The puzzle is HIDDEN beneath the answer checker, in the "Clues" (where normally there are "Hints"). They are cryptic clues:
- Heard a coal-digger can't buy alcohol (5): MINOR (a minor can't buy alcohol and it sounds like "miner")
- Debilitated ten-lap racer around the sun (6): PLANET (a planet races around the sun and "ten-lap" is an anagram and oh jeez I hope "debilitated" is an acceptable clue for an anagram)
- 85485-99 dials "UK DUM" (5): 85386 (85485-99 = 85386, which spells "UK DUM" on a telephone keypad)
Minor planet 85386 is a main-belt asteroid also known by the name PAYTON.
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