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Re: Cryptic clue

Post by rh226 » Fri May 01, 2020 5:12 pm

Definitely British.......yes
Great?........no
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Re: Cryptic clue

Post by slogen51 » Fri May 01, 2020 6:03 pm

Diego Garcia ?
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rh226

Re: Cryptic clue

Post by rh226 » Fri May 01, 2020 6:22 pm

No, it is UK mainland.....OK, I may have misinterpreted your "Great?". Sorry.
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Re: Cryptic clue

Post by slogen51 » Fri May 01, 2020 6:53 pm

Greenham common?

Green party
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rh226

Re: Cryptic clue

Post by rh226 » Fri May 01, 2020 7:10 pm

No. Nothing political.

It is still current and active, but is no longer as it used to be.
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Re: Cryptic clue

Post by Thunder » Fri May 01, 2020 7:19 pm

Weston on the Green?
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rh226

Re: Cryptic clue

Post by rh226 » Fri May 01, 2020 7:33 pm

Nope.

Read the clue at face value and conjure up a vision of how it would look!!!
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Re: Cryptic clue

Post by Thunder » Fri May 01, 2020 7:55 pm

Drunks, fighting, sunburn and raining. :whistle:
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rh226

Re: Cryptic clue

Post by rh226 » Fri May 01, 2020 7:58 pm

One part of that is on the right line!!
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Re: Cryptic clue

Post by slogen51 » Sat May 02, 2020 8:39 am

Sculthorpe park!?
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Re: Cryptic clue

Post by slogen51 » Sat May 02, 2020 8:43 am

Weathersfield ?

Great British weather
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rh226

Re: Cryptic clue

Post by rh226 » Sat May 02, 2020 8:46 am

No to both attempts.
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Re: Cryptic clue

Post by Tiger 1 » Sat May 02, 2020 8:53 am

Bletchley Park

Definitely British... Yes
Party of people... Yes
In a Park... Yes

Still active as a museum... Yes
Not what it use to be... Yes

But I'm probably totally wrong... Yes?

Good one this again🙂

T1
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rh226

Re: Cryptic clue

Post by rh226 » Sat May 02, 2020 8:57 am

B-P is not the right answer, I'm afraid, T1.
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Re: Cryptic clue

Post by slogen51 » Sat May 02, 2020 9:04 am

I have seen at least 4 answers that nicely fit the clue

This is like playing I Spy. I spy something beginning with T. Television? Nope.
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Re: Cryptic clue

Post by Thunder » Sat May 02, 2020 9:10 am

West Raynham?
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Re: Cryptic clue

Post by slogen51 » Sat May 02, 2020 9:16 am

Hen ( party) don?
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rh226

Re: Cryptic clue

Post by rh226 » Sat May 02, 2020 9:45 am

Both wrong.


It is a current active military airfield . The USAAF had C-47s and gliders here during WW2.

I can't supply much more without giving the game away completely!!
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Re: Cryptic clue

Post by Thunder » Sat May 02, 2020 10:23 am

What a sham = Wattisham
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Re: Cryptic clue

Post by rh226 » Sat May 02, 2020 10:30 am

No.
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