Mondrian. I fear you may have to elucidate a little more on 23a. I take it you are referring to an American bird? The nearest I can get is the name given to a young immature bird of prey that is a popular breed for falconry across the pond. Does this accord with your line of thinking?
There are American birds in this family. However the link to the Left-Pondians is that the answer is the past participle of an American verb meaning to plunge. The bird family is question contains some wild species as well as the domesticated racing bird seen in films such as The Full Monty.
In Post No 30 of this thread, Bees left me with something to ponder. I have pondered.
Presumably, the pipesmoker would 3,3,3,1,4 the first of the first coming together with the last of the last to make silver. (Then I suspect the pipesmoker would have to extricate his pipe from his tonsils).
Oh yes,Pipesmoker. It's a dangerous game, trying to get hold of a green cormorant.
May I draw everyone's attention to BBC4, Tuesday, 9.00pm; they're repeating "Who Killed Caravaggio". I missed it alst time.
Past participle? Surely this would be the same as in ENGLISH ENGLISH.
What you meant to say,I'm sure,was the imperfect tense(Am.)of this verb which is a homograph of this blessed bird.
Is a dove a doo,Dad? Is a doo a dove?
Is a cow a coo Dad? A sparrow jist a spyug?
Is a wall a wa' Dad? Is a dog a dug?
She's gaun tae warm my ear Dad,
Insteed o' skelp ma lug!