Cryptic clues = station name

[Seacook]

Caldicot?

No, not that, but It's close enough that I suspect someone is going to find the right one very soon now,
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Camelon?

I was right. While I was typing the answer popped up.

CA (California) + MELON. There was a slight hint in using abbreviations for the cities suggesting the same for the state.

 

[Zamracene749]

Easy one I think this time-

Noted den

 

[DaleCooper]

Lairg?

 

[Zamracene749]

Lairg?

I thought that would not last long . Your floor Dale

 

[DaleCooper]

Next clue:

Steaming south at dawn under clear skies, wherein we can discern our destination.

 

[cadoxton]

Leamington Spa

 

[Zamracene749]

Port Sunlight? If we steam south at dawn, the sun will be on the Portside..

 

[DaleCooper]

Port Sunlight? If we steam south at dawn, the sun will be on the Portside..

You've got it, well done.

 

[Zamracene749]

Ok, another easy one-

Non drinker in affectionate northern city will turn it southern!

 

[Seacook]

Ok, another easy one-

Non drinker in affectionate northern city will turn it southern!

Totton, I believe.

Open floor, if it is correct.

 

[Zamracene749]

Aye, Totton it is.

 

[DasLunatic]

My confused ship bam found the shrink ray

 

[DaleCooper]

Little Bispham?

 

[DasLunatic]

It is. Your floor, Dale.

 

[DaleCooper]

Next clue:

Extracts potassium from the heavens, and then replaces it

 

[Seacook]

Next clue:

Extracts potassium from the heavens, and then replaces it

Sandy seems to fit quite nicely.

 

[DaleCooper]

Sandy seems to fit quite nicely.

Bespoke even.

Now let's have a clue from you, no "open floor" this time.

 

[Seacook]

Bespoke even.

Now let's have a clue from you, no "open floor" this time.

Pre-privatization racecourse

 

[cadoxton]

British Steel Redcar

 

[Seacook]

British Steel Redcar

Not the one I'm thinking of. (And isn't it Redcar British Steel?)
British Steel Corporation was privatized as British Steel plc, so it does not really work.

 

[cadoxton]

(And isn't it Redcar British Steel?)

That'll teach me to rely on Wiki, where it is listed the other way on both its own page, and the station list.

 

[DaleCooper]

Not the one I'm thinking of. (And isn't it Redcar British Steel?)
British Steel Corporation was privatized as British Steel plc, so it does not really work.

I think you'll find British Steel was privatised, not privatized.
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Having had my rant:

Braintree?

 

[Seacook]

I think you'll find British Steel was privatised, not privatized.

The OED (2nd edition on CD-ROM) headword is PRIVATIZE. The -ISE form occurs just once, in a 1989 citation for SHOOT taken from Nursing Times.

Chambers shows both spellings indicating that either can be used.
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Having had my rant:

Braintree?[/QUOTE]

That's the one!

 

[DaleCooper]

The OED (2nd edition on CD-ROM) headword is PRIVATIZE. The -ISE form occurs just once, in a 1989 citation for SHOOT taken from Nursing Times.!

Oddly the OED seems to have decided on its own version of British English spelling and justified it by careful selection of examples.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Spelling/Words_ending_with_"-ise"_or_"-ize"

It is easy enough to find examples of privatise/privatisation from:

The Guardian
BBC
The Independent
The Telegraph
gov.uk (is this a reliable source?) https://www.gov.uk/government/news/...office-report-the-privatisation-of-royal-mail
etc.

It makes one doubt the quality of OED's research. Or is it US biased?

Next clue:

The return of a brief memory

 

[backontrack]

Southampton Airport Parkway?

 

[Seacook]

Oddly the OED seems to have decided on its own version of British English spelling and justified it by careful selection of examples.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Spelling/Words_ending_with_"-ise"_or_"-ize"

It is easy enough to find examples of privatise/privatisation from:

The Guardian
BBC
The Independent
The Telegraph
gov.uk (is this a reliable source?) https://www.gov.uk/government/news/...office-report-the-privatisation-of-royal-mail
etc.

It makes one doubt the quality of OED's research. Or is it US biased?

I looked in The Cambridge Guide to English Usage which is corpus-based, and that indicates that in the UK, the -ise spellings predominate in current works in the ratio of roughly 3:2. It is more so in Australia. Since there is no consensus in this country, each of us can continue to use our favoured spelling.

 

[DaleCooper]

Southampton Airport Parkway?

Interesting suggestion but wrong, where did it come from?

 

[backontrack]

Erm...

Dèja vu = Dèjan Lovren = formerly Southampton + from Croatia = airport

 

[Zamracene749]

Morpeth?

 

[DaleCooper]

Morpeth?

I think you're heading in the right direction, just not quite there yet.