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terry

19th September 2010, 22:57
mad stan and sue produce termites with beaklike snouts which emit a vile sticky secretion, (7).
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stan

19th September 2010, 23:04
do we???
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terry

19th September 2010, 23:08
Sorry Stan,that's not the right answer.
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bullfrog

19th September 2010, 23:46
I agree with the sentiments, but feel that beak-like should be hyphenated.
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helena

19th September 2010, 23:47
Is the number of letters right? as I think the answer is wit as it takes both Sue and Stan to make a whole one.
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bullfrog

20th September 2010, 00:00
Indeed -- shining wits (to paraphrase the good Reverend....)
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terry

20th September 2010, 00:06
The answer is nasutes. Bullfrog is,of course,right. It should be beak-like. And I shouldn't have said "produce". It should have been "are". Still,it seems to have shut them up.
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bullfrog

20th September 2010, 00:15
I think I preferred 'produce'. I had visions of their offspring....
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terry

20th September 2010, 00:21
Bullfrog,
That's not a nice image to take to bed.
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def

20th September 2010, 00:25
Bullfrog, If your Reverend is who I think he is then that would make them "Mum and Dad" ?
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