|
|
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 514
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 514 |
"Hoo", found in some place names, is an archaic English word meaning a peninsula or a spur of land. (19) My favorite was Hōō. 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 |
Land is in short supply in the London area, and there is very little that anyone can do about it. (20)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 |
It stinks ! (2)
Last edited by LukeJavan8; 10/17/2015 11:31 PM.
----please, draw me a sheep----
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 |
Stinks disappear fast! (3)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 |
Fast,quick thinking, Laddie ! (4)
----please, draw me a sheep----
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 |
Laddie, ye ken my style. (5)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 |
Style without substance is no good. (6)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 |
Good food is well worth paying for. (7)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 |
For the love of Mike, it's getting hot ! (8)
----please, draw me a sheep----
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 |
Hot water can be obtained if you need any. (9)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 |
Any old sheet will do for a Hallowe'en Ghost costume (10).
----please, draw me a sheep----
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,074 Likes: 2
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,074 Likes: 2 |
Costume parties are all the rage during this October holiday season. (11)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 |
"Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness", wrote Keats with typical Romantic feeling. (12)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 |
Feeling an odd burst of energy,
eighty-one year old Henry,raked leaves. (13)
----please, draw me a sheep----
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 |
Leaves on the track at this time of year cause trains to be delayed. (14)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 |
Delayed also at this time of year are airplanes due to
winter weather and "drones". (15)
----please, draw me a sheep----
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 |
Drones are played on various bass instruments during this piece to imitate that of Scottish bagpipes. (16)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 |
Hopes for a bowl game are all but nil for our state football team:
too many losses.(17)
The Go Big Red is now just a pale blush !
----please, draw me a sheep----
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 124
member
|
|
member
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 124 |
Losses can and do accumulate and can eventually rise to the point that the head coach is fired. (18)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 |
Fired up after the half time talk by the coach our state team
went out and lost the game. (19)
Not even Go Big Pink
Last edited by LukeJavan8; 11/02/2015 7:56 PM.
----please, draw me a sheep----
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 124
member
|
|
member
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 124 |
Game, but rarely hunted much due to very strict regulations, the once vast herd was slowly but surely coming back. (20)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 |
----please, draw me a sheep----
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 124
member
|
|
member
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 124 |
Not really a sentence Luke, but I'm game...
Doors are helpful. (3)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,074 Likes: 2
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,074 Likes: 2 |
Helpful friends are invaluable.(4)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 |
Invaluable, yes, especially in emergencies. (5)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 124
member
|
|
member
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 124 |
Emergencies come in many different types. (6)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,074 Likes: 2
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Aug 2001
Posts: 11,074 Likes: 2 |
Types are stored in California Job Cases. (7)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 |
Cases of French wine can be purchased here. (8)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 |
Here's Winter, leaves have all fallen from the trees. (9)
----please, draw me a sheep----
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 124
member
|
|
member
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 124 |
Trees, many different varieties, defined the border of the property. (10)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 |
Property taxes in the area kept rising despite the aging houses. (11)
----please, draw me a sheep----
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 |
Houses around there are too expensive for ordinary people to live in. (12)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 |
In Chile and Argentina they speak Spanish, but in Brazil they speak Portuguese. (13)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 |
Portuguese explorers such as Vasco da Gama figure prominently in the history of Europe. (14)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 514
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 514 |
Europe would be a nice place to visit with their population of perky, pleasant people. (15)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 |
People who wish to improve their English may benefit from playing word games such as these. (16)
Last edited by A C Bowden; 06/01/2016 11:55 AM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 514
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 514 |
These are the days of our lives, like sands through an hourglass, time waits for no man. (17) I guess that makes woman reign supreme. 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 |
Man is an animal, a vertebrate, a mammal, a primate, and an ape; but he considers himself special. (18)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 514
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 514 |
Special interest in patiserie and baking opens creative outlets that blend harmoniously with scientific processes, bridging subjective/objective gaps. (19)
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,457 Likes: 10 |
Gaps in the fossil record encourage creationists to deride Darwinian evolution, but I find their ignorant arguments hard to take. (20)
We now go back to a 2-word sentence.
|
|
|
|
|
