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Q19 " Best friend comes round the Close to give protection."(9)

Could this be BEDSPREAD? = cover = protection.

B(est frien)D comes round(th)E = last letter/close of word to make BED.

SPREAD = to give(out)

Also CLOSE T(o) is a hidden word and could refer to a bed-closet which would contain a bedspread.

Haven`t seen this suggested before but apologies if it`s been in a post I`ve missed reading!

PaulineP

PaulineP

Not sure of the logic of taking the B & D from
B(est frien)D??

JimB

Hi all,

I'm stumped on this one too.

I think we need to keep working on it. Inventive as the above ideas are, these puzzles are usually perfectly constructed and leave no room for doubt.

I too like the DOG idea, but can't find a way of using it. And what about "the Close"? Why does it have a capital letter? Is there a TV soap perhaps set in a close? Is there a film star? (Glenn Close doesn't seem to work).

Keep at it

gg

One and all. How about "Fireguard" or is this too simple. tHEY USUALLY ARE WHEN YOU SOLVE THEM Friend comes round = FIRE GUARD dog gives protection

Grumpygeezer - I noticed that in street maps they abbreviate Close to Clo., (as in Avenue with Ave., etc), and that starts with a capital letter. Could it be that we have to use the letters CLO somewhere? (....comes round the Close). Or "the Close" could be "the ending" or "the end", etc.
Fiendish it is !! Will keep trying!.

@grumpygeezer - Yes, there was 'Brookside' on Channel 4 which was set in Brookside Close. I don't know if that helps.

@ dougglos - Possibly 'the Close' could be the last letter of 'the', which is 'E'.

' All - I am currently working on 'DUSTSHEET' and 'STAIRGATE' but not getting very far.

Glenn Close was mentioned. Glenn + mate (best friend) becomes gentleman. There are endless possibilities, but does this help? J.

Jake, fascinating thought, very inventive, but you're right - it doesn't help!

Q19. I've been following this dialogue for a few days now and keep coming back to PLACEMATS?
Best friend - Mate (or is it anagram of Pal)?
Protection - from heat
Still missing the connection with the Close though.
This might lead someone else on a new thread or confuse even more