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[Louie]

Hi again ! Have I gone wrong ?? 2d. Iris appears to indicate everyone's well on board (6,4) YELLOW FLAG ??

14a. Uni students ( French ) probe swamp to find what's in it (8)

B***F*O*

Many thanks to you all !

[retrocop]

bullfrog

[retrocop]

yellow flag

[Louie]

Thanks Retro !!!

[retrocop]

yellow flag required to be flown when vessels enter a foreign port. "I request free practique" meaning all on board are healthy and no plague carriers. :-)

[MargoTester]

Yes
Bull frog

[Pinfire]

Yellow flag had me confused too, according to OED:

"Definition of yellow flag in English:
noun
A yellow flag flown by a ship to indicate the presence on board of disease."

[fiction-factory]

I can see the U (uni) and LL students + Frog - but where does the B come from please?

[emeritus]

FR = French

BOG = Swamp

[Pinfire]

U uni
LL students
F French
in BOG swamp.

[retrocop]

I have flown that signal flag many times when sailing into French and C.I.ports
It,as I have mentioned,an indication that No communicable disease is on board the vessel and a request for free passage ( Free Practique) to enter the port without hinderance.

[fiction-factory]

That makes sense now. I thought frog for French was a bit unPC

[retrocop]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratique Pratique and the Yellow Flag

[Pinfire]

Thanks retrocop, I guess the Oxford Dictionaris has it wrong then:
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/yellow-flag

[retrocop]

I believe they have otherwise there must of been some very worried people on shore when I sailed into a Port displaying my Q signal flag on the Flag halyard!
:-)