007 18:28 (seventeen years ago) link

hoorah!

(I'm still secretly pleased with "after half past two", even though it's wrong)

― ailsa, Monday, 2 April 2007 18:29 (seventeen years ago) link

231 Arthur Honneger's Pacific Train

― zzzaaaa, Friday, 6 April 2007 13:57 (seventeen years ago) link

231 Arthur Honneger's Pacific Train

― zzzaaaa, Friday, 6 April 2007 13:57 (seventeen years ago) link

186 T M P S (S of L)

186 Too Many Puppies Salvaged (Sort of Lucky)

― nathalie, Friday, 6 April 2007 14:00 (seventeen years ago) link

ten years pass...

D.W.E.S.T?

― Simpson L. (darraghmac), Sunday, 25 February 2018 00:14 (six years ago) link

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