Children's Society 'Bits & Pieces' Quiz. 30 June 2020

[bluebell56]

All the answers relate to the body in some way.
Stuck on the last four if anyone can help me please.
No.44 Material that gathers in the corner of the eye (3)
No.90 Can be seen, but not heard (9)
No.92 A disease of turnips in which the taproot branches (6.3.3)
No.94 An old word for portcullis (8)
Thank you.

[cashier]

92 finger and toe

[bluebell56]

Thank you Cashier. I would have never got that.

[scorpiojo]

94 Cataract


late Middle English: from Latin cataracta‘waterfall, floodgate’, also ‘portcullis’ (medical cataract (sense 2) probably being a figurative use of this), from Greek kataraktēs ‘down-rushing’, from katarassein, from kata- ‘down’ + arassein‘strike, smash’.

[mallyh]

90 iffy ...eyelashes

[bluebell56]

Thank you Scorpiojo and well explained too.
Mallyn eyelashes sounds good to me thank you.
Realised I missed one out.
No.61 My bones denouse. Have checked with the setter and the question is correct unfortunately no letter count on this one.

[fiction-factory]

For 44 I can't think of a 3 letter answer- only sleep, rheum, crust, eye boogers...

[bluebell56]

Me neither Fiction-factory. I think I will contact the setter again. Thanks for trying.

[mallyh]

I can only think of ...rib( eye)

[mallyh]

61 .....MYB(genes) nouse = nose take from my bONES

[Skitts]

61. I found as song lyrics to a song buttons & bows the line after my bones denouse is hurts my toes

[bluebell56]

Thank you all for helping. Much appreciated.