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Quizzes - cryptic clues
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Question marks denote a missing letter.
Old mother of = ????RAT??? (10)
at the hat shop = ??????ERS (9)
who illustrated childrens books = ??CKH?? (7)
from Boots = ??MIM?? (7)
a rake = ???HAR?? (8)
stockings = ???HER?????
Dickens & Joneses = ?????BOU??
A large blue-white diamond = ???ELS???
this sentence is for 2 clues: = (indicating the presence of Waterstone) implements" - the last answer is likely to have the clue =implements= -- ???ROS????? ??LIT??
Peter = ????DLE
printed in red= ???RIC????
Marks and Spencer = ?????OAT
Woolworth = ???TLA??
"for a perfect 5th (or 16th) century jestbook = 2 clues ???QUI?????? ??OGG??
High Street = ????TOS??????
buying things up wholesale =???ROS????
there between Clive and Lewis= ????LES
Ant = ??GAT??
Basque = ???KAR???
on the Emerald Isle = ??ARA??
where men stand looking= ???TER
one of the madder family members= ???DEN??
this time of year = ???ELL
Any help much appreciated!
Old mother of = ????RAT??? (10)
at the hat shop = ??????ERS (9)
who illustrated childrens books = ??CKH?? (7)
from Boots = ??MIM?? (7)
a rake = ???HAR?? (8)
stockings = ???HER?????
Dickens & Joneses = ?????BOU??
A large blue-white diamond = ???ELS???
this sentence is for 2 clues: = (indicating the presence of Waterstone) implements" - the last answer is likely to have the clue =implements= -- ???ROS????? ??LIT??
Peter = ????DLE
printed in red= ???RIC????
Marks and Spencer = ?????OAT
Woolworth = ???TLA??
"for a perfect 5th (or 16th) century jestbook = 2 clues ???QUI?????? ??OGG??
High Street = ????TOS??????
buying things up wholesale =???ROS????
there between Clive and Lewis= ????LES
Ant = ??GAT??
Basque = ???KAR???
on the Emerald Isle = ??ARA??
where men stand looking= ???TER
one of the madder family members= ???DEN??
this time of year = ???ELL
Any help much appreciated!
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Description of type of queen ant.
Yellow to black species, smaller in size (WL< 2.0 mm); eyes absent or present as dots in worker; absent, present as dots, or present and small but multifacetted, in ergatoid queen; pygidium as seen from above truncate in worker, concave in ergatoid queen.
Note that ergatoid has an extra letter than given in the clue.
Yellow to black species, smaller in size (WL< 2.0 mm); eyes absent or present as dots in worker; absent, present as dots, or present and small but multifacetted, in ergatoid queen; pygidium as seen from above truncate in worker, concave in ergatoid queen.
Note that ergatoid has an extra letter than given in the clue.
Guys these are all fantastic, really appreciate the help.
on the "men stand looking" clue, yes I am certain about ???TER. I was thinming LOITER perhaps.
Any expansion on QUINTILIS? the answer has 3 letters before the QUINTILIS if correct.
I did find "euskarian" but anyone got an actual meaning just for my own know-how?
on the "men stand looking" clue, yes I am certain about ???TER. I was thinming LOITER perhaps.
Any expansion on QUINTILIS? the answer has 3 letters before the QUINTILIS if correct.
I did find "euskarian" but anyone got an actual meaning just for my own know-how?
