quote:

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Originally posted by LeRoc:
From the top of my head, I can name 5 places in Scotland. So not much help from me here...

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quote:

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Originally posted by Ariston:
Someone clearly forgot about the borosilicate bovine. For shame.

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quote:

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Originally posted by would love to belong:
All the following are place names in Scotland:-

1. Maternal parent is in the pink here apparently.
2. Dispose of the church for a price.
3. Town belonging to the lady from Troy.
4. Murder my hairdressing implement.
5. Assassinate the lady in white (orientally, that is).
6. A safe place for Mick Jagger maybe.
7. This place has an abbey and a pattern.
8. A place for the lungs.
9. Agitate the fish here.
10. Garbo would have embraced the new here.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Albertus:
OK, here are 10 from Wales (they're all the English versions of the names)

1.Trashes bad actor?
2.X to hand
3.Geordie Hughes (or Williams)
4.Withdraw to the west- Farewell! says the Roman
5.Can’t hear the name of this place properly
6.A rather non-U fungus
7.Where you might find a toll, or when contract’s achieved
8.Water bailiff
9.It’s had a capital anointing
10. You, if you sort out this puzzle

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quote:

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Originally posted by Ariston:
Someone clearly forgot about the borosilicate bovine. For shame.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Albertus:

10. You, if you sort out this puzzle

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quote:

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Originally posted by The Rogue:
Is any of them Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

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quote:

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Originally posted by Leorning Cniht:

quote:

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Originally posted by Albertus:

10. You, if you sort out this puzzle

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Laugharne?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Albertus:

quote:

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Originally posted by Leorning Cniht:

quote:

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Originally posted by Albertus:

10. You, if you sort out this puzzle

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Laugharne?

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A bit west of there

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Heh - Solva?
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Bang on!

Only no 5 to go. Cameo role by Dustin Hoffman?

[ 08. August 2013, 17:04: Message edited by: Albertus ]
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
The Mumbles.
 

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Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
That's the one!

1.Wrexham
2.Tenby
3.Newcastle Emlyn
4.Ebbw Vale
5.Mumbles
6.Mold
7.Bridgend
8.Fishguard
9.Holyhead
10.Solva

[ 08. August 2013, 19:59: Message edited by: Albertus ]
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Well-known world cities:-

1. The person in charge misses the start of spring with a huge load.
2. Student leaves ringer with no food.
3. This place is formed by the start of one Sunday lunch oyster.
4. Man, it represents French male with English article!
5. A loud report sounds like an early morning noisy creature in the Orient.
6. At this place in the States we might polish the topless ring of virtue.
7. Way up north, tether the years!
8. Prepare the grain in Italy without a trainee but with short girl.
9. Inferno precedes basin and I in this watery place.
10. This place in the South has had the boot put in it.

[ 08. August 2013, 22:35: Message edited by: would love to belong ]
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 
Shall we do them in order?

1 is Boston.
 

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Posted by Scots lass (# 2699) on :
 
Is 2 Belfast?
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Scots lass:
Is 2 Belfast?

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absolutel
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
3. Oslo
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 
4 Manila

Is it worth saying how we reach the answer? Usually it is easy enough to see in retrospect, but not always. In this case it's Man + il (French for "he") + a (indefinite article).
 

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Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on :
 
5. Bangkok
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
Finally got it!

6. Buffalo

(to polish=buff. Ring of virtue is halo, but being topless it is just "alo")

I also know the next three, but I'll let somebody else play.

[ETA: "let"]

[ 09. August 2013, 19:35: Message edited by: Hedgehog ]
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
All correct so far
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 
Very good. I couldn't get that one.

I think 7 may be Anchorage.
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 
I know number 9! I know number 9! Jump, jump, jump.
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Jonah the Whale:
Very good. I couldn't get that one.

I think 7 may be Anchorage.

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No doubt in my mind. Must be Anchorage.
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
Oh, I can't stand to keep LeRoc just waiting.

I am 99% certain that 8. is Milan.

So, LeRoc, tells us 9!
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
7 and 8 correct.

