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thanks quizmad.
Somtimes this quiz makes me feel a wee bit stupid!

Nonplussed..me too. Have only solved about 60 so way behind most of us and despite all the clues still stuck on 8 84 9 29 79 to name but a few!

I've only got 27 to do - and I don't mean number 27!
Do you want clues for some of those left, or do you want to struggle on for a bit?

twinsnan - re 9 - did you not see my response sent at 1355 today? Please advise if still no joy!

Hi dougglos. re your answer to gandol34 - when you talk of an English poet - which clue number are you referring to please.
Cos I have solved that hint but can't seem to apply it. Sorry to be so stupid !!

Winnie - item 40. Poem by Browning - very obscure, named "Dis Aliter Visum"

You will find the answer there.

Good luck!

Thanx dougglos - I'll get to work on that now

I must say I'm amazed we already have over 70 very detailed, very explicit "hints" (and more ) for a puzzle that's only been available for under 3 weeks and still has over 10 to run!Didn't we have an agreement in the end not to proceed like this, if nothing else in the interests of the charity concerned? Or has all that been thrown overboard again? I have come round to the view that at least such dimensions of public discussion so early on are really absurd.At the risk of sparking off impassioned protests I have to remind all participants it is possible to learn to restrain oneself: I know how difficult this one is, & how desperate one can become, but slowly I see the real purpose of this forum being eroded by sheer over-use!But I'm willing to hear the counter-arguments once again, of course....................

Dougglos.....Yes I did get 9 thank you, great clue. Sorry we have annoyed greedy kite....a friend of mine does the quiz and is going away tomorrow till end of October so is trying to get as far into it as she can. I always wonder why people look on here anyway if they disapprove...I've taken hints but still have thirty to solve

Winnie,
you seem to be a bit stuck on 34 and 40. let me help.

34. "cad sliced" is an anagram (bananas is the anagrind) of "discalced", which refers to religious orders who go barefoot. so the play inside the recreation area is...barefoot in the park.

40. this is very obscure but the answer must be "gout and glory"

it's a quote from browning's poem "Dis Aliter Visum"....
"sure of the fortieth spare arm chair
When gout and glory seat me there"....

"Told your gang" (is an anagram of "gout and glory") as they seat you in this numbered chair.

I just can't be buggered to mess about with loads of increasingly clunking hints so this takes the waiting out of wanting doesn't it.