times monthly 20129 Wednesday June 1st 2011

[tommy-h]

19ac.Pass over british diver (4) B?U? I put bauk but am now doubting myself

1ac. In victory,we`re excited about son and bound robustly (4-4) W?R?---S?W? I put wire-sewn but as above.got one wrong somewhere.Thanks for looking folks.

[WuTang]

Bauk is correct

[factor-fiction]

Bauk is not the right answer

[WuTang]

B - british -- Auk - bird - diver

[factor-fiction]

Sorry- maybe BAUK is right. B + AUK. No idea what it means.

[WuTang]

Wire - Sewn...also correct

[tommy-h]

In scots bauk can mean a patch in a cornfield left fallow-hence pass over.

[Captain2]

Wire sewn looks good
Victory = win with 'we're' excited (mixed up) + s for son

[factor-fiction]

I thought BAUK was something completely different- has anyone got access to an urban dictionary (my work computer won't let me access any sites containing this word!)

[sandyRoe]

apparently in urban slang it's a very naughty word

[tommy-h]

Found my mistake I think.24ac. One desire diminished tribes in New Zealand.(4) I?I?
I have iwis but can find no trace on google

[Lie-in King]

'baUk' is as 'baLk' - "...pass over..."

[factor-fiction]

IWIS seems fine
(I wish diminished)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwi

[Lie-in King]

iwi = tribe, so plural is 'i wis(h)' (Chambers)

[tommy-h]

back to the drawing board

[factor-fiction]

Hi Li-inKing- I thought the spelling was baulk or balk rather than bauk

[Lie-in King]

Hi factor - Chambers just shows "bauk, baulk - same as balk"

[factor-fiction]

I'm not sure, tommy-h, why you seem certain you've gone wrong- we have agreed with the three answers you had come up with

[tommy-h]

gotcha never would have looked here without your help folks much obliged.anyway here it is.8dn. Students of this subject must go into streams (10) P?T?M?L?G?
Seems to be 2 versions of what appear to be similar disciplines.I used the first one I came across (a) Mea Culpa

[Lie-in King]

Potamology - scientific study of rivers

[tommy-h]

sorry lie-in-king,youd be wrong thats my answer.im betting its potomology.almost the same derivation