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December 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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🕰️Daily Conundrum 118🕰️

🔎Clue: Piggy-back for Captain Birdseye (6,6)

✅ Weds answer(117) Gary Oldman 🎭

🤔Fact: The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) advised Oldman to find a new career other than acting 😆

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May 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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🕰️Daily Conundrum 117🕰️

🔎Clue: His nag came last in the Grand National! (4,6)

✅ Tues answer(116) Avril Lavigne 🎵

🤔Fact: Lavigne played ice hockey at high school and was named MVP twice! 🏒 

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May 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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🕰️Daily Conundrum 116🕰️

🔎Clue: I won’t tell you, but it is complicated! (5,7)

✅ Mon answer(115) Roberto Carlos ⚽️

🤔Fact: Carlos is the fourth most capped Brazilian player of all time 🇧🇷

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May 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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🕰️Daily Conundrum 115🕰️

🔎Clue: 3 in white, but usually 6 in yellow (7,6)

✅ Fri answer(114) Samuel Beckett

🤔Fact: It’s believed that the name ‘Sam Beckett’ in Quantum Leap was a nod to the playwright. 🎭 📺

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May 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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🕰️Daily Conundrum 113🕰️

🔎Clue: Surely everybody knows… 🤣 (3,6)

✅ Weds answer(112) Jarvis Cocker 🎵

🤔Fact: Not related to fellow Sheffield singer Joe Cocker, but he did occasionally babysit Jarvis as families knew each other 🏡

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May 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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🕰️Daily Conundrum 112🕰️

🔎Clue: If you can’t work this one out, soak your piece of paper! (6,6)

✅ Tues answer(111) Serena Williams 🎾

🤔Fact: I did this conundrum before and didn’t realise! 🤣

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May 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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🕰️Daily Conundrum 111🕰️

🔎Clue: What an absolute racket! (6,9)

✅ Fri answer(110) Stephen Merchant

🤔Fact: Stephen was a mobile DJ in his youth! 🎶

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May 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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🕰️Daily Conundrum 109🕰️

🔎Clue: This conundrum will be big in Italy, perhaps (6,6)

✅ Tues answer(108) Eddie Murphy 🎥

🤔Fact: He was the first actor to receive $1,000,000 for his first film (48 Hours) 💰

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May 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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🕰️Daily Conundrum 108🕰️

🔎Clue: I’ll be totally delirious if you manage to get this right (5,6)

✅ Mon answer(107) Robbie Fowler ⚽️

🤔Fact: Playing for schoolboy team Thorvald, he once scored 16 times in one match! 👏

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May 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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🕰️Daily Conundrum 107🕰️

🔎Clue: Thankfully, this sportsperson didn’t live up to their surname (6,6)

✅ Fri answer(106) Buster Merryfield 🙌

🤔Fact: Real name Harry, he was named Buster by his grandfather as he weighed nine pounds at birth 👶

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May 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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🕰️Daily Conundrum 97🕰️

🔎Clue: This conundrum’s two biggest parts begin with an M (5,7)

✅ Weds answer (96) Anita Baker

🤔Fact: Anita has a three octave range and has won eight Grammy Awards to date 🎤 🗣️ 😊

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April 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Eureka! It’s a new series of #Taskmaster!

Your five volatile elements are Fatiha El-Ghorri, Jason Mantzoukas, Mathew Baynton, Rosie Ramsey and Stevie Martin - plus, of course, a compound of Daviesium and Horneium.

Thursday 1st May at 9pm on Channel 4. 🧪
April 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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🕰️Daily Conundrum 74🕰️

🔎 Clue: Kylesku, Glenfinnan, Forth (5,7)

✅ Mon answer(73) Marvin Gaye

🤔 Fact: At 17 years old, Marvin ran away from home to join the US Air Force.

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March 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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🕰️Daily Conundrum 71🕰️

🔎 Clue: Do not get me wrong (8,5)

✅ Tues answer(70) Bradley Walsh 📺

🤔 Fact: Before presenting, Walsh was a professional footballer. ⚽️

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March 6, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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🕰️Daily Conundrum 65🕰️

🔎 Clue: Need a hand? He did. (5,8)

✅ Mon answer(64) Drew Barrymore

🤔 Fact: The youngest person ever to host Saturday Night Live, in 1982, at 7 years old! 📺

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February 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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🕰️Daily Conundrum 64🕰️

🔎 Clue: Gibb, Manilow, White… invite them all! (4,9)

✅ Fri answer(63) Ginger Baker

🤔 Fact: He was voted the third greatest drummer of all time by readers of Rolling Stone. 🥁

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February 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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🕰️Daily Conundrum 61🕰️

🔎 Clue: When it comes to iconic action movies, he fits perfectly (5,6)

✅ Mon answer(60) Gary Lineker

🤔 Fact: In first season with Barcelona, he scored a hat-trick in a 3-2 win against arch rivals Real Madrid! 🙌

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February 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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🕰️Daily Conundrum 58🕰️

👹Fearsome Friday👹

🔎 Clue: Mork’s on the phone again (X,X)

🚨No numbers on Friday!👹

✅ Thurs answer(57) Ross Noble

🤔 Fact: Nominated for Olivier Award for his role as Igor in Young Frankenstein in West End 🙌

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February 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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🕰️Daily Conundrum 57🕰️

🔎 Clue: Comedic Aristocracy (4,5)

✅ Weds answer(56) Jayne Torvill

🤔 Fact: Torvill And Dean spent first 18 secs of Bolero routine on their knees because the max time limit to actually skate was 4mins 10 secs! ⛸️ 🙌

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February 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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🕰️Daily Conundrum 56🕰️

🔎 Clue: Too easy! If you even ask for a clue then, I warn you, you are skating on thin ice! (5,7)

✅ Tues answer(55) Sandra Bullock

🤔 Fact: The Miss Congenitally star speaks fluent English + German, and loves dogs! 🐶❤️🙌

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February 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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January 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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January 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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🕰️Daily Conundrum 39🕰️

Clue: I’d say that it’s another fine conundrum (4,6)

Thurs answer(38) Michelle Obama

Fact: Michelle Obama was nominated for two Grammy Awards… and won them both! 🙌😎

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