Daily puzzles/problems.

[kasie]

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.

[MarkBastable]

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.

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?)

[kasie]

(kasie does her Cheshire Cat impression.)

Not gypsum but you're nearly there, Mark......

[prendrelemick]

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.

[kasie]

Mick - yes to eel and ooze, but no to gazelle or baboon - you haven't quite got the link yet.

[prendrelemick]

I think I have it now. but still can't get many answers.

20. oodles
5. eerie
16. D day

[billl]

4 mm
10 Aardvark
18 oolong

[MarkBastable]

Not gypsum...

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.

[kasie]

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]

[MarkBastable]

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.

[prendrelemick]

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.

[kasie]

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.

[MarkBastable]

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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7.

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12.



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.

[kasie]

er....... or then again maybe... er....

Perhaps just a teeny clue, Mark?

[prendrelemick]

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.