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GK Fanatic | 15:59 Mon 17th Apr 2006 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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OK very simple today but I can't finish the links.????


Common Cold ,Knight Errant are fine then Vigour Ditch Hybrid and Digger. Obviously there are phrases in there I've never heard of......or I got what I thought was a simple puzzle wrong????

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Ditch Digger - a labourer who digs ditches

Hybrid Vigour - a Increased vigour or other superior qualities arising from the crossbreeding of genetically different plants or animals. Also called heterosis.
16:13 Mon 17th Apr 2006
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I think it is Knight Errant and Hybrid Vigour at least that's what I'm putting!
16:13 Mon 17th Apr 2006
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Thank you both, Hybrid Vigour is a new one on me !!!!
16:31 Mon 17th Apr 2006
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New to me too but the compact OED, via OneLook.com, has:


hybrid vigour

� noun Genetics the tendency of a cross-bred individual to show qualities superior to those of both parents

17:17 Mon 17th Apr 2006

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