Anybody got 10?
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 
Helsinki! (Only I don't know where the second l went.)
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
And I have a theory on #10. Is it, perchance, Mobile?

(On my personal confidence scale, that answer scores around 75%...good enough to propose, but not good enough to be comfortable with it.)
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Not the right answer to number 10.

Additional clue:

As well as having had the boot put in it, this capital place often suffers from flatulence.

PS Helsinki correct. Sorry about the extra l, my clue construction careless.
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 
Gum boot city?
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Jonah the Whale:
Gum boot city?

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quote:

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Originally posted by LeRoc:
Windhoek?

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No
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 
Bogota? (The letters of 'boot' are in there somewhere.)
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Wellington for number 10? - although I don't see why the wind in the next clue
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by LeRoc:
Bogota? (The letters of 'boot' are in there somewhere.)

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Sorry, no

Previous clues:-
South, capital place, boot-ish by name, windy.

New clue:- Shares name with an English hero of battle.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Definitely Wellington, but still don't get the wind
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
Wellington for number 10? - although I don't see why the wind in the next clue

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Correct!
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by would love to belong:

quote:

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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
Wellington for number 10? - although I don't see why the wind in the next clue

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Correct!

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Sorry, should have added that Wellington is said to be very windy
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
All the following are famous world leaders of the 20th or 21st centuries:-

1. He carries on stealing, although no longer alive.
2. Not false, but only 75%, of French water.
3. Unwell after place of worship.
4. The younger privet, maybe.
5. Said carelessly, he might sound like a brownish licker.
6. This US diplomat wanted to embrace in endless infection.
7. She repaired roofs in the UK.
8. This lady leader sounds like a big German car with part of a French she.
9. This dead fascist sounded honest with zero.
10. Man of the French female article, he fought against separation.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Can't do 1, but I suspect 2 is Pierre Trudeau (Tru - 75% of true, of water d'eau)
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 
Numbers 3 and 7 are easy. But I'm thinking really hard about number 1 now.

[ 12. August 2013, 12:44: Message edited by: LeRoc ]
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Curiosity, correct re number 2

I'm just wondering if number 1 depends on a slang expression only used in British English, which would disadvantage our North American friends. I will check out. Apologies in advance if this is the case.
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 
Nixon
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by LeRoc:
Nixon

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Correct
Nick (steal) is described as chiefly British slang.
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 
It was the clue about British slang that set me in the right direction. (Now I'm wondering about the privet. Wikipedia tells me it's the ligustrum plant. But that gets me nowhere. Hmm...)
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
10 is Nelson Mandela.
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
Ooh, and 8 is Angela Merkel.
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Both 8 and 10 correc
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
I've got the privet one as well, but it's polite to give others a chance
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by LeRoc:
It was the clue about British slang that set me in the right direction. (Now I'm wondering about the privet. Wikipedia tells me it's the ligustrum plant. But that gets me nowhere. Hmm...)

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Maybe think about the younger word?
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by would love to belong:

quote:

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Originally posted by LeRoc:
Nixon

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Correct
Nick (steal) is described as chiefly British slang.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Hedgehog:

quote:

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Originally posted by would love to belong:

quote:

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Originally posted by LeRoc:
Nixon

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Correct
Nick (steal) is described as chiefly British slang.

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Okay, yeah, there was no way I was going to get that one.

I assume the younger privet is Bush (specifically, GWB, the younger Bush).

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Correct, George W Bush
 

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Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on :
 
Surely no 5 is Barak Obama?

ed. to add that "brackish" means salty as in salt lick. Perhaps..

[ 12. August 2013, 14:08: Message edited by: jacobsen ]
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
I reckon 9 is Franco.
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Correct re number 9, Franco

Not correct re number 5. Difficult one, I think
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
Okay, so where are we? So far

quote:

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1. He carries on stealing, although no longer alive. Nixon
2. Not false, but only 75%, of French water.Trudeau
3. Unwell after place of worship.
4. The younger privet, maybe. George W. Bush
5. Said carelessly, he might sound like a brownish licker.
6. This US diplomat wanted to embrace in endless infection.
7. She repaired roofs in the UK.
8. This lady leader sounds like a big German car with part of a French she.Angela Merkel
9. This dead fascist sounded honest with zero.Franco
10. Man of the French female article, he fought against separation. Nelson Mandela

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As LeRoc said, 3 and 7 are easy, but I don't mind picking low hanging fruit. #3 is Churchill.
 

