Birds Quiz

[evelynru]

Can anyone help with these:

9. Wow! Doctor rushed with drink (9)
17. Start quiet, a short period o time(7)
25. He has a mixture of underwear surrounding (7)
26. Runner in crime (6)

[TOMMO33]

If 25 were 8 it ould be pants mixture round he a

[ubasses]

9 cormorant

[scorpiojo]

26 Siskin

[TOMMO33]

17 go-sh-a-wk

[ubasses]

17 goshawk

[evelynru]

thanks for your answers folks - scorpiojo - sorry to be so dumb, but could you explain siskin for me - cheers

[evelynru]

sorry, Tommo33 No 25 is definitely 7 letters

[quinie]

26 Explanation-runner is ski inside sin-crime.si-ski-in
25 Must say TOMMO33's answer is good-pity about the number count, though setters sometimes make mistakes.

[evelynru]

yes, quinie - I had pheasant a while back but the no of letters doesn't match