Here are some cryptic questions to keep your mind off the current crisis

We will add questions each week and give the answers to the previous week’s questions. Questions will come in ‘categories’

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Week 1		For people living in the Cattistock area
22/3/20
	1	Left in a Rachel Platten song for this family	Flight
	2	Villa shall be re-organised	Savill Hall
	3	A paradise for silk worms?	Mulberry Orchard
	4	Ticking off for us, this May and June	Markers
	5	Campanologist’s conspiracy	Ringers Plot
	6	The old fashioned shape	The Square
	7	L35 and M31	Cattistock
	8	Dunes	Sandhills
	9	Bill and Melinda, David and Gareth	Four Gates
	10	Multani Mitti	Fullers Earth
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Week 2		Doctor, I think I’ve got …………	All answers lead to a medical condition or complaint
29/3/20
	1	A maths problem	Asthma
	2	Massage the Spanish and the French	Rubella
	3	Spots the broken cane	Acne
	4	Driven by Mr Bullivant	Piles
	5	38.2^0C	Scarlet Fever
	6	Maybe suffered by a member on outside of chamber	Cramp
	7	A pot does this out of sight	Boils
	8	Sydexlia	Dyslexia
	9	I go on the green in Paris	Vertigo
	10	A case of painful fever	Plague
	11	Go out with nothing to lose	Gout
	12	A wee burning sensation	Cystitis
	13	‘Daddy, I want a flying glass elevator’, she said	Verruca
	14	Amnausia	Morning sickness
	15	Right in the midst of a military takeover of a government	Croup
	16		Amnesia
	17	It is still no change	Tonsillitis
	18	Run, run, run	Diarrhoea
	19	Left out of fashion	Stye
	20	Doctor, I think I’ve got all of the above	Hypochondria
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Week 3		Count on us	Mostly cryptic clues. All answers are or contain a number
5/4/20
	1	Crazy handouts	Thousand
	2	Net returns	Ten
	3	A nifty fine for the Rev. Archibald	Fifty nine
	4	The lowest number you cannot score with a single dart	23
	5	First, fill in form to earn extra numbers	Fifteen
	6	Life’s answer	42
	7	Julian, Dick Anne, George and Timmy	(Famous) Five
	8	Cambridgeshire hamlet with a large rear	Six Mile Bottom
	9	This makes one cross in Rome	9 (IX)
	10	Herbie gets a number	53
	11	Perfect in the beautiful south	10
	12	F = C	-40
	13	The French enter the flat	Eleven
	14	Get right out of the south west estuary	Seven
	15	Sounds like we need to rearrange tea for two	42 or 240
	16	A dilemma for Joseph Heller	22
	17	Take that, Mr Brubeck!	5
	18	They moved like Mick or Bianca	(Maroon) 5
	19	Turner, the noted artist is valued	20 (the new £20 note)
	20	Family group stops after Finsbury Park	Seven (Sisters)
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Week 4		Just the job	Mostly cryptic clues. All questions lead to occupations
12/4/20
	1	Iron Lady	Thatcher
	2	Dipped in eggs?	Soldier
	3	Astroo	Astronaut
	4	Pearl’s job is entertaining folks	Singer
	5	There is no coming between him or her	MP
	6	Kept in business by Mrs Shilling	Milliner
	7	Jack appeared in a teenage opera	Grocer
	8	One of a pair host essential services	Air Hostess
	9	Look in London’s East End	Butcher
	10	Paul Carrack, Paul Young or Adrian Lee	Mechanic
	11	Often asleep in the road	Policeman
	12	A merciful drop can result in a big screen production	Film producer
	13	Worked alongside Pilchard, Bird and Spud	Builder
	14	Give a story in front of worker	Accountant
	15	No ups and downs for this board member	Bishop
	16	Dead end job carrying out the Queen	Executioner
	17	Dissection of insects – it could be part of his work	Scientist
	18	Sounds too young to go underground	Miner
	19	Stir chowder	Cowherd
	20	White collar worker filmed in Turville	Vicar
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Week 5		All Stitched Up	Mostly cryptic clues. All questions lead to an article of clothing
