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I thought that if 'Circle' (with or without a capital) means the O of 'olive', then it cannot mean anything else as well ? - definition is 'green colour'

Hello, Elle!
No, I don't think he did.
May have been better for you if he added a question mark?
Why not email Mr Rogan, or Rose?
Yes, "a jeely piece" was bread and jam, up here!
Our piece was your butty!
I think I first heard of "butty" in Z Cars, on TV.
Seem to remember Fancy Smith asking for one.
And "birlin" in my young day, was "dancing".
"Going to the birlin" was "frequenting a dance hall!"

I agree with Eirlys and Pigale!

HI, Rusty!
I still think it's open to doubt!
The answer is so obviously "olive" = green colour as definition, that I cannot see any need for the setter to try to 'distract' the solver with false innuendos.
Maybe I should talk to my pal, Rose.......
We got on very well last time and had quite an ongoing conversation!
I haven't heard the "jeeley" bit - but I'm glad I remembered the "piece" correctly!
I've never heard of "birlin"!
Nor has Anne B .
She says a dance -hall is a disco or Palais.
Now I DO remember the Palais!

There's no doubting it's just a deviously clever clue

As it is totally irrelevant to the solving of the clue, I think its supposed "deviousness" is open to conjecture.
We should draw a line under it and agree to differ.

You have to treat the words as just "fodder" only and the capital letters were meant to lead you astray.....That's the World of cryptics :) . NIght

Hello, Elle!
It's a good clue!
Nothing to do with whatever colour the Circle Line is!
Email Rose and see what she makes of it.
Bet she's heard of the birlin' too!
I have "birlin" in my Scots Dictionary. (Why not download it?)
Jeely is jam, up here.
And, what about this!
I was reading up on marmalade.
You know marmalade, Elle?
Keiller's made it in Dundee, very successfully.
And in 1880 they opened a factory at Tay Wharf, Silvertown, London.
You never told me there was a Tay Wharf in London?

Hi, Rusty!
I never told you about Tay Wharf, because I didn't know of its existence until now!
I have just Googled it, and apparently it is a part of "Derelict London" !
Seemingly there are large areas of London that are derelict and well known; people touring said quarters and also writing about their history.
I didn't know that!
Some of these areas may be up for re-development.
I don't know about Keiller's Marmalade ( I don't like marmalade!) but I do know of Keiller's Butterscotch! (and I do like that!)
Would this be the same company?
Why , I wonder, would it be called "Tay" Wharf, so far from the River Tay?

Hello, Elle!
Keillers made marmalades and jams in Dundee for over two centuries.
I would imagine if Keillers opened a factory in London they may have wanted to keep a Dundee connection?
So, London agreed to Tay Wharf? Plausible.
There was also a shipping company here called DP&L Line.
Dundee, Perth, and London.
Wonder where they docked in London?
As far as I know, Keillers were bought over by Crosse and Blackwell back in the mists of time.
I think that now, Keiller's products are owned by Robertsons, who make jams etc. I thought everbody liked marmalade?
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