Mark - yes to 2, 7 and 16; not what I had in mind for 6 but I suspect you are getting close to working out the link.
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Mark - yes to 2, 7 and 16; not what I had in mind for 6 but I suspect you are getting close to working out the link.
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Originally Posted by kasie
Oh no I'm not.
There are several six-letter sedimentary rocks, but for no reason at all I've decided it's gypsum.
(Except it's going to be oolite, isn't it?)
:D (kasie does her Cheshire Cat impression.)
Not gypsum but you're nearly there, Mark......
Ok, the link is now obvious, so I know its eel and ooze, and perhaps gazelle or baboon, but Mark is the only winner here.
Mick - yes to eel and ooze, but no to gazelle or baboon - you haven't quite got the link yet.
I think I have it now. but still can't get many answers.
20. oodles
5. eerie
16. D day
4 mm
10 Aardvark
18 oolong
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Originally Posted by kasie
I think I said that I knew it wasn't.
To be fair, and not wishing to take credit I'm not due, I can't see what's wrong with Mick's 'baboon'.
Or perhaps I can. In which case, bill's right that it's 'aardvark'. Which would make 17 www.
Well done, folks - let's do a recap:
[QUOTE=kasie;1048667]CROSSWORD CLUES
1 a fish (3) eel
2 You're being watched! (abbrev) (4) CCTV
3 South American tylopod (5) llama
4 one of these is very short (abbrev) (2)
5 strange and disturbing (5) eerie
6 give out moisture (4) ooze
7 always poetic (3) e'er
8 with reference to the Pope (abbrev) (2)
9 very quietly (mus) (2) pp
10 leading African mammal (8) aardvark
11 sedimentary rock (6) oolite
12 given to an exceptionally brave soldier (abbrev) (2)
13 a very small volume (abbrev) (2) cc
14 study of birds' eggs (6) oology
15 for and on behalf of (abbrev) (2) pp
16 critical day of action (1,3) D Day
17 a very modern address (abbrev) (3) www
18 black Chinese tea (6) oolong
19 Manx races (abbrev) (2) TT
20 lots and lots (6) oodles
Well done everyone but - what's the pattern? Any takers for the last few? [QUOTE]
Double first letters.
Without looking it up, I'd guess that the Pope one is another pp. Or possibly pP. And bill suggested mm for 4.
Hang on. Who got e'er and how does that work?
Ah, a poetic ever. Bit slow there.
Just the brave soldier then. Is MM short for Military Medal?
I think the Pope's signiture is followed by pp for Papa.
That's it, Mark!
Apologies to Billl, I overlooked the mm solution.
Yes, Mick - Military Medal was the one I had in mind. You and Mark may be right about the pp (or pP) for the Pope but the one I found in the dictionary was HH - His Holiness.
Over to Mark, I think.
For this one, IM me your responses.
1. Request for gratification.
2. Accompanying the creators.
3. A dark passage of inflexible light.
4. Buggy retail.
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I don't want the answer to number 5 - I want a clue to it. When someone gives a clue that implies they know the answer, I'll update the list and everyone else can have a shot at coming up with a clue for 6. And so on.
I can't decide whether this is ridiculously easy or unjustifiably hard.
er....... or then again maybe... er....
Perhaps just a teeny clue, Mark?
Don't know about IMing, so have PM'd my clue for no.5
Like any puzzle, it's easy once you've twigged it.