Cryptic Quiz
- Thread starter chantstiger
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thanks very much, I must admit I hoped it mifght take people a bit longer to get but we have some very knowledgeable lads and lasses on here.
Correct answers so far are
1. Receptacle for womens under garments – Gary Brabin
2. Plonker possibly with a Coxswain – Rodney Rowe
3. Make intelligent remarks increasingly – Theo Whitmore
4. Greeting to an Indian settlement – Ken Houghton
5. Blustery Donkey – Dean Windass
6. Shake Gandalfs Stick – Ken Wagstaff
7. Lancashire Bread cake attracts pollinators – Nick Barmby
8. Your Mother Brothers Lad – Daniel Cousin
9. Soft Fruit based Ice Cream Dessert – Richard Garcia
10. Jays Close Relation – Chris Simpkin
11. Dick possibly with more than one pair of new Trainers – Richard Sneekes
12. Shorty from a park off Bev Road - Although I forgot that stuart pearson could also fit this clue... its what Im looking for
13. Bovine Cock Sure Scrapper – Jimmy Bullard
14. Doorstep Noble – Matt Duke
15. Band Leaded Fuel in an East Hull Accent – Nicky Forster
16. Relaxed place that’s not quite a City – Chris Chilton
17. Exclamation of pain in a joint on Bransholme, argh… -
18. He Had to Pick a Pocket or Two… - Craig ***an
19. HGV on Farmland covered with undetonated ammunition rounds – Lawrie Dudfield
20. Bird of Prey spanning a river – Craig Falconbridge
21. Purchase a Metric Weight – Andy Payton
1. Receptacle for womens under garments – Gary Brabin
2. Plonker possibly with a Coxswain – Rodney Rowe
3. Make intelligent remarks increasingly – Theo Whitmore
4. Greeting to an Indian settlement – Ken Houghton
5. Blustery Donkey – Dean Windass
6. Shake Gandalfs Stick – Ken Wagstaff
7. Lancashire Bread cake attracts pollinators – Nick Barmby
8. Your Mother Brothers Lad – Daniel Cousin
9. Soft Fruit based Ice Cream Dessert – Richard Garcia
10. Jays Close Relation – Chris Simpkin
11. Dick possibly with more than one pair of new Trainers – Richard Sneekes
12. Shorty from a park off Bev Road - Although I forgot that stuart pearson could also fit this clue... its what Im looking for
13. Bovine Cock Sure Scrapper – Jimmy Bullard
14. Doorstep Noble – Matt Duke
15. Band Leaded Fuel in an East Hull Accent – Nicky Forster
16. Relaxed place that’s not quite a City – Chris Chilton
17. Exclamation of pain in a joint on Bransholme, argh… -
18. He Had to Pick a Pocket or Two… - Craig ***an
19. HGV on Farmland covered with undetonated ammunition rounds – Lawrie Dudfield
20. Bird of Prey spanning a river – Craig Falconbridge
21. Purchase a Metric Weight – Andy Payton
my apologies I was actually sad enough to google in before I wrote it. but on second googling ton is the yank way of spelling metric ton
Just these 2 to get then:
12. Shorty from a park off Bev Road – not stuart pearson
17. Exclamation of pain in a joint on Bransholme, argh… -
12. Shorty from a park off Bev Road – not stuart pearson
17. Exclamation of pain in a joint on Bransholme, argh… -
and for those of us old enough to remember, ton is the normal way of spelling real ton!
Few more for you, on a theme again:
1. Queen's small south african barbecue
2. Overweight prostitute
3. Gangster's girl meets insect
4. Detest Mr Philpott
5. Multiple excitement in rabbit home
6. The sound made by a goat running through leaves
Sorry some of these might be ****...
1. Queen's small south african barbecue
2. Overweight prostitute
3. Gangster's girl meets insect
4. Detest Mr Philpott
5. Multiple excitement in rabbit home
6. The sound made by a goat running through leaves
Sorry some of these might be ****...
you think a bit laterally and bung bits of words toegether to see if any sound like anyone who has ever played for city.
no not sure at all. yours sounds much more likely. i thought it was just players and i couldnt think of one beginning with moll so i just added fly on the end when ant didnt work. you might want to take 1 and 6 with a squelch of sodium chloride as well.