Any Turnips like cryptic crossword puzzles?
Hope so. Here is the clue;
HIJKLMNO
5 letters
Hope so. Here is the clue;
HIJKLMNO
5 letters
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Cryptic Crosswords
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 Sway55 |
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Posts: 465 (Wed, 15-Aug-07 15:11:42) |
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SteveTheRiddler |
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Posts: 1558 (Wed, 15-Aug-07 17:20:27) Super Turnip |
 H Two O |
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jimbo |
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Posts: 18362 (Wed, 15-Aug-07 17:23:42) Moperator |
Nice one Stevie baby.
I believe the answer, therefore, which our quiz inquisitor is looking for is - 'water'. This is one Sway case which has been sol ved by a Turnip joint effort. 
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SteveTheRiddler |
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Posts: 1558 (Wed, 15-Aug-07 17:30:15) Super Turnip |
Very well. I'll reply with a regional one on behalf of us both:
The topic reported in Yorkshire paper (6) |
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Sway55 |
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Posts: 465 (Wed, 15-Aug-07 23:51:14) |
yep. dead right
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Sway55 |
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Posts: 465 (Thu, 16-Aug-07 05:10:41) |
The topic reported in Yorkshire paper (6)
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SteveTheRiddler |
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Posts: 1558 (Thu, 16-Aug-07 08:21:25) Super Turnip |
Nope
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jimbo |
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Posts: 18362 (Thu, 16-Aug-07 12:16:28) Moperator |
Posted?
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SteveTheRiddler |
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Posts: 1558 (Thu, 16-Aug-07 12:43:55) Super Turnip |
Nah
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Viv |
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Posts: 5772 (Thu, 16-Aug-07 20:40:07) Super Turnip |
Tissue
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Sway55 |
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Posts: 465 (Fri, 17-Aug-07 00:21:12) |
That's gotta be it viv. nice one.
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Viv |
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Posts: 5772 (Fri, 17-Aug-07 07:15:19) Super Turnip |
There was a good one in the Times a week or two back. It's not particularly difficult, but it brought a smile to my gnarled old features:
Do without (6, 5) |
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SteveTheRiddler |
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Posts: 1558 (Fri, 17-Aug-07 10:41:51) Super Turnip |
garden party
Member (confounded Turnip!) who is unlikely to have attended the York meeting (4,6) |
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Viv |
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Posts: 5772 (Fri, 17-Aug-07 13:01:10) Super Turnip |
Dick Turpin
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SteveTheRiddler |
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Posts: 1558 (Fri, 17-Aug-07 13:13:50) Super Turnip |
 Your go, Viv |
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Viv |
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Posts: 5772 (Fri, 17-Aug-07 13:30:32) Super Turnip |
Can't think of a good one at the moment...
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SteveTheRiddler |
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Posts: 1558 (Mon, 20-Aug-07 10:46:53) Super Turnip |
Here's one to keep it moving
Sway gets new part, we hear it being a hot topic on Whirligig (4,1,4) |
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jimbo |
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Posts: 18362 (Mon, 20-Aug-07 22:39:34) Moperator |
Sets a trap?
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Sway55 |
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Posts: 465 (Tue, 21-Aug-07 01:59:11) |
Rock n Roll
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SteveTheRiddler |
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Posts: 1558 (Tue, 21-Aug-07 10:41:25) Super Turnip |
Yay for Sway!
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Sway55 |
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Posts: 465 (Tue, 21-Aug-07 13:23:46) |
easy one to keep the ball rolling.
Carthorse in the stalls? (9) |
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