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Scottish Birds - by Richard Paul |
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Below are 12 Scottish Birds. The clues are unashamedly cryptic. What are the birds? |
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Flushed with the consumption of Whisky, perhaps? |
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Out of breath Comic? |
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A fowl which is a long distance runner? |
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Any one for a repeated swim in a cold river? |
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A useful bird when it comes to removing aquatic snow? |
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Are these black heads easily taken in? |
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An angry invoice? |
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Suitable for page three? (sorry) |
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Melodic fungal disease? |
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A latin cave dweller? |
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Burnished with an aquiline nose? |
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Fuel for bad weather if your orthography isn't too precise? |
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Bee Quiz - by Di Horsfall |
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Below are 23 Bee Terms. The clues are unashamedly cryptic. What are the terms? |
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Clue |
Letters |
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Dirty Smelly Habit |
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Who gets it all to do? |
3 7 |
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It can illuminate the situation |
3 6 |
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Both the biggest and the best |
5 3 |
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Home Sweet Home |
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Hexagonal Storage |
5 4 |
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At home in a diary, perhaps (anag) |
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You may get it in the end |
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Prince of Party Fare |
5 5 |
9 |
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Sounds like Scottish boys in blue, on for it (Bee glue) |
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A change is as well as a rest (butterfly like) |
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Gather from rosebuds while ye may |
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Von Frisch discovered the steps to these (them) |
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Stop thinking about it or you will do this |
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You could get banged up up in one |
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An Apiarist always tries to be this |
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Girl's name and high crop |
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It is a bit of a habit |
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Whinny the Pooh's favourite container |
5 3 |
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Roll me over in it |
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Straight there (and back) |
3 4 |
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Farmers used to keep Bees in these |
5 4 |
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Merry band of travellers, all over |
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