DaleCooper
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Although that's a good answer and I was tempted to allow it I'm going to be a bit harsh as it's not the answer I wanted.
Hint:
In this clue "demolished" is an anagram indicator.
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Cryptic clues = station name
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Hint:
In this clue "demolished" is an anagram indicator.
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InkyScrolls
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But an anagram of what?
DaleCooper
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Of "A large part of Lower Sydenham".
InkyScrolls
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Well that makes it easier; I was working under the assumption that 'a large part' meant that only some of it was an anagram.
DaleCooper
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Sorry that should be - Of a large part of "Lower Sydenham".
DaleCooper
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You were right, see #14,136
InkyScrolls
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I see it. But that still leaves the questions unanswered as to what constitutes 'a large part'!
InkyScrolls
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Lowdham?
DaleCooper
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I wouldn't make it that difficult.
Hint:
How many parts does "Lower Sydenham" have?
InkyScrolls
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I can't think of any station which is an anagram of 'Sydenham', if that's what you're referring to.
DaleCooper
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I'll let you ponder that for a while before I give another hint.
I suppose you're not being extremely "meta" -- in that there is no station in Great Britain, called just "Sydenham"; but there is Sydenham station in N.I., near Belfast -- in this context, metaphorically anagrammatising Sydenham by transplanting it between islands, without actually rearranging letters 
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DaleCooper
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I wouldn't know a "meta" if I met a meta.I suppose you're not being extremely "meta" -- in that there is no station in Great Britain, called just "Sydenham"; but there is Sydenham station in N.I., near Belfast -- in this context, metaphorically anagrammatising Sydenham by transplanting it between islands, without actually rearranging letters
Hint:
Large, larger, largest
Purple Train
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Long past "stab in the dark" territory here, but is it Rowley Regis?
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Ah, I think I have it: Worle?
DaleCooper
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If you left out "y Regis" you would be closer.
Yes it's Worle, an anagram of a large part, but not the larger part, of Lower Sydenham. Your turn...
InkyScrolls
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Ah, grand! That was a difficult one.
Roll meat and incite five hundred; sailor hesitates - French? No!
Roll meat and incite five hundred; sailor hesitates - French? No!
InkyScrolls
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Correct! All yours.
DaleCooper
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That's not even in the Kama Sutra and probably not possible when drunk even if Arlene was willing.
Ah, but "to the pure all things are pure" (and conversely).
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Harringay Green Lanes?
InkyScrolls
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And here I was thinking of the common cormorant!
Correct -- your next clue to set.
That's what I meant ! (well, nobody can prove otherwise
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DaleCooper
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I merely meant that the Kama Sutra does not mention bird-ringing, attempting to ring a large seabird when drunk would be difficult and Arlene might be unable to restrain the bird.
InkyScrolls
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But of course.
Excellent, thank you.
A sure sign of witches on the move.
InkyScrolls
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Very good but not the answer I'm looking for, I'm afraid.