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Hi everyone
I still don't "get" 6dn. From jazzy's clue I have an unsettling noise that floorboards might make, and it sounds like a form of water, but surely not a "bay"?

btw Many happy returns, magworth.

hi ChrisE
Definition of CREEK (from Merriam Webster's Dictionary)

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chiefly British : a small inlet or bay (narrower and extending farther inland than a cove)

...and it's also the first definition in Chambers's, so hope it's the right answer.

Gosh - that really isn't what I understood by "creek" - I was thinking of a small stream, possibly tidal. I would also have regarded "bays" as being much wider than "coves". Oh well.
Thanks, jazzy.

Chris: strangely enough, Ch. also gives "bay" as def.(besides inlet, tidal estuary, small river & brook) -- so it must be a very flexible concept in geography. Funny, I always imagined s'thing smaller, too!

Many happy returns Magworth. xx

BTW Aren't you always the same age as Brucie?

Sadly, yes. But unlike him I can no longer dance ! Mags.

Bet tou can tell better jokes though Mags..! Who cares about dancing anyway. Enjoy your SPECIAL day and Many Happies...:> R

Congratulations Butterfly on the birth of your new granddaughter, Emily. Best wishes. J

Happy Birthday Magworth and Congratulations Butterfly. Sorry I am a couple of days late. (SGH week, so didn't get home until Wednesday).

Crossword was very challenging this week. First sweep came up with absolutely nothing. This is the first time this has ever happened. Eventually, I did manage to get them one by one, but it was not easy.

I hope all are well, and weathering the winter. Spring will soon be here.

Best wishes.

P