19/4/20
	1	A draw?	Tie
	2	US Hood	Bonnet
	3	Point and ridicule protective garment	Smock
	4	t	Singlet
	5	Turret	Tank top
	6	Bristol supporters!	Bra
	7	International dialling code for the UK	Plus Fours
	8	Shed clothes after September 1st	Sundress
	9	One of 29 atolls in the Marshall Islands	Bikini
	10	Took without permission	Stole
	11	Aired by Bach	G-String
	12	Silver and Baldry are both ….	Long Johns
	13	Not needed by Phil Collins	Jacket
	14	tt	Doublet
	15	Hangs around the queen	Suspenders
	16	Ideal footwear for a train journey	Platform shoes
	17	Rapid breaths	Pants
	18	Can lead to groans in Malaysia	Sarong
	19	Yeovil supporters have a hand in these	Gloves
	20	Be quiet, law has been broken	Shawl
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Week 6		Transport	All answers lead to a terms relating to transport past or present
26/4/20
	1	Boys from Ipswich	Tractor
	2	Sulked	Moped
	3	Back at 11 in Rome	Taxi
	4	Vehicle always at the forefront	Van
	5	Bet it is part of a wine bottle	Punt
	6	Good cover before the Queen	Glider
	7	Re-order the hydrogen sulphide – Elementary!	HS2
	8	Evan’s Act of Random Kindness	Ark
	9	Back in the 1800s you could get 192 for £1	Penny Farthing
	10	A glass of sherry or beer down under	Schooner
	11	The English hunt for the Dutch	Yacht
	12	A brightly coloured bird has a right to this kind of transport	Lorry
	13	Its over in Germany	Uber
	14	Incur a flu infection in the mountains	Funicular
	15	Talk about Spanish river	Chariot
	16	A rubbish carrier for young	Litter
	17	Where Gary felt safe from being chased by Gary	Car
	18	Found in Chester after rain	Raft
	19	A divine form of transport in ‘99	National Express
	20	C/?	Submarine
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Week 7		Five a Day!	All answers relate to either a fruit or a vegetable
3/5/20
	1	Mrs Churchill	Clementine
	2	Home of powered flight	Chard
	3	A baby bush	Gooseberry
	4	CaO	Lime
	5	‘e’s found amongst 4 consecutive letters, out of order	Melon
	6	Try 5 again	Lemon
	7	Crazy to go back to young lad	Damson
	8	Vegetation found under marmalade skies	Tangerine
	9	Cuts and tears	Onion
	10	Stockholm resident	Swede
	11	Average cut	Parsnip
	12	Found in Caerphilly cheese	Lychee
	13	Returns between April and June	Yam
	14	Shoots in Belgian capital	Brussels sprouts
	15	Turn in front of a church	Spinach
	16	pi	Turnip
	17	Tell son to support this target	Apple
	18	Nothing to lose from radio silence	Radish
	19	At home in French Inn	Aubergine
	20	Eat everything in Paris	Mangetout
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Week 8		Stay Home!	All answers are or lead to a part of a house or object found therein
10/5/20
	1	I am short and stout	Teapot
	2	Shh! New magician in a spin	Washing machine
	3	Deceiving flattery in the bathroom	Flannel
	4	Love match for Tiffany	Radio
	5	False excreta	Shampoo
	6	Not made by Tracey Emin	Bed
	7	Indicate to the Queen	Shower
	8	South Northamptonshire town	Toaster
	9	The French follow boy	Ladle
	10	Either side of you, we hear	TV
	11	Gulp back	Plug
	12	Hospital gown?	Wardrobe
	13	Drinking its contents, could end up in a wreck	Wine rack
	14	Thrown in by the loser	Towel
	15	It results in a clothing decrease	Iron
	16	No right to toil	Wok
	17	Sydney Harbour Bridge	Coat hanger
	18	A Titanic ending	Sink
	19	Fenêtre	French window
	20	i d a	Eiderdown
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Week 9		Flower Power	All questions lead to the names of familiar flowers
17/5/20
	1	Would look sweet on a tandem	Daisy
	2	A neat mistake	Cowslip
	3	Young at heart	Bluebell
	4	Keeps Reynard’s hand warm	Foxglove
	5	Flower in garden I pulled up	Lupin
	6	Mushy merchant, confused	Chrysanthemum
	7	aka Erica	Heather
