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‘It’s only love, with a little bit of rain.’ Nick Cave, 2021
And the last answer is… Fred Flintstone! 🙌

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🕰️Daily Conundrum 119🕰️

👹 Fearsome Friday 👹

🔎Clue: A page of history (⛔️)

✅ Thurs answer(118) Carrie Fisher 🎭

🤔Fact: Carrie was not a fan of Princess Leia’s hair. She described it as a ‘hair don’t’ ⭐

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Countdown, Mon-Fri📺
June 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🕰️Daily Conundrum 119🕰️

👹 Fearsome Friday 👹

🔎Clue: A page of history (⛔️)

✅ Thurs answer(118) Carrie Fisher 🎭

🤔Fact: Carrie was not a fan of Princess Leia’s hair. She described it as a ‘hair don’t’ ⭐

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🗣️Last daily conundrum for now - thanks for playing 🙌

Countdown, Mon-Fri📺
May 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🕰️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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Countdown, Mon-Fri📺
May 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🕰️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
🕰️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
🕰️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
🕰️Daily Conundrum 114🕰️

👹Fearsome Friday👹

🔎Clue: Not a big leap from a certain TV character to this person (⛔️)

✅ Thurs answer(113) Ted Danson

🤔Fact: Ted’s middle name is Bridge 🌉

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May 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🕰️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
🕰️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
🕰️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
🕰️Daily Conundrum 110🕰️

👹Fearsome Friday👹

🔎Clue: On paper, this person certainly knows how to sell a gag (⛔️)

✅ Weds answer(109) Ariana Grande 🎵

🤔Fact: Ariana has ten rescue dogs! ❤️ 🐕

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May 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🕰️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
🕰️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
🕰️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
🕰️Daily Conundrum 106🕰️

👹Fearsome Friday👹

🔎Clue: TV relation (⛔️)

(So hard to find a clue that doesn’t give it away!)

✅ Thurs answer(105) Roger Daltrey

🤔Fact: Before becoming a member of The Who he was a sheet-metal worker 🔨

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May 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🕰️Daily Conundrum 105🕰️

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🔎Clue: Who?!?!?! (5,7)

✅ Tues answer(104) Tessa Sanderson

🤔Fact: Tessa won Javelin gold at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, with a throw of 69.56 🥇

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May 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
🕰️Daily Conundrum 104🕰️

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🔎Clue: 69.56 🇺🇸 (5,9)

✅ Mon answer(103) Amelia Clarke 📺 🎥

🤔Fact: Amelia, in honour of Daenerys Targaryen, has three dragons tattooed on her wrist! 🐉

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May 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
🕰️Daily Conundrum 103🕰️

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🔎Clue: Don’t let the process of working out this superstar ‘drag on’ (6,6)

✅ Fri answer(102) Peter Capaldi 📺 🎥

🤔Fact: Peter’s parents ran an ice cream business in Glasgow🍦

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May 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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May 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🕰️Daily Conundrum 102🕰️

👹Fearsome Friday👹

🔎Clue: The twelfth man (⛔️)

✅ Thurs answer(101) Thom Yorke 🎶

🤔Fact: In 2023, an extinct stingray species was named after the Radiohead musician… dasyomyliobatis thomyorkei. 🌊

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May 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
🕰️Daily Conundrum 101🕰️

🔎Clue: He’s one, and if you listen to me on BBC5Live on Sunday mornings, so are you! (4,5)

✅ Tuesday answer(100) Mary Shelley 🧟‍♂️

🤔Fact: Mary’s mother was the philosopher and women's rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft📕

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May 1, 2025 at 10:29 AM
🕰️Daily Conundrum 100🕰️

🔎Clue: An absolute monster of a conundrum (4,7)

✅ Monday answer(99) Steve Redgrave 🚣

🤔Fact: The only man to have won gold medals at five Olympic Games in an endurance sport. 🥇

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April 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🕰️Daily Conundrum 99🕰️

Late today! Busy one!

🔎Clue: You should be able to get this sportsperson at a stroke (5,8)

✅ Fri answer(98) John Logie Baird

🤔Fact: Baird was the only deceased subject of the TV show This Is Your Life 📺

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April 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🕰️Daily Conundrum 98🕰️

👹Fearsome Friday👹

🔎Clue: Without him, Dorothy stepping into Munchkin Land would not have been so special!(⛔️)

✅ Thurs answer(97) Julie Andrews 🎭

🤔Fact: Julie also did the bird whistling in A Spoonful Of Sugar song! 🐦

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April 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
🕰️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