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[17071948]

Please can any one help.(8.5.)
1.a fast lady from a south coast town.
5.one eightieth of £1.
21
.you'd have to get your skates don't to catch this.(9.7.)
39.SIlent.aloof,sullen.
Not all clues have number of letters.
Thank you for any help given.

[bibblebub]

1) brighton belle ?

[bibblebub]

21) starlight express

[Captain2]

5 Half a sixpence

[Captain2]

5 Thats rubbish!!!


How about Penny Farthing

[17071948]

Thank you bibblebub and Captain2

[Sam1960]

39. remote ?

[pixie373]

39 withdrawn?

[Canary42]

The problem setter obviously doesn't know his old currency from the new - a farthing was a quarter of the old penny, and was phased out well before decimalisation - the answer Penny Farthing (which I suspect is the correct one) only works if you treat a farthing as a quarter of a new penny.

OK, I must get out more !

[bibblebub]

39) sulky

[TheWinner]

Good answer bibblebub!

[bibblebub]

if it's not penny farthing then someone is going to have to get their thrupenny bits out

[pixie373]

Is that movement though?

[pixie373]

^^I meant"sulky", not thrupenny bits!

[bibblebub]

sulky: a light, open two-wheeled vehicle accommodating only the driver and drawn by one horse, used especially in harness racing

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sulky

[Graham-W]

A penny farthing would be one 192th of a pound, not an eightieth.

[starone]

Well, I am going to put penny-farthing right or wrong!
I already did all the others mentioned , but there is one further on which I am not sure of. The clue is - Was in low spirits, listless or depressed and there are 5 letters. I don't think sulky can be used again and I have put moody which I think might be a type of boat. Anybody got any other suggestions?

[scorpiojo]

Starone, moped

[pixie373]

Thanks for the explanation, bb x

[17071948]

Thank you al for all the help given

[starone]

Scorpiojo - you are Queen of the Quizzes! Thanks.