November 2017 Down Town Quiz by Rod Hunt


The last time we had a quiz with towns as clues was 2006! Each clue leads to a town, city or village in the UK. Some of the clues may have cryptic tendencies!


1 Not an old Englishman’s home 2 The opposite of rip-off


3 One of the four elements, (och aye!) 4 Fortified wine plus an extinct hunting dog 5 A comedian with a wise partner 6 Poet joins an economist


7 Tailless bird, Chinese dynasty, poor actor 8 Not at peace with inside bit of the candle 9 Seated in a chair at the moment of birth 10 Alas! I knew him well when not in charge 11 Queen’s bird and bishop’s oversight 12 Sounds like artistic activity on canvas 13 Stupid to get so cold? 14 Distribute cards


15 Inky-sounding Scottish stream (in Lancs) 16 To allow more light in 17 Sound like Jeeves’ boss 18 Tub


19 A type of Rifle


20 Exceedingly dark small body of water 21 BLT, for example, in the lunch box 22 Piscatorial protection agent


23 Sounds like Mother is down in the dumps 24 Male sheep has own entrance to field 25 Half an insect if following ‘creepie’ 26 Played with an oval ball


27 “_____ the spreading chestnut tree” 28 Not quite past its _____ date 29 Bacon that may not be fresh! 30 Donald reduced to fine sugar 31 Knitted garment with sleeves


32 From the tip of mine toes to the top of __!


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33 Might ceramic vessel makers go here to drink ________________________________ 34 What’s that noisy dog doing? 35 Faucet positioned at floor level 36 A number of acorn-bearing trees 37 Wide steps


38 Sounds as if no food was consumed 39 Sounds like a clapped-out old car 40 Ship’s personnel


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