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downtoearth Mon 14-Dec-15 09:36:53

we have a quiz in our local magazine entitled a walk in the country,wondered if you would like to join me,I will post a few questions at a time ..

1.insect found on a village green (7)
2.Bovine postman (3)
3.communist flyer (3.4)
4.sounds like a wedding route(10)
5.Tom jones sang about this(5,5,5)

Answers posted in January issue...is purely for fun and not profit

Bellanonna Wed 16-Dec-15 20:02:04

2. Cattle grid

Bellanonna Wed 16-Dec-15 20:03:52

5. Wild flowers

Bellanonna Wed 16-Dec-15 20:04:32

Snap joy. !!

JoyBloggs Wed 16-Dec-15 20:06:44

Bella tchgrin

downtoearth Thu 17-Dec-15 08:25:03

we are doing well GNs

just a recap of the answers we have so far

1.insect on a village green.................cricket
2.Bovine postman.............................cowpat
3.communist flyer.............................red kite
4.sounds like a wedding route.............Bridle path
5.Tom Jones sang about this...............green green grass
6.untidy bird or wild flower.................ragged robin
7.second class walk...........................B.ramble
8.perhaps member of a crew...............water boatmen
9.its painful on a foot.........................Acorn
10.US soldier seems happy..................Fun Gi
11.fight and argue..............................??
12.Not a cock.....................................??
13.An East Anglian hit..........................suffolk punch
14.Type of fund perhaps......................Hedge
15.Sideless old TV soap.......................Brook(side)
16.High Jinx......................................??
17.Beef Network.................................Cattle Grid
18.Overeat........................................Gorge
19.Find this in antheaps.......................Pheasant
20.Blooms in a rage............................Wild flowers.

we have 3 to find,just re read my mag and we have to wait until February for the answers sad
Shall I post the cryptic animals next..grin
Hope you are enjoying this as much as I am xx

chelseababy Sat 19-Dec-15 11:58:25

Yes please can we have the animals?

Bellanonna Sat 19-Dec-15 12:24:28

Re no 17, high jinx. I've been thinking hard about this one. A rather tenuous answer could be the wryneck. 'High' seems to suggest a bird anyway. The wryneck is a type of ground feeding woodpecker, coming here on migration in the autumn. I looked it up and it is associated with putting a jinx on something. So a possibility...?
Could we please have the animals?

WilmaKnickersfit Sat 19-Dec-15 12:34:37

Could 11 Fight and argue be Sparrow Spar_Row?

WilmaKnickersfit Sat 19-Dec-15 12:45:49

12. A chicken? Or would that only count as 9 or 7?

Ana Sat 19-Dec-15 12:49:31

I think that as separate words have been indicated in the clues it would have been (1,7) for 'a chicken'.

Think you're right about sparrow though - good one! tchsmile

WilmaKnickersfit Sat 19-Dec-15 12:50:39

Better answer for 12. Not a cock - Ladybird Lady_Bird.

WilmaKnickersfit Sat 19-Dec-15 12:57:16

*Bellanonna" I think you are right about high jinx being a bird, but I think it could be Skylark Sky_Lark!

WilmaKnickersfit Sat 19-Dec-15 12:58:31

Could be time for the animals! tchgrin

Bellanonna Sat 19-Dec-15 13:01:51

ladybird Wilma. Yes!

Bellanonna Sat 19-Dec-15 13:02:30

Skylark makes good sense too

downtoearth Sat 19-Dec-15 14:44:54

Be back to put animals on this evening am running around after little A at the moment .The ding bat section is taxing my grey matter also

downtoearth Sun 20-Dec-15 13:43:23

well we have completed the walk in the country.....all 20 questions have an answer..now for the cryptic animals 10 questions in all

1.grows from follicles (4)
2.a letter from the alphabet (2)
3.part of a chain barrier (3)
4.device for cooling the face (10)
5.airborne dairy produce (9)
6.church bench mother (4)
7.boring device for blokes (8)
8.shy grumbler (3,4)
9.feline from warsaw (7)
10.apply pressure to a doorbell.

films next GNsxx

Ana Sun 20-Dec-15 14:21:56

1. Hare
2. Bee
3. ?
4. ?
5. ?
6. Puma
7. Mandrill
8. Koi Carp
9. Polecat

JoyBloggs Sun 20-Dec-15 14:29:47

5. Butterfly?

Bellanonna Sun 20-Dec-15 14:38:28

3. Lynx ? Haven't seen one on a country walk tho

Bellanonna Sun 20-Dec-15 14:44:57

4. Oh, maybe these are not seen on walks? How about chin chiller? ( chinchilla) Chin not the face strictly speaking?

downtoearth Mon 21-Dec-15 09:16:27

these are not featured on a country walk ..sorry title was cryptic animals blush..

we have some brilliant answers ..love Ana's Koi (coy) carp...and Bella's chin chilla and yes Butterfly sounds right joy
no.10 is proving elusive

apply pressure to a doorbell hmm

JoyBloggs Mon 21-Dec-15 13:48:03

down How many letters in No 10, please?

chelseababy Mon 21-Dec-15 20:19:37

10 buzzard?

Bellanonna Mon 21-Dec-15 20:31:03

Buzz hard? Good one chelseababy