Machel said it a few posts ago - Hull.

As in Rod Hull who 'handled Emu - an Australian bird.

Can someone explain Sterling to me?

Also don't think Hamilton is a city.

Does that mean that both Leicester and Wells are no longer contenders?

You would appear to be right about Hamilton not having City status. Posted first - checked for cities after.

Hamilton's not a city.

Number 40 is BATH. He'd hidden the name of the city in the post with the clues. "HIDDEN IN THE POST". Only need 33 now and I'm done!

This appears to be what's left for today's choices - I've put the clue number against the ones surmised for today so far

Well, that seems to be it done and dusted today in double quick time - though it hasn't quite gelled with me why (34) is Stirling an (40) is Bath.

Slightly, but not very off topic...when I was looking at the list of cities yesterday I wondered why a place I know fairly well wasn't on it. Rochester, Kent is quite big and has a massive cathedral in the middle of it. According to wiki 

Rochester obtained city status in 1211, but this was lost due to an administrative error when Rochester was absorbed by the Medway unitary authority.

That's a bit unfair!

I'm not convinced about Oxford for "Lewis". Seems too easy.

I'm thinking of people named Lewis. Carroll, Hamilton. Damien Lewis. Jerry Lee Lewis...

Oh, am I too late to even have a stab at one? Shame.

http://gwq3.blogspot.co.uk/

This is the blog Richard uses to post the clues. He hid the answer somewhere in the recent post. (Hidden in the post)

As for Stirling, a ling is a type of fish (it's a cod I believe). And you stir porridge.

I would be too, if I wasn't on sick leave.

You can always go through them and see if you have any alternative views/suggestions.

Might be more fun for us non tweeters to try and guess what the clues might be for the few remaining cities 

edit: Oh Fluffs! Might do later 

Get it now, but it's not to do with stirring porridge, but that 'doing porridge' is serving a sentence in jail - In Stir.

I got number 32 all by myself! i was so pleased haha! I love the clue!

What city is St Asaph?

cant find bath in the post whereis it?

Sounds like a meal my husband served up recently. 

Lewis

I have Oxford for clue 33.  I know it is easy but most of them seem to be today. Can you tell me how you came by Bath for 40 please.

Just found out CS Lewis, the author, was born in Belfast which has not been used yet as a city.  Now to decide whether clue 33 is Oxford or Belfast!  Help!

Hi all, thought I'd join in the fun, albeit it late. lol

There's an Aussie actor named Lincoln Lewis. Too far out?

Apparently it's something to do with his blog post with today's clues, but as I'm not on twitter I can't verify that.

St Asaph in north Wales named Diamond Jubilee city

The clue for 40 is: Hidden in the Post.

This refers to the text in the blog post, in which Richard uses the term,

"lets get on with the job at hand"

The city of Bath is contained within the text.

Daniel Day LEWIS is going to play Abraham LINCOLN in anew film

Lewis is the name of an island off the coast of Scotland - Isle of Lewis.

Another famous Lewis is Carl Lewis, the american athlete.

Carl + Isle = Carlisle?

so for clue 33 we have

belfast

lincoln

carlisle

oxford

That's what I thought too Ells.  

Anyway, it's nice to see an influx of new members.  Hopefully they might wander out of this thread and in to others.

I agree with this - great thinking 

Another word for Disallows is 'bans'

Another word for Final is 'last' and if you 'mix up' the word 'last' you get StAl

So, putting bans AFTER StAl gets you St. Albans.

Yeah, it's a little more exiting than the Oxford answer.

Thank you to iMcGenius for your explanation of Bath as the answer to 40.  I have just been reading about CS Lewis and I stated before he was born in Belfast where he lived until he went to war at aged 18.  He travelled to Northern Ireland a great deal but lived and worked mostly in England and is buried there, so I am inclined to put him near the bottom of the pile for 33. 

Like the idea of Carlisle and still like Oxford as it was my first thought.

I would be more confident about 'Carlisle' as an answer if the clue had referred to more than one Lewis (i.e. Lewis'). The clues have all been very carefully worded and I am now not sure if this could be intended to mean a conjunction of two different variations of things called/named Lewis. Using this interpretation would mean the clue is particularly vague; it's a bit of a leap to just pick Carl out of the thousands of famous people with the name Lewis (Jerry Lee, Leona, Daniel-Day, C.S., etc).

My first thought was also Oxford, as the setting for the detective show 'Lewis' (which I have actually never watched, but I had previously seen Morse).

So then I was trying to think of something related to the show being a Morse spin-off, as in 'remorse' (re-Morse). But I cannot see a city whose name could be interpreted as remorse (so I think that's a dead-end).

lewis = oxford is very simple,  looking at one worded clues we have:

continued - preston  (pressed on)

leaver - exeter  (exit er)

cleats - newcastle  (rearrange cleats + new [word])

dagenham? - hereford (ford is here)

ern is - inverness (not sure about that one!)

so i think there must be more to lewis  (loo/lou is..?)

If 'Lewis' is Carlisle, then it will be one of his better clues from the whole quiz. Remember that the title of the quiz is wordplay, in which case Oxford is a non-starter for me.

I like the thinking behind Carlisle being Lewis, and I'd put a few quid on it being right!
Wish I'd found this forum sooner - I had 29 of the first 30, and have got ten today I think thanks to coming on here.
Mind you, I sent my entries to an incorrect email address