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Chris38 | 10:49 Mon 21st Dec 2015 | Crosswords
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6 down (5) ?K?R?L Bagpipers collectively. Solution must be "SKIRL" but Google refuses to give this as the answer. Any thoughts, folks?
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Found this

Skirl of pipers: company of bag-pipe players—Lipton, 1970
10:51 Mon 21st Dec 2015
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Skirl looks okay
10:51 Mon 21st Dec 2015
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Skirl is correct
10:51 Mon 21st Dec 2015
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Many thanks to all who replied - particularly captain2 for digging out the 1970 reference - not quoted by any of the Google references I trawled through!
10:58 Mon 21st Dec 2015
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Apparently the more common/longstanding term is a poverty of bagpipers.
I used to love Mull of Kintyre but I heard it again last week and thought "what a dirge"
11:00 Mon 21st Dec 2015
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Interesting comment, fictionfactory. The sound of the pipes is rather awful, yet there is something about it that inspires.
11:11 Mon 21st Dec 2015
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Do you know why the bagpipe player walks while playing?
Because it is harder to hit a moving target.
11:12 Mon 21st Dec 2015

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