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Cryptic clues = station name
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Cheam (machine loses in).
Loppylugs
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Cheam it is. Over to you.
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New clue: Hogwarts reorganised - First Wizard replaced by Charlie
DaleCooper
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Gartcosh?
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Gartcosh is the correct answer - as if by magic!!
DaleCooper
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johnnychips
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Just a quick point. There have been observations that participants in this thread are reducing to a number of cryptic clue experts, so I do think it would help if people who confirm a correct answer would explain their logic, so dabblers in the thread might understand. I understood immediately why Gartcosh was correct two clues above, but a lot might be scratching heads!
Not having a moan, just a suggestion.
Not having a moan, just a suggestion.
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Fair point - I am more than happy to oblige.
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A sign on the church points to the station. Charing?
Strat-tastic
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And a good one.
I like cryptic clues, but for this quiz we're dealing with station names, as opposed to the English language in general, so if you've not heard of the station it makes it that much more difficult, at least for me.
DaleCooper
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I made the same suggestion a while ago however I must confess I don't always do it.
Sorry, Charing is not the answer.
DaleCooper
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Hint:
It's on the Welsh Marches line and would probably be mispronounced by an American.
It's on the Welsh Marches line and would probably be mispronounced by an American.
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Oh, silly me - Leominster!
DaleCooper
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New clue: Repacks salty nuts
Loppylugs
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Styal ?
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What a splendid answer - however, it's not the one I'm looking for. In any case, to include two anagram indicators in a clue just wouldn't be cricket!!
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DaleCooper
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Crystal Peaks (Sheffield Supertram) - anagram of "Repacks salty"?
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Sorry, not Stalybridge either. OK, time for another hint.
The answer is not a BR station - and anagram indicators can be wickedly deceptive!!
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You were two minutes too early - see above!
Well done - Crystal Peaks it is!! Ding, ding - change of tram driver.
DaleCooper
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Thank you, it was the two posts below that provided the 10% inspiration to add to 90% perspiration.
Next clue:
A station in Derby, near the Nottinghamshire border.
But you might bowl a googly.
If it's not an anagram of "salty nuts" then perhaps it's...
Strat-tastic
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Bynea.
DaleCooper
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Strat-tastic
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Woohoo! Hopefully not too esoteric this time:
Codeword for a pub down empty street.
Codeword for a pub down empty street.
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Bare Lane?
Strat-tastic
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Yes.
BAR being the three-letter code for the station (pub) and empty street is a bare lane.
Your chance to bamboozle us!
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OK, here's a little bamboozler:- 23 and 27 debut
DaleCooper
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Coventry? Co(balt) Atomic No. 27 + V(anadium) Atomic No. 23 + entry