Mail on Sunday GK XWord. 23.10.05

[tobergill]

25 across 3 and 3 letters.

Cocktail whose ingredients include rum,curacao,orgeat and lime juice.

32 down 7 letters.

Angling fly that is pale blue in colour.

[gardenknowin]

Cocktail is MAI TAI - haven't got to the blue fly yet!

[tobergill]

Thank you gardenknowin.     Just needing the blue fly now.

[gardenknowin]

Hi tobergill - think it is HATCHEL (alt spelling of "hackle", according to Monsieur Chamers!)

[beerbelly]

im looking for that one too , but also need 41 a)
classical poetry , metrical foot ?

[Baboonboy]

Metrical foot is a choriamb. I hope it's hatchel because I'm tired of looking through fishingmegastore.com!!

[edgar stocks]

beerbelly, try choriamb

[beerbelly]

thanks Baboonboy ...have been looking for ages for those two
HATCHEL is lookin' good for the last one !

[tobergill]

Thank you gardenknown. It certainly looks like HATCHEL.    THanks once again.

[Baboonboy]

Hatchel does sound promising. Thanks gardenknowin. I must say I didn't realise the world of fly fishing was so complex. All boobys and nymphs,etc.!

[heatherglen]

Type Hackle at Answers.com.

[Heaton]

Having fly fished for 50 years, this has got me stumped for the moment.   A hackle is part of a fly, usually to imitate wings.  It would have helped if we knew if it was a salmon or a trout fly.  

Am going to consult all my "fly" books and will get back.

[valerieb1254]

Watchet

[Heaton]

Just beat me to it as we had visitors......Watchet.