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starling - A wooden pile erected with others around or just upstream of a bridge or pier to protect it from the current or floating objects.

ginge was giving brooklin as an answer to to tolerate... clue.

...would Snag fit for difficulty?

starling would fit for the bird - sling being the support??

i see that ginge already suggested snag.

apologies to both of you. Yes your right about starling and also brooklin makes sense now. If snag is correct I'm still wrong. Medic should see famine (7) would drought sound right? thanks to you both.

Yes drought dr ought

Hi flopsybunny
Well, it's Dr (Doctor) + ought (should). Definition is not all that good, though (drought might cause famine, but it's hardly synonymous).

drought is a synonym of famine

Hi chrisg
Not exactly in my Chambers:
drought n dryness; a shortage of rain or of water; a condition of atmosphere favourable to drying; thirst

my apologies to ginge. I thought he meant snag ? It took a while to get my computer to work.