Cryptic clues = station name

[duncanp]

OK - something topical

President Trump's twitter account is a hash of confusing messages from Montana and Delaware

 

[duncanp]

OK, here are some clues:-

President Trump's twitter account is @POTUS

Each state in America has a standard two letter abbreviation.

Put those together with A Hash

 

[Calthrop]

South Hampstead? If correct, open floor.

 

[duncanp]

Yes it is South Hampstead.

Shall we try

Roofing material used to cross river

 

[DaleCooper]

Slateford?

 

[duncanp]

Yes it is Slateford.

Your turn.

 

[DaleCooper]

Next clue:

We go to school here.

 

[Karl]

Euston?

 

[DaleCooper]

Euston?

That's very good, if only the clue had been "We go into school here" however it wasn't so no, not Euston.

 

[Calthrop]

Weeton?

 

[DaleCooper]

Weeton?

Even better, in fact correct. Your turn...

 

[Calthrop]

Thanks.

Milliner's creation tampered with, it sounds like

 

[duncanp]

Hatfield?

 

[Calthrop]

Hatfield?

Not Hatfield. (Ingenious thought process, though !)

 

[Wilts Wanderer]

I doubt it's the answer, but I've always been amused that Whatstandwell contains the word 'hatstand'! Well, you never know.

 

[Calthrop]

Wilts Wanderer: interesting oddity -- but it's not Whatstandwell.

 

[DaleCooper]

I doubt it's the answer, but I've always been amused that Whatstandwell contains the word 'hatstand'! Well, you never know.

Does it have a Hook for Great Coates?

 

[Wilts Wanderer]

Does it have a Hook for Great Coates?

Very good!

Can I try Hattersley?

 

[duncanp]

Does it have a Hook for Great Coates?

If the Great Coates are made of Wool you can Wareham whatever the weather, even when the Snowdown on the hill is 6 inches deep.


(I won't give up the day job, and I'll go out and get a life now.

 

[Calthrop]

Gentlemen and comedians -- think of the headgear item in terms of proletarian, rather than BBC, pronunciation. (Sorry -- as indicated here, it isn't Hattersley.)

 

[duncanp]

What about Attadale, on the Inverness - Kyle Of Lochalsh line?

 

[Calthrop]

What about Attadale, on the Inverness - Kyle Of Lochalsh line?

On the right track here "speech-wise"; and it's in a Celtic area -- but it isn't Attadale.

 

[Calthrop]

Hint: it's served by AW

 

[duncanp]

Prestatyn?

(Sounds like "pressed 'at in")

 

[Calthrop]

Prestatyn?

(Sounds like "pressed 'at in")

Spot-on ! Your floor.

 

[duncanp]

How about

Plants any seed, which is scattered before the nature of the crop is revealed

 

[Karl]

Flowery Field?

 

[duncanp]

No.

The station I am thinking of is in Wales.

 

[Calthrop]

Plants any seed, which is scattered before the nature of the crop is revealed

Plas-y-Nant (Welsh Highland)?

 

[duncanp]

Yes it is Plas y nant.

Your turn.