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Posted by Angloid (# 159) on :
 
7 is Thatcher.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
I wondered about Mao Zedong / Mao Tse Tong for the brownish licker.
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 
I'm not sure what a 'licker' is supposed to mean. A tongue?

I'm also breaking my head over which US diplomat would qualify as a world leader. I don't get much farther than Carter.
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
3 and 7 correct

That leaves 5 and 6. Any takers before additional clues given?
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
And 6 I'm sure is Kissinger - Kiss in ger[m]
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 

quote:

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Curiosity killed ...: And 6 I'm sure is Kissinger - Kiss in ger[m]

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
I wondered about Mao Zedong / Mao Tse Tong for the brownish licker.

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Correct: "mousey tongue" (okay, not the best clue ever invented

Re 6, this individual was not "the" leader of his country but was famous for his diplomatic skills (but not a diplomat).
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
And 6 I'm sure is Kissinger - Kiss in ger[m]

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correct
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 
I think we have them all now. Is someone going to work on a new set? I haven't time at the moment, but if nobody else steps up I might do one in a couple of days.

JtW

[ 12. August 2013, 15:17: Message edited by: Jonah the Whale ]
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Thanks Jonah.

LeRoc came up with a great idea. Someone starts off by picking a theme (eg US states) and posts the first clue. Whoever is first to get the answer posts the next clue. The person who answers clue 10 chooses the next theme.

How do folk feel about giving this a try? I'm willing to kick off
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
We can give it a try and see how it goes.

But I'll start. Category U.S. States:

1) Between the young lady and I, belonging to us.
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Missouri.

2. A novel piece of apparel for a cold day?
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
New Jersey

3. Not very sharp, but still cognizant.
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 
Delaware? I guess del sounds like dull.

All right, Los Angeles with a note to ring mother.
 

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Posted by Pia (# 17277) on :
 
Oklahoma!

Well I never, Monty! That's where the answer was hidden.
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Vermont.

Lyrically, this state is on my mind.
 

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Posted by Pia (# 17277) on :
 
Georgia!

Gnash to win this crazy mixed-up place.
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 
Washington (anagram of gnash to win)

8) Named after a famous archeologist.
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Gosh, that's the first anagram we've had on the thread. Pure dead brilliant as we say in jockland...thanks Pia.

I'm stuck on this archeologist though

[ 13. August 2013, 07:33: Message edited by: would love to belong ]
 

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Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :
 
Indiana

9) Surprise! hello there! surprise!
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Ohio

10) Confusion of languages rob a tongue in state capital
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Is the answer Baton Rouge? A state capital (I think) but not a state
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
oh, is the answer Louisiana?
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Yep - state capital of Louisiana
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Does anyone else want to select the next theme and kick off?
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
No, there's an anagram in there - rob a tongue = Baton Rouge. State capital is the clue and I should have clued it "Language confusion rob a tongue for state capital"
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
I'll start the next theme then - English counties?

(1) Mixed berry dish with last of the trifle sounds as if accompanies Jennings.
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Derbyshire (anagram of berry dish + e; "Darbyshire" was Jennings' friend in the Jennings school stories)

2. Bible learning groups with a bit of nookey at the end!
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 
Sussex (SU stands for Scripture Union).

3. Church government accepts medic into its midst.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Cumbria (Curia with MB inside it)

4. Strode about?
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
4. Dorset

5. Barrier for crops.

(fixed numbering)

[ 13. August 2013, 15:54: Message edited by: Chorister ]
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 
Cornwall.

6) This county was found back in rotten King John's day.
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Kent (part of clue, backwards)

(7) They have puddings with their moans here.

[ 13. August 2013, 16:25: Message edited by: would love to belong ]
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 
Yorkshire fits the pudding part of the clue but I'm not sure about the moans.
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Yorkshire correct: puddings with their beef(s) (moans).

