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mattkate | 16:18 Wed 30th Jul 2008 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Stuck on last three to finish:
13a. Posh wooden objects going round dish (6)
14d. Force into transport merger (8)
3d. Running off to the match (9)

Thanks in advance.
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13a tureen
3d elopement ?
16:19 Wed 30th Jul 2008
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Tureen
Railroad
Elopement
16:19 Wed 30th Jul 2008
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13a Tureen.14d Railroad
16:19 Wed 30th Jul 2008
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Thanks to all for help. Not sure though how "posh wooden objects" is connected with a tureen. Can somebody explain?
16:36 Wed 30th Jul 2008
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Treen is the name for small woosen objects.

U stands for posh (but i dont remember the origin of it)
16:38 Wed 30th Jul 2008
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treen = wooden objects
u = posh

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/treen

16:38 Wed 30th Jul 2008
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I also meant wooden - not woosen! :-)
16:44 Wed 30th Jul 2008
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U
adj (of words, behaviour, etc) as used by or found among the upper classes, hence socially acceptable; upper-class, opp to non-U.
[upper-class]

16:52 Wed 30th Jul 2008
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Many thanks to everyone. I've learned something new today!
17:04 Wed 30th Jul 2008
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Thamks catron - i've never known the origins of the terms U and non-u - but always known what they were in crosswords!
17:06 Wed 30th Jul 2008

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