F.T.A.O Rollo

[liverpoolfoo]

Hi Rollo it's me once again!!!! Just 2 let you know the answer to the xword the other week. (A kind of diving bird) & which we both thought the ans was GREBE? They have now put a note under this weeks xword saying. The answer to that question should have been GORSE.... No wonder i can never win ha ha

[BigDave44]

I remember the question

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puz zles/Question695779.html

but did they explain why? I bet they didn't.

[Rollo]

Really?

How very strange.

[shannee]

this may explain -

http://machaut.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/WEBSTER.sh ?WORD=gorse

Gorse bird (Zo�l.), the European linnet; -- called also gorse hatcher. [Prov. Eng.] -- Gorse chat (Zo�l.), the winchat. -- Gorse duck, the corncrake; -- called also grass drake, land drake, and corn drake

[BigDave44]

That's a bit like saying that another name for a grass snake is a grass. Glad I don't do this puzzle.