Over to Jonah for next clue
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 
Ok. While we are on a culinary theme:

8) Sounds like a place for season to gel.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Somerset

(summmer - season, gel - set)

[9] Outrageous sulk off in East Anglia
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Suffolk (sulk containing off backwards).

10. This place sounds like somewhere the computer network accountant might be
 

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Posted by Pia (# 17277) on :
 
Lancashire

(LAN = errm... something to do with a computer network [I know it's a thing, I don't know what it is exactly] + cashier)


(11) Let's look at her mishap another way...


Edited to add numbering

[ 14. August 2013, 13:35: Message edited by: Pia ]
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Hampshire (Ana. Of her mishap).

Pia, we were only going to do ten of each category and the person answering number 10 would choose next category and kick of with first clue. Do you want to kick of next category? No worries if you prefer to pass.
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 
Hampshire (anagram of her mishap)

I'll go for countries as the new theme:

1) Maybe it ran off its neighbour.

ETA: slow crosspost with WLTB , lets just go with countries for now shall we?

[ 14. August 2013, 13:55: Message edited by: Jonah the Whale ]
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Fine by me Jonah.

I need to get a life before anyone tells me to get one!
 

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Posted by Pia (# 17277) on :
 
Ah... missed that bit of the rules... I'm at work - shouldn't be on the Ship at all at the moment...
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Stercus Tauri:
5. East Kilbride

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quote:

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Originally posted by Jonah the Whale:
1) Maybe it dripped off its neighbour.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
I can do Hedgehog's I think -

Australia

anagram of USA over anagram of a trial

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I am going to give you that. My original intent was that it was almost "trial" to get you Aus"tria." But after I posted it, I realized that "a trial" was an anagram of -tralia, so Australia fits the clue too. That's my blunder. Next time I do a clue I will try to make sure it has only one valid answer!
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
As there's still one to be solved, it seems more sensible for the solver of that to set number 3, rather than keep things out of sequence.
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Call to Jonah

Is Pia's answer to your first clue ie Greece correct?

If it is over to Pia for next clue
 

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Posted by Pia (# 17277) on :
 
OK. Let's assume I was right [hopeful] and go with:

(3) Back in the day, Bill kept this one hidden.
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Libya (letters formed backwards within the clue).

(4) Here, a German would respond positively to a piece of kitchen equipment.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
Japan?
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Japan correct

Over to P. for clue 5.
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
(5) Show disdain for a Palestinian organization

[ 16. August 2013, 02:54: Message edited by: Pigwidgeon ]
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by would love to belong:
Call to Jonah

Is Pia's answer to your first clue ie Greece correct?

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quote:

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Originally posted by piglet:

(3) Ere arterial ride, go astray

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quote:

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Originally posted by would love to belong:
Just a suggestion, but maybe giving the number of letters after the clue would be helpful, without making it too easy. You'd get the number of letters in a crossword clue, but without the help of a category, but probably some of the letters already filled in. So giving the number of letters would even things up.
Any views?

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quote:

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Originally posted by would love to belong:

(9) Ooh, this fast dog has the colour of a racy novel (9)

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quote:

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Originally posted by would love to belong:
PS I meant to add that President Obama and family have a PWD, hence "leader's lad" in the clue. Clever one!

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As of a couple days ago they have two.

 

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Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by would love to belong:

Please could someone else choose the next category as I chose the last one.

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quote:

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Originally posted by would love to belong:
(3) Jane Austen

Ja= overseas yes
ne(Au)st= gold within nest (habitation)
plus en= English (nationality)

(4) This pilgrim had what sounds like a painful extremity (4,6)

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John Bunyan (sounds like bunion )
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Too easy, I fear

Over to LC for clue (5)
 

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Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on :
 
5. Would Blackadder shorten suspense in front of the Queen? (6, 7)
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by would love to belong:
Too easy, I fear

Over to LC for clue (5)

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quote:

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Originally posted by Leorning Cniht:
5. Would Blackadder shorten suspense in front of the Queen? (6, 7)

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quote:

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Originally posted by Hedgehog:

6. Bring about decay to little Hyram and the ones who speak. (7, 6)

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Dorothy Sayers.

