DAILY MAIL COFFEE BREAK 29TH JUNE

[delalyn]

5 DOWN;
COUNTRY BEVERAGE. D--S--/WINE

PICTURE CLUE IS; TWO RABBITS ON A FLAT SURFACE BOTH HAVE THE 'VENUS' SYMBOL ON THEM. BENEATH THIS IS A LARGE LETTER 'Y' WITH A SMALL 'n' in the rt corner.

[emeritus]

Damson Wine

[cupid04]

damson wine

[delalyn]

THANK YOU 'CUPID04 & 'emeritus'. i THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE 'DAMSON' BUT COULDN'T FATHOM WHY?
WHAT DO TWO RABBITS HAVE TO DO WITH 'DAMSONS'?
PARDON MY APPARENT IