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Originally posted by charmer:

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Originally posted by felix:

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Originally posted by Cagney:
My OH picked up a quiz sheet from a service station and I need help with some of the answers before he gets home.

It's all holiday places in the UK. eg..Lighter town (8) - Brighton

The answers I can't get are..
Almost there (4,8)
Buy your oysters here (10) - Whitstable
Billy started here (8) - John O'Groats
Not forged land (9)real estate
Metal orifice (10) - Teignmouth
Hide your paw (7)
Alongside X (5) - wye? something
Dreamy spires (6) - Oxford
Tea at Bettys (9) - Harrogate

I love these types of quizzes and he says there is no way I'll get them all. There are 50 places and I only need 9

HELP...please

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Originally posted by charmer:

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Originally posted by Garage Joe:

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Originally posted by charmer:

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Originally posted by Angel of the North:
*imagines the clue for Cockermouth*

i'd like to see that done in a game of charades

I expect it is, at that sort of party.

ive been told that they do 'come dancing' aswell

... and Twister under unusual conditions, I should imagine.

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Originally posted by Gecko:

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Originally posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:

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Metal orifice (10)

...is that ^ somewhere ending in 'mouth', perhaps?

thanks for the clue...

Teignmouth

you say it tin-muth

Yay! Well done.

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Originally posted by Gecko:

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Originally posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:

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Metal orifice (10)

...is that ^ somewhere ending in 'mouth', perhaps?

thanks for the clue...

Teignmouth

you say it tin-muth

I wouldn't have got that in a month of Sundays.

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Originally posted by Gecko:

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Originally posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:

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Metal orifice (10)

...is that ^ somewhere ending in 'mouth', perhaps?

thanks for the clue...

Teignmouth

you say it tin-muth

that sounds right..

I got Teignmouth at the same time

Almost there (4,8)
Circle prohibition (4)
Get dirty here (11)
Duke from here (4)
Buy your oysters here (10)
Take a dip here (4)
Billys place (7)
Did bur live here (2,4)
Castle rock (9)
Billy started here (8)
Crib hills (9)
Balance between lips (8)
Masculine land (4,2,3)
Not forged land (9)
Middle grass land (6,5)
Open space for arrows (8)
Take your skis here (8)
Capital place (6)
Underground top of body (8)
Northern people wider (7,6)
Metal orifice (10)
Ocean buildings (9)
Lighter town (8)
White hills (9)
Large river delta (5,8)
Find your pony here (3,8,5)
Breeze (3)
Hide your paw (7)
Wills place (9,4,4)
Anyone for cake (6)
Spend a penny (4)
Do they have a fair (11)
Alongside X (5)
Chaucer went here (10)
Funny places (5,2,6)
Corner island (8)
Would you find basil here?(7)
Dark puddle (9)
Water course (4)
Dreamy spires (6)
Place for bovines (5)
Tea at Bettys (9)
Freds place (7)
Not actually in Nottingham (5,5,3)
Have an adventure here (5,6)
Surfs up (7)
Not far from here (9)
Jumper (6)
Beautiful countryside (9,5)
Main finish of country (5,3)

The title of the quiz is Lets holiday UK and OH picked it up in a service station in Burton in Kendal, Cumbria

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Originally posted by Garage Joe:

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Originally posted by charmer:

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Originally posted by Garage Joe:

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Originally posted by charmer:

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Originally posted by Angel of the North:
*imagines the clue for Cockermouth*

i'd like to see that done in a game of charades

I expect it is, at that sort of party.

ive been told that they do 'come dancing' aswell

... and Twister under unusual conditions, I should imagine.

ye know too much sire

thank you Cosmopolitan & Garage Joe

I confess I wouldn't have found it without the help of H2G2 website and the clue ending in 'mouth'

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Did bur live here (2,4)

Is that meant to be 'Burl' as in Burl Ives - St. Ives??????

My sister lives a few miles away in Lickey End!!that would have been an interesting one

Maggie

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Main finish of country (5,3)

Land's End.

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Castle rock (9)

Edinburgh?

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Originally posted by maggiep:
My sister lives a few miles away in Lickey End!!that would have been an interesting one

Maggie

my sis used to live there aswell!
small world eh!

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Originally posted by Angel of the North:
Oi Cagney is there a prize (and do we get a share of it)?

Prize is £10

Cost OH 50p and it's for MacMillan Cancer Support

My daughter once worked in Yorkshire in a place called Upper Thong..that would take some describing..

How many don't we have an answer for..?

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Breeze (3)

Ayr

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Surfs up (7)

Newquay

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Originally posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:

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Did bur live here (2,4)

Is that meant to be 'Burl' as in Burl Ives - St. Ives??????

Teignmouth......love it. Thanks

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Chaucer went here (10)

Canterbury

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Circle prohibition (4)

Holt (Norfolk)

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Almost there (4,8)

Lake District (don't know why, but it's the only place I can find that fits the letters)

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Originally posted by charmer:

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Originally posted by maggiep:
My sister lives a few miles away in Lickey End!!that would have been an interesting one

Maggie

my sis used to live there aswell!
small world eh!

Lovely place shame about the name,my sis is quite posh,and only recently heard on the radio people sniggering about the name

Maggie

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Masculine land (4,2,3)

Isle of Man

Would you find basil here?(7)
Torquay?

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Originally posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
How many don't we have an answer for..?

I'm stuck on 4

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Originally posted by Gecko:

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Circle prohibition (4)

Holt (Norfolk)

I've got Oban for that one

Hide your paw (7)

What the heck is this one?
All I keep thinking of is 'cuff'

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Originally posted by fookat:
are they all cryptic?

Some are but some are reeeeally easy...unless I've got completely the wrong answers

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Almost there (4,8)

Near Sawrey is closest I can guess but the letters don't add up

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Spend a penny (4)

Looe?

In Cornwall

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Originally posted by Cagney:

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Originally posted by Gecko:

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Circle prohibition (4)

Holt (Norfolk)

I've got Oban for that one

Yours is much better, forget mine

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Originally posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Hide your paw (7)

What the heck is this one?
All I keep thinking of is 'cuff'

That's one I don't have

Everyones answers match mine so far. That's a good sign

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Almost there (4,8)

John O'Groats?

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Originally posted by Cagney:

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Originally posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Hide your paw (7)

What the heck is this one?
All I keep thinking of is 'cuff'

That's one I don't have

just checked on answer bank and someone else is stuck on that one too

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Originally posted by barney:

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Originally posted by Cagney:

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Originally posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Hide your paw (7)

What the heck is this one?
All I keep thinking of is 'cuff'

That's one I don't have

just checked on answer bank and someone else is stuck on that one too

What's answer bank?

Do they have more quizzes like this one?

Billy started here (8) - Blakeney?

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Originally posted by Cagney:

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Originally posted by barney:

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Originally posted by Cagney:

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Originally posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Hide your paw (7)

What the heck is this one?
All I keep thinking of is 'cuff'

That's one I don't have

just checked on answer bank and someone else is stuck on that one too

What's answer bank?

Do they have more quizzes like this one?

answer bank is where you ask questions if you are stuck on something - peeps find answers for you ... but so far no-one has replied to "hide your paw"