rhyming quiz

[excelsior-1]

nearly finished mcmillan quiz, stuck on three:-

31b ideal sitter (5) to rhyme with simmer or possibly coddle

12 a and b
a taxi goes around scottish island, ends up in ravine (8)
b spanish costa (6) ... [dorado or blanca or calida?]

any help please

[Jumbo747]

31b: model?

[ubasses]

12 barranca and blanca

[excelsior-1]

thank you both.

jumbo, you are a genius, why did i not think of that?

ubasses, please can you explain barranca?

[ubasses]

taxi = cab scottish island arran. anagram of cab going around arran

barranca is a ravine

[Jumbo747]

Thank you - but not really a genius! We can't all think of everything all the time....................... :)
Pleased to be of some use.

[excelsior-1]

thank you ubasses. believe me i'm not normally this dumb

[ubasses]

no problem, sometimes you just cannot see the wood for the trees