(Bring about = do, decay = rot, little Hyram = hy, ones who speak = sayers)

7. Ooh! I blend printer's measure of roman water and add praise. (7, 7)
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
No 6: brilliant clue and brilliant solving work...
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
7, Horatio Walpole?

I get the anagram of OOH I R and OLE for praise, I guess P for Pica having spent ages looking at ems and ens, but can't see how to pick out the RAT WAL bits from Roman water.

if I'm right

8. Notes love stories burn piratically. (6, 5, 9)
 

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Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
7, Horatio Walpole?

I get the anagram of OOH I R and OLE for praise, I guess P for Pica having spent ages looking at ems and ens, but can't see how to pick out the RAT WAL bits from Roman water.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Leorning Cniht:


7. Ooh! I blend printer's measure of roman water and add praise. (7, 7)

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Here's an alternative clue:

7. O Praise! Weeding roman water is confused without string. (7, 7)
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
Olaudah Equiano??????????

laud=praise
ooh, I and aqua (for water) and an en for the printer's mark. All mixed up.
 

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Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Hedgehog:
Olaudah Equiano??????????

laud=praise
ooh, I and aqua (for water) and an en for the printer's mark. All mixed up.

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Full marks for the gentleman in the prickles.
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
I don't think I put nearly enough question marks in that answer.

For the next clue, let's just use Curiosity killed...'s clue:

quote:

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8. Notes love stories burn piratically. (6, 5, 9)

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quote:

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Originally posted by Leorning Cniht:

quote:

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Originally posted by Hedgehog:
Olaudah Equiano??????????

laud=praise
ooh, I and aqua (for water) and an en for the printer's mark. All mixed up.

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Full marks for the gentleman in the prickles.

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Good one Hedgehog!
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 
Robert Louis Stevenson (anagram of notes love stories burn)

9) Capital! Footsore in a way, healthy (7,8).
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
(9) Bernard Cornwell

Bern: capital
corn: footsore
ard: a way (a road)
well: healthy
ard(corn)well: footsore in a way healthy
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
(10) Short city route with road dressings (American) containing a beatle and Foreign Office
(2,4,2,6)
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Just wondered if a wee extra clue would be in order? Or is it too early?
Not a clue, but I am very confident that 100% of board members will have read works by this individual.
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by would love to belong:
(10) Short city route with road dressings (American) containing a beatle and Foreign Office
(2,4,2,6)

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Originally posted by would love to belong:
The "of" bit was an error by me, I meant to post "reverse Foreign Office", apologies if that confused you.

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Originally posted by Hedgehog:
(4) Only Mary? (5,3)

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I didn't think this would be that tough. I suppose I could have written the clue as "Only Mary, perhaps" but I thought the "?" would cover that for me.

Still, it has been well over 24-hours now. If anybody needs a hint, you should probably go see the slender fellow.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
[4] Myrna Loy

[5] Saul becomes this on the road to Damascus? Unpalm anew. (4,6)
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Well down Curiosity, I have to say that I was totally stumped by the clue. I have heard the name Myrna Loy, but know nothing about him/her, so will google to find out more

Now, what about your clue...

Thanks for good clue Hedgehog!
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
I know the answer, but am struggling to think of another clue
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
PAUL NEWMAN

(6) Veteran gunslinger found among the rucus of some Old West Action [5,8]
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
CLINT EASTWOOD

(7) Did the piper's son go on an ocean voyage? (3, 6)
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
(7) Tom Cruise

(8) He sounds like an American lavatory on a road going north east (4,5)
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 
8) John Wayne

9) My pet eels, squirming around the middle of barrel, disturbed her (5,6).
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
9) Meryl Streep

10) Mantra surrounded by gratitude (3,5)
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
(9) Meryl Streep (anag. of my pet eels plus r r (middle of barrel).

(10) A Scottish king of old sounds like a US President who was a communist!
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Mine was 6,7 but ignore except for fun...
 

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Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on :
 
10) Tom Hanks {t-o(h)m-hanks}

I'll let WLTB's stand in for #11; may as well figure it out as well.

