Cryptic clues = station name

[Purple Train]

Wem

But of course. Knowing we must say goodbye, and, as for the hint, it is somewhere inside, hiding (as with Rolleston, although not backwards). Mr Cooper - all yours!

 

[DaleCooper]

But of course. Knowing we must say goodbye, and, as for the hint, it is somewhere inside, hiding (as with Rolleston, although not backwards). Mr Cooper - all yours!

Thank you.

Next clue:

Butcher will help to find this station.

 

[johnnychips]

Thank you.

Next clue:

Butcher will help to find this station.

Pwllheli?

 

[DaleCooper]

Pwllheli?

Yes and I would butcher the pronunciation, your turn...

 

[johnnychips]

Diolch yn fawr, Dale.

What you find at the sweet shop in this station.

 

[johnnychips]

Alternative Clue: me first with a weapon at this station.

 

[DaleCooper]

Alternative Clue: me first with a weapon at this station.

Jarrow

 

[johnnychips]

Jarrow

That’s right Dale. March on to the next clue!

 

[DaleCooper]

That’s right Dale. March on to the next clue!

Thank you.

Next clue:

Meld rival Crepello not seen here.

 

[DaleCooper]

Thank you.

Next clue:

Meld rival Crepello not seen here.

No guesses? Here's a hint:

Banish racehorses and Deltics from your thoughts.

 

[DaleCooper]

No guesses? Here's a hint:

Banish racehorses and Deltics from your thoughts...

......but do think about synonyms to find this station in NW England.

 

[Calthrop]

......but do think about synonyms to find this station in NW England.

We learn that Crepello is inter alia, the name of a US coffee outlet. Thinking of a Canadian rival / counterpart in the same line of business -- Tim Horton's -- Horton-in-Ribblesdale??

 

[DaleCooper]

We learn that Crepello is inter alia, the name of a US coffee outlet. Thinking of a Canadian rival / counterpart in the same line of business -- Tim Horton's -- Horton-in-Ribblesdale??

You picked the wrong word. My clues might be obscure but they're not cruel.

 

[Calthrop]

Fiendish in effect; but not by intention ...

 

[neilmc]

Liverpool Central?

 

[DaleCooper]

Liverpool Central?

Correct, a meld (blend, mixture) of "rival Crepello not". Your turn...

 

[neilmc]

A new one:

Does Newark pay that turn well?

 

[DaleCooper]

A new one:

Does Newark pay that turn well?

Thanet Parkway

 

[neilmc]

Yes Dale is right again, another anagram of "Newark pay that"

 

[DaleCooper]

Yes Dale is right again, another anagram of "Newark pay that"

Thank you, open floor...

 

[Calthrop]

Concerning a social call in passing, on otter family -- succinct etiquette advice?

 

[John Griffiths]

Well, it would be good manners to warn the otters of a potential danger from those wishing them ill - Hunts Cross, perhaps.

 

[Calthrop]

Well, it would be good manners to warn the otters of a potential danger from those wishing them ill - Hunts Cross, perhaps.

Interesting thought-process; but basically on the wrong track, I'm afraid.

 

[DaleCooper]

Concerning a social call in passing, on otter family -- succinct etiquette advice?

Haltwhistle

 

[Calthrop]

Haltwhistle

Again: ingenious but, sorry, no. (Answer-station is a lot further south than either suggestion.)

 

[DaleCooper]

Again: ingenious but, sorry, no. (Answer-station is a lot further south than either suggestion.)

Knockholt

 

[Calthrop]

Knockholt

That's right -- knock at the entrance of their holt. Your turn !

 

[DaleCooper]

That's right -- knock at the entrance of their holt. Your turn !

Thank you.

Next clue:

It's a rum do when LNER trains don't call here.

 

[neilmc]

Howden?

 

[DaleCooper]

Howden?

Correct, well done I thought it would last longer. You turn...