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5 The way teachers choose to go, by the sound of it.
be Peanut, sounds like Pee with the NUT (national union of teachers)?

4 Boris dismisses alternative.
May tree?
May(or).

Thanks for the explanation, Trevor! I understand now.
And I think you are right about the May tree.
I tried to take the alternative 'or' away from 'boris' , coming up with 'bis' - and was further fooled by a reference to a bis tree(altho not a proper tree) on google

i thought it had to be Bis for a while. probably worth pointing out for those who may not know - you lucky people - that Boris Johnson, aka Bojo, is the mayor of london (and a right bozo).

3. mulberry
merry, around bulb ' missing the first' letter.