[ 29. August 2013, 03:31: Message edited by: Ariston ]
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Okay then, whoever gets (11) can choose the next topic.

To bring it together:

(11) A Scottish king of old sounds like a US president was a communist! (6,7)
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
For the record, I do know the answer to this one--but I chose the last topic, so I am letting somebody else have a chance.

Besides, I can't think of a decent new topic.
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
Robert Redford

Lets go for types of fish.

(1) swims at the bottom, and sings there too [4]
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
(1) Bass

(2) This fish once owned the harbour (7)
 

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Posted by pererin (# 16956) on :
 
(2) Haddock
(3) Rajah knocks sport, perhaps, left a dull boy's offspring after loan (4,7,5)
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 

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Wet Kipper: Lets go for types of fish.

(1) swims at the bottom, and sings there too [4]

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would love to belong: (1) Bass

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Darn! That's the first one I knew the answer to in a long line of posts
 

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Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on :
 

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(3) Rajah knocks sport, perhaps, left a dull boy's offspring after loan (4,7,5)

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4. A torpedo for Marina? (8)

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Stingray!

5) Often cheaply in bounty (7)
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
(5) Tench

(6) An Irish thing follows a Scottish interrogation without tea, it sounds (7)
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Please ignore last post and go back to #5. My answer is wrong, not enough letters
 

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Posted by pererin (# 16956) on :
 
Clearly this one is harder than I thought. Are hints required?
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 
YES!!!!!!!!
 

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Posted by pererin (# 16956) on :
 
Okay, well I could also have clued it "Elsewhere shortly in shack".
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 
I'm guessing halibut. Shack could be hut. Alib could be alibi cut short, and alibi probably means elsewhere. I can't figure out how it fits the first clue though. If I'm right I suggest we continue with WLTB's clue:

(6) An Irish thing follows a Scottish interrogation without tea, it sounds (7)

JtW
 

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Posted by pererin (# 16956) on :
 

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Originally posted by Jonah the Whale:
I'm guessing halibut. Shack could be hut. Alib could be alibi cut short, and alibi probably means elsewhere. I can't figure out how it fits the first clue though.

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Correct. The first one works like this:

Often - take every other letter
cHeApLy In BoUnTy
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
Both great clues, pererin.

I might have got it on the second clue, if I had had the time to ponder it, but the first clue had me stumped
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
(6) Whiting ? (whit, -t, +ting)
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 

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Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
(6) Whiting ? (whit, -t, +ting)

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Absolutely spot on

Over to Wet Kipper for next clue (" my name minus the moisture maybe?")
 

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Posted by Hedgehog (# 14125) on :
 

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Originally posted by would love to belong:
Over to Wet Kipper for next clue (" my name minus the moisture maybe?")

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I was amused that Wet Kipper was the one who suggested the category of fish.
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 

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Originally posted by would love to belong:
Over to Wet Kipper for next clue (" my name minus the moisture maybe?")

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I was amused that Wet Kipper was the one who suggested the category of fish.

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Yes,it's all a bit fishy....

Wet Kipper, where are you? We're awaiting your clue!
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
took me a while to think of a new one
(7) Embarrased photographer catches swimmer [3, 7]
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 
7) Red snapper

8) Amuse bonehead in large bag (11).
 

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Posted by would love to belong (# 16747) on :
 
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
took me a while to think of a new one
(7) Embarrased photographer catches swimmer [3, 7] [/QUOTE

I was about to post you as missing, but then realised that you must have Gone Fishing.

Thanks for the clue, WK

[ 05. September 2013, 12:19: Message edited by: would love to belong ]
 

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Posted by pererin (# 16956) on :
 
8) Stickleback!

9) False starts doom one ripping yarn — tells tales! (7,4)
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
still not sure about this one
 

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Posted by pererin (# 16956) on :
 
I'm not sure if I can say any more without completely giving it away. But let's try. It's a fish that has (at last) two names. The bit before the dash is a cryptic clue for one name (which is the answer); the bit after it is a slightly oblique reference to its other name (which should confirm the answer).
 

