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Originally Posted By: A C Bowden
"Hoo", found in some place names, is an archaic English word meaning a peninsula or a spur of land. (19)


My favorite was Hōō. smile

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Land is in short supply in the London area, and there is very little that anyone can do about it. (20)

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It stinks ! (2)

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Stinks disappear fast! (3)

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Fast,quick thinking, Laddie ! (4)


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Laddie, ye ken my style. (5)

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Style without substance is no good. (6)

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Good food is well worth paying for. (7)

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For the love of Mike, it's getting hot ! (8)


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Hot water can be obtained if you need any. (9)

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Any old sheet will do for a Hallowe'en Ghost costume (10).


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Costume parties are all the rage during this October holiday season. (11)

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"Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness", wrote Keats with typical Romantic feeling. (12)

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Feeling an odd burst of energy,
eighty-one year old Henry,raked leaves. (13)


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Leaves on the track at this time of year cause trains to be delayed. (14)

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Delayed also at this time of year are airplanes due to
winter weather and "drones". (15)


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Drones are played on various bass instruments during this piece to imitate that of Scottish bagpipes. (16)

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Hopes for a bowl game are all but nil for our state football team:
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Losses can and do accumulate and can eventually rise to the point that the head coach is fired. (18)

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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

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Game, but rarely hunted much due to very strict regulations, the once vast herd was slowly but surely coming back. (20)

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Back door (2)


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Doors are helpful. (3)

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Helpful friends are invaluable.(4)

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Invaluable, yes, especially in emergencies. (5)

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Emergencies come in many different types. (6)

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Types are stored in California Job Cases. (7)

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Cases of French wine can be purchased here. (8)

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Here's Winter, leaves have all fallen from the trees. (9)


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Trees, many different varieties, defined the border of the property. (10)

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Property taxes in the area kept rising despite the aging houses. (11)


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Houses around there are too expensive for ordinary people to live in. (12)

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In Chile and Argentina they speak Spanish, but in Brazil they speak Portuguese. (13)

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Portuguese explorers such as Vasco da Gama figure prominently in the history of Europe. (14)

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Europe would be a nice place to visit with their population of perky, pleasant people. (15)

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People who wish to improve their English may benefit from playing word games such as these. (16)

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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. wink

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Man is an animal, a vertebrate, a mammal, a primate, and an ape; but he considers himself special. (18)

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Special interest in patiserie and baking opens creative outlets that blend harmoniously with scientific processes, bridging subjective/objective gaps. (19)

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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.

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