mos 16/12

[ricardoat4]

17 and 31 across and 37 down please, thanks and merry christmas

[sarumite]

17a Dad

31a Cobb

[sarumite]

37d Tadjik

[Hoike]

I can't see that Dad is a dialect word for thump as well as father.

Ithink PAW is more like it.

[sarumite]

Chambers indicates ...

Dad (dialect) to throw against something, to dash, thump.

[Hoike]

I should trust the British dictionary - not the American encarta
I have the OED of some years nut it isn't listed in there.

[zinnie]

Hello...17a is POP

[callboy]

dad is a northern or scottish word meaning thump or blow
so dad is the answer

[zinnie]

my last post was wrong...I had skalio for 7d..which should be skalia......giving DAD for 17a

[moscowmike]

ans to 7d is skolia

[sidley]

7 down is skolio so 17 across must be pop! 31 across I think is cobb but cannot confirm that. Someone has already posted the answer to 37 down as tadlik.

[sidley]

My apologies Ricardo. The answer to 37 down is TADJIK not TADLIK. They are inhabitants of Tajikistan. Also I have confirmed that COBB is correct,

[csfloyd]

Some confusion over 7d and 17 across, I see. I agree with Sarumite and Callboy.

7d is DEFINATELY Skolia. This is the plural (skolio must be the singular). As the question states 'drinking songS, Skolia is correct.

DAD is a dialect for thump (from Shetland, I think.) Since when have you thumped a balloon to burst it?? (for those of you who think pop is the correct answer!)