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Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :
 

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9) False starts doom one ripping yarn — tells tales! (7,4)

I'm not sure if I can say any more without completely giving it away. But let's try. It's a fish that has (at last) two names. The bit before the dash is a cryptic clue for one name (which is the answer); the bit after it is a slightly oblique reference to its other name (which should confirm the answer).

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Originally posted by Ariel:
(After that I even googled for a list of fish names and there were very few 7,4s around, unless something like "bluefin tuna" is the answer.)

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Originally posted by pererin:
9) False starts doom one ripping yarn — tells tales! (7,4)

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starts "doom one ripping yarn" is "dory"

false is likely a synonym such as insular, evasive, canting, feigned

Cyttomimus affinis is the False dory, but that obviously doesn't work

the only dories in ITIS with a seven letter first name are the buckler dory and the slender dory
 

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Posted by pererin (# 16956) on :
 

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Originally posted by Dal Segno:
starts "doom one ripping yarn" is "dory"

false is likely a synonym such as insular, evasive, canting, feigned

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Very nearly there, but you must know very polite fishermen to come up with those synonyms for "false".

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the only dories in ITIS with a seven letter first name are the buckler dory and the slender dory

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Originally posted by LeRoc:
Fishbase has Bastard dory (Enoplosus armatus). Is that it?

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It's alternative name is "the old wife" so that fits
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 

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Dal Segno: It's alternative name is "the old wife" so that fits

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Originally posted by LeRoc:
10) "My origin", Rhona said, "is in Glasgow" (7)

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Dal Segno: Could it be Pollock?

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No. (How did you get that?)
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 
Admit it LeRoc, you're just messing with us and that is no clue at all.
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 
Well, I think it's rather clear. Do you need a hint already?


(I'm sorry, but I think it's good to inform you that I'll be travelling along the Amazon for the next three or four days. I'll carry my 3G, but I definitely won't have a signal all the time.)
 

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Posted by pererin (# 16956) on :
 
I keep wanting it to be "herring". Don't think it is though, unless the clue is full of red ones.
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 
I would start by finding another word that means more or less the same as 'origin'.
 

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Posted by Dal Segno (# 14673) on :
 

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Dal Segno: Could it be Pollock?

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Dal Segno: This interpretation does require me to use "origin" twice and "in" twice,

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Rhona didn't say "The origin of my origin is in in Glasgow"

One of your two interpretations of 'origin' is right though.
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 
Someone still wants to try? You're almost there...
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
Looks like you'll have to put us out of our collective misery.
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 
And I had such fun devising this one

What is the 'origin' of Rhona? In a meaning of 'origin' that has already been given a couple of posts above this one.
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
I'm guessing it's the "R" for Rhona
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 
Yes, so her R is in Glasgow. What is some kind of symbol that represents Glasgow?
 

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Posted by Chapelhead (# 21) on :
 
If you're suggesting that Glaswegians are oafish, then it could be 'oarfish'.
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 
No, I'm looking for some kind of symbol that represents Glasgow. Maybe I should ask you to send a letter to someone in Glasgow, then you'd know
 

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Posted by Chapelhead (# 21) on :
 
St Mungo's Cathedral

The Clyde

Deep-fried pizza
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 
Just post that letter.
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
well, the postcode letter for glasgow is G
 

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Posted by Francophile (# 17838) on :
 
Is the answer trout?
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 

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Wet Kipper: well, the postcode letter for glasgow is G

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So, what have we got? Her R is in G.
 

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Posted by Francophile (# 17838) on :
 
Grilse?
 

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Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on :
 
Herring? Can't take much credit for it though!
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 
Finally. I just fell short of spelling it out for you
 

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Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on :
 
It was close!

How about Plants for the next subject?

1. Indian queen in a type of avens.
 

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Posted by Chapelhead (# 21) on :
 
Yay - i can do that one!

Geranium

'Rani' being the female equivalent of 'Raja' and avens also being known as geums.
 

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Posted by Chapelhead (# 21) on :
 
Oh, a new clue. Should get back to work, so a quick one

Will we always have this alpine? (5)
 

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