	8	Beautiful Italian lady	Deadly nightshade / Bella Donna
	9	Built up from the foundations	Buttercup
	10	Boris’s advice to drive to work could make England this	Carnation
	11	Drag on	Snapdragon
	12	Sounds like a symptom of diabetes	Sweet Pea
	13	Found in Bridport or Chideock	Orchid
	14	A blooming avalanche!	Snowdrop
	15	Mary is all mixed up	Amaryllis
	16	Alone on the dance floor	Wallflower
	17	The leading light at Christmas	Star of Bethlehem
	18	Groups of sheep are heard	Phlox
	19	Cute Billy	Sweet William
	20	M E	Anemone
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Week 10		---- and the -------	Music Quiz. Answers are acts that have had chart entries and have the name …. and the …. Questions lead to the name of the backing group (singular or plural)
24/5/20
Example		Found between Montana, Wyoming and Minnesota	Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas
	1	Found in a formicary	Adam and the Ants
	2	Shy at the fair	Kid Creole and the Coconuts
	3	Minimum to Maximum	Bruce Hornsby and the Range
	4	360°	Prince and the Revolution
	5	Traipse around	Johnny Kidd and the Pirates
	6	Area of no light	Cliff Richard and the Shadows
	7	Washing, sewing and fruit	Florence and the Machine
	8	Information from all directions	Huey Lewis and the News
	9	Sounds as if only men allowed	Siouxsie and the Banshees
	10	Tropical cyclone	Johnny and the Hurricanes
	11	Sacred King of ancient Egypt	Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
	12	Possibly one with rapid eye movement	Freddie and the Dreamers
	13	Change water into wine for example	Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
	14	A year with Vivaldi	Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
	15	About to take the king on board	Emile Ford and the Checkmates
	16	Wandering aimlessly	Cliff Richard and the Drifters
	17	The physics of motion	Mike and the Mechanics
	18	Maintains a regular beat	Gerry and the Pacemakers
	19	Apple seeds	Gladys Knight and the Pips
	20	Simply the best, perhaps	Diana Ross and the Supremes
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Week 11		Animal Instinct	All clues lead to the names of animals
31/5/20
	1	Came and left	Camel
	2	Went astray	Newt
	3	All about mum	Llama
	4	Christmas present drawer	Reindeer
	5	Flagged in the Falklands	Sheep
	6	Get rich sooner	Rhinoceros
	7	Notebook not started	Otter
	8	Spot no change	Leopard
	9	Fool accepts degree in return	Wallaby
	10	A throat problem	Frog
	11	Crumpled toga	Goat
	12	Calmed by Shakespeare	Shrew
	13	Found in a hole and eaten	Toad
	14	The French go to the wall	Lemur
	15	A deadly sin	Sloth
	16	Work hard	Beaver
	17	Stop the noise	Dingo
	18	Computer screen	Monitor
	19	Arrange to congratulate the happy couple	Stoat
	20	Bond with Olga da Polga	Guinea Pig
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Week 12		A gem of a quiz	All clues lead to a gemstone or a piece of jewellery
07/06/20
	1	Two pints with an unknown quantity added	Quartz
	2	Rice stirred up in tin	Citrine
	3	Shone bright for Rihanna	Diamond
	4	Allow two in front	Bracelet
	5	Found on safari or found in ivy	Ivory
	6	Met hasty confusion	Amethyst
	7	Hanging around during French	Pendant
	8	Call round	Ring
	9	Had cyclone that caused chaos	Chalcedony
	10	Entrance to a garden	Agate
	11	Report the French	Bangle
	12	American city in neat surroundings	Onyx
	13	Or zinc, perhaps	Zircon
	14	Russian Capitalist	Muscovite
	15	Johnny no mates!	Opal
	16	Mobile software protected by county	Sapphire
	17	Lunar rock	Moonstone
	18	Hit the golf course	Cufflinks
	19	Catch fish first	Garnet
	20	Shilpa Shetty for example	Star of India
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Week 13		Bird Brain!	All clues lead to the name of a bird
14/6/20
