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theambler

23rd September 2011, 20:56
1. Instrument. One string off and on (C or B)
LUTON,BEDS
2. Chap gets a number right (D or H)
HEANOR, DERBYSH
3. Baskervillian? Behead it and the French (B or N)
OUNDLE, NORTHANTS
4. Coals to Newcastle? It includes rock (S or E)
STONE, STAFFS
5. Ton and more after a fashion. Right? (O or N)
CROMER, NORFOLK
6. About board piece (D or N)
CROOK, CO DURHAM
7. Proper Sid but Les’s first for last (L or G)
LYDNEY, GLOUSC
8. Comic general (O or E)
WITNEY, OXFORD
9. Beast? Yes, just about (M or H)
RAMSEY, HUNTS
10. School game (W or G)
RUGBY, WARWICKSH
11. Salty verses badly writ (K or S)
EPSOM, SURREY
12. Sort of rout? About right (C or S)
TRURO, CORNWALL
13. Mother in pain about both hands (H or B)
MARLOW, BUCKS
14. See the dismantled hut (L or M)
LOUTH, LINCS
15. Spell “MEAT” (O or N)
HEXHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND
16. Go SouthEast, then West ,then East to the left (S or Y)
LEWES, SUSSEX
17. Fishing gear at the pub (K or M)
BARNET, MIDDLESEX
18. King in good fashion (H or W)
KINGTON, HEREFORDSH
19. Sort of eastern nasty (B or L)
ANSTEY, LEICSH
20. Three Anglo-French articles (B or D)
THEALE, BERKS
21. Noahs second attempt (K or N)
NEWARK, NOTTS
22. Type setter in new order (S or K)
STREET, SOMERSET
23. Dead? Oh no for starters (O or Y)
RIPON, YORKS
24. Strong hold if full (L or G)
NELSON, LANCS
25. Funny man and not so funny man(Y or E)
WITHAM, ESSEX
26. Court trainee (D or S)
WOOL, DORSET
27. Sweetener? Yes, in short (G or S)
BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
28. Italian chap, see. And thousands round (W or G)
MILLOM, CUMB
29. Be gone from lookout (E or H)
WARE, HERTS
30. Bank on the last three (C or L)
ELY, CAMBS
31. Was once an apostle but the money has gone (W or D)
EXETER, DEVON

32. Fruit eater but only pretence (W or S)
EVESHAM, WORSCESTER
33. Reassemble doll and three ‘ewes’ (Y or S)
LUDLOW, SHROPS
34. Not 51 going to the west (W or E)
WILTON, WILTS
35. Hairy thing weighing a lot (B or C)
WIGTON, CUMBERLAND
36. Selling off crazy seal (C or N)
SALE, CHESH
37. Milk in Geordie town (L or H)
TOTTON, HAMPS
38. Run wild wild and all about little laughter (W or R)
OAKHAM, RUTLAND
Well done everyone who had a go
And if you didn’t I hope you will next time
Thanks to all who posted nice sweeties to me
And who shared this bit of fun.
Phillip got the missing county first so is appointed
CHIEF GAZZA
Phillip and Greedy kite tied at the top of the correct answers list
And are as I speak sharing something
Nimrod, JulieAb and Peterm all helped in the digging
Trevor kept a watching overview.
Thanks again to all See you in the Octopussy Thingy
THEA
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wendy

23rd September 2011, 21:40
Looking forward to Octopussy (lovely name!)

Sadly I couldn't contribute to this month's because I've truly never heard of most of the places. I'm quite well-versed with a handful of English airports to get me from Jersey to somewhere else, but that's about it!
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julie, aberdeen

23rd September 2011, 22:29
Hi Thea
Many thanks for posting the denouement - I have printed it off and will be studying your "technique"...for the next time.
Cheers
Julie
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