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Miscellaneous => Trivia & Humour => Topic started by: John Treleven on Sun 19 Dec 2021 18:11
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01. Say ready, say steady (4)
02. Part of a touching obituary (4)
03. Goat beside the Nile (6)
04. Gain from electronic parts (12)
05. Excellent sailor (5, 4)
06. Tanned Liz? (5, 5)
07. Mousetrap bun? (10)
08. Discard it, or go on a spree (6)
09. O, a slim mixture (6)
10. I am no long turning (9)
11. Round ball, busy (8)
12. Where the potato pest comes from? (8)
13. Must air turns fashionable (8)
14. Refreshes during meals or between courses (6)
15. Mice race in confusion (3, 5)
16. Time to ransack for triviality (6)
17. A skin outbreak around alpha? (6)
18. A one humped camel (7)
19. Boycott the light yellowish brown colour (5, 4)
20. Disorder near Windsor (4, 4)
21. Noticed Richard (7, 4)
22. Rift due west - confusion (6, 5)
23. Coat around a maths symbol (7)
24. A raincoat comes back after a baby's thanks (7)
25. Van der Post's Lost World (8)
26. Wrongdoing first class (5)
27. Sounds like Christmas bird for Mr. Holloway (9)
28. A daft slur I mixed (5, 5)
29. Mrs. Leadbetter (5)
30. White food?, Oui (10)
31. Sounds like it's not a forward animal in an immature state (7)
32. Money idiot (8)
33. "Close up these ...... leaves" (6)
34. Ryan is about! (6)
35. A slapstick pie (7)
36. Six hundred rode here (5, 6)
37. Move takes in German yes! (6)
38. Oriental (7)
39. Perfect order but messy bed (5, 3)
40. Arrive and take in hashish? (7)
41. A shilling in a rodent? (6)
42. General Gordon?, Charles Darwin?, Earl of Shaftesbury? (5, 9)
43. Weep, confused in mother's ruin (6)
44. In honour of Anna? (7)
45. Party disciplinarian (4)
46. Soft relics, and count the stones! (6)
47. Excellent Alexander (5, 5)
48. Ride to this cross but put on too much make-up (7, 5)
49. Pea snack muddled on a Tuesday (8)
50. Whig turns back his refusal (6)
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Thanks for this - a nice mixture! I have got about half of these - the easy ones of course - but I shall let others have a go before I submit them. I hope that you will get a good response, but not that many members look this far down the index!
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I'll offer a few suggestions - probably including JCFC's "easy" ones, and quite possibly including one or two which are erroneous....
1. Gobi (?)
9. Somali
12. Colorado (?)
15. Ice Cream
18. Arabian
20. Eton Mess
21. Spotted Dick
24. Atacama (?)
25. Kalahari
36. Death Valley
39 Apple Pie
45. Whip
48. Banbury Cakes
49. Pancakes
Hope you get some useful contributions from elsewhere!
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If any of yours are erroneous, mauricelapin, then so are mine, though I think you may have listed the answer to number 2 as number 1.
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All correct (after correcting Gobi to being no. 2)
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Yes, thanks - brain scramble! Just a few more to get.....
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Surely number 1 is sago (frogspawn)
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correct, 1 is Sago
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I'll add a few:
3. Nubian
5. Great Salt
8. Junket
19. Black Sand
29. Margo
31. Baklava
37. Mojave
40. Compote
42. Great Victorian
43. Gibson
47. Great Sandy
Enough to be going on with! I am still grappling with seven clues.
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All correct, leaving -
04. Gain from electronic parts (12)
06. Tanned Liz? (5, 5)
07. Mousetrap bun? (10)
10. I am no long turning (9)
11. Round ball, busy (8)
13. Must air turns fashionable (8)
14. Refreshes during meals or between courses (6)
16. Time to ransack for triviality (6)
17. A skin outbreak around alpha? (6)
22. Rift due west - confusion (6, 5)
23. Coat around a maths symbol (7)
26. Wrongdoing first class (5)
27. Sounds like Christmas bird for Mr. Holloway (9)
28. A daft slur I mixed (5, 5)
30. White food?, Oui (10)
32. Money idiot (8)
33. "Close up these ...... leaves" (6)
34. Ryan is about! (6)
35. A slapstick pie (7)
38. Oriental (7)
41. A shilling in a rodent? (6)
44. In honour of Anna? (7)
46. Soft relics, and count the stones! (6)
50. Whig turns back his refusal (6)
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7. Cheesecake
22. Stewed Fruit
30. Blancmange
41. Mousse
Are we getting there?
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All 4 correct
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I'll add
6. Brown Betty
10. Mongolian
14. Sorbet
16. Trifle
17. Sahara - I've been very dim!
26. Sinai
27. Turkestan
28. Fruit salad
32. Doughnut
38. Eastern
44. Pavlova
46. Prunes.
The remainder have me completely stumped!
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Eureka!
4. Profiteroles
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23. Tapioca
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13. Possibly Tiramisu - but I seem to have an n left over?
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34 Syrian
35 Custard
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Leaving
11. Round ball, busy (8) (anagram)
13. Must air turns fashionable (8) (anagram)
23. Coat around a maths symbol (7) (mostly an anagram)
33. "Close up these ...... leaves" (6) (quote)
34. Ryan is about! (6) (anagram)
35. A slapstick pie (7) (as in the circus)
50. Whig turns back his refusal (6) (political no's)
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11. Syllabub
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11 correct
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Leaving
11. Round ball, busy (8) (anagram)
13. Must air turns fashionable (8) (anagram)
23. Coat around a maths symbol (7) (mostly an anagram)
33. "Close up these ...... leaves" (6) (quote)
34. Ryan is about! (6) (anagram)
35. A slapstick pie (7) (as in the circus)
50. Whig turns back his refusal (6) (political no's)
John ---did you miss these or are they incorrect?
34 Syrian
35 Custard
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Apologies - missed them, leaving
13. Must air turns fashionable (8) (anagram)
23. Coat around a maths symbol (7) (mostly an anagram)
33. "Close up these ...... leaves" (6) (quote)
50. Whig turns back his refusal (6) (political no's)
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23. Tapioca
Did this get missed too?
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13. Possibly Tiramisu - but I seem to have an n left over?
I take it this was not the correct answer.
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13 & 23 correct
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Only thanks to your hint, I have
50.Libyan
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Thinking about 33 the only answer I can think of is not the name of a desert or dessert, however, it describes a desert ---------Barren.
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33 & 50 both correct which concludes the Des(s)erts quiz
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Thank you, John.
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I only stumbled on this after many had been solved. Thanks very much for your efforts in compiling this.