	1	Two dozen in a pie	Blackbird
	2	No hair	Coot
	3	Quiet Romeo	Plover
	4	Rod Hull had a hand in it	Emu
	5	Can make hourly appearances	Cuckoo
	6	Angry William	Crossbill
	7	Burning love	Flamingo
	8	Swing low	Owl
	9	Communist election	Redpoll
	10	They meet resistance from all directions	Wrens
	11	Pastime	Hobby
	12	She had no regrets	Sparrow
	13	Found on board	Rook
	14	Down and out without scoring	Eider Duck
	15	KLFC get a 10-0 reversal	Linnet
	16	The match ought to hold the answer	Chough
	17	Notes	Turnstone
	18	Based largely around Polaris	Dipper
	19	Khaled’s high flyer	Kite
	20	Bad news for the accused	Blackcap
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Week 14		Abridged Quiz!	All clues lead to an answer containing ‘bridge’ in some form
21/6/20
	1	Sketch entrance to castle	Drawbridge
	2	Australia’s coat hanger	Sydney Harbour Bridge
	3	Hardy’s Dorchester	Casterbridge
	4	Sounds like three came before	Forth Bridge
	5	….and then another two in between	Severn Bridge
	6	21% oxygen and 78% nitrogen between locations (topical)	Air Bridge
	7	Ending at Radcliffe Road	Trent Bridge
	8	Elegant God takes a turn	Golden Gate Bridge
	9	Coined in 2005	Menai Bridge
	10	All little babies eat red tomatoes at first	Albert Bridge
	11	Old bridge in Florence	Ponte Vecchio
	12	Destination for Coconut Airways Flight 372	Bridgetown
	13	Billie Joe jumped from this on June 3rd	Tallahatchie
	14	Makes big red men twisters in the capital	Westminster Bridge
	15	T’Pau	Bridge of Spies
	16	Where to find skinny birds?	Slimbridge
	17	Large or small by the sound of it	Bridge of Sighs
	18	Can lay me down and ease your mind	Bridge over Troubled Waters
	19	Either side of a Welsh span	Bridgend
	20	Two top UK universities combine	Oxbridge
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Week 15		Country capitals	All clues lead to names of countries or capitals
28/6/20
	1	Shorts or triangle	Bermuda
	2	Mixed pairs	Paris
	3	Resettle when idle	New Delhi
	4	Albert shortly leaves one country for another	Austria
	5	No way! It has a right to be a country	Norway
	6	I settled in a long soft seat	Sofia
	7	Found in an apiary	Apia
	8	Girl returns to life in France	Vienna
	9	Buff coloured paper	Manila
	10	Pure mixture	Peru
	11	Womble in boots in Somerset?	Wellington
	12	One’s entering a country and finds another	Indonesia
	13	As then, is now	Athens
	14	Part of a go slow campaign	Oslo
	15	Jones, for example, takes one in	Suriname
	16	Leave nothing	Quito
	17	Those with a birthday here on December 30^th missed out in 2011	Samoa
	18	Bangles had a mix up	Bangladesh
	19	Hot and cold?	Chile
	20	Extensive view – no alternative	Panama
Week 16		……that’s all folks!!	All clues lead to the names of cartoon characters
05/7/20
	1	Greeting for young cat	Hello Kitty
	2	Annoys rabbit	Bugs Bunny
	3	First ferry comes to Scottish island	Fiona
	4	A sober character from Bridgetown?	Garfield
	5	Genius or foul, despicably twisted character	Felonious Gru
	6	Somerset village cuts ties with Yorkshire city	Tintin
	7	Young horse goes crazy in sub zero temperatures	Olaf
	8	Smell nothing	Pongo
	9	Sea bird protects an island girl	Moana
	10	Fiddle with ring	Tinkerbell
	11	Scream ‘I go’	Shrek
	12	Bees can be heard 9460730472580800 m away	Buzz Lightyear
	13	Tom from Wilmslow?	Cheshire Cat
	14	In hope with one in a muddle	Winnie the Pooh
	15	The nobility lose the right to be called this	Aristocats
	16	Carpet vermin	Rugrats
	17	Disability in London’s East End?	Andy Capp
	18	A London marathon entrant for example	Road Runner
	19	Court diplomacy case	Woody
	20	The French taken in by merciless Satan	Cruella de Vil
		This is the final ‘lock-down’ quiz. We hope that you have enjoyed them
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