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1a Annual Scottish cultural festival ?o? (3)
5a Dusty (scot) o?s? (4)
1d General word of commendation (S Af) ?o?i (4)
3d Dairymaid (obs) ?e? (3)

1 mod

mod 2 (mɒd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]

— n
an annual Highland Gaelic meeting with musical and literary competitions

5a oose

[The] Mod
oosy?

I think the dairymaid is dey
(deyhouse is a dairy)

Ixion is correct. Oose is dust and oosy is dusty

Yes, oosy. This means dairymaid (obs) is dey. And leaves General word of commendation (S Af) as mooi. Is that correct?

I thank you all for your incredibly prompt replies :)

good cal jazzie

Word Origin & History

dey
O.E. dæge "female servant, housekeeper, maid," from P.Gmc. *daigjon, from PIE *dheigh- "to form, build" (see dough). Now obsolete (though OED says, "Still in living use in parts of Scotland"), it forms the first element of dairy and the second of lady. The ground sense

To answer my own question MOOI comes from old Dutch word for nice. Thanks to all :)