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rossim

28th November 2012, 15:03
malign
poll booth
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hallgreening

28th November 2012, 15:06
Thanks rossim and chris-you see I didn't know a Polly Booth-I've been looking up parrots-wasting my time.....
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chrisg

28th November 2012, 15:13
I was thinking of Poll being short for Polly (parrot) - perhaps my parsing is wrong ?
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rossim

28th November 2012, 15:17
Polly is usually a parrot in crosswords.
It was actually Connie Booth who played Polly in Fawlty Towers. We got there in the end though.
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ab

28th November 2012, 15:35
Cherie Blair works professionally as a QC as Cherie Booth?
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rossim

28th November 2012, 16:05
Yes, her father was Tony Booth the actor (Alf Garnett's son in law). That doesn't explain the Poll bit though.
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ab

28th November 2012, 16:10
Thanks rossim. Bradford gives Poll(y) for parrot, so it looks kosher...
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rossim

28th November 2012, 16:10
I think poll is just a contraction of polly (the parrot).
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rambler

28th November 2012, 16:11
ab's correct

parrot=poll
Cherie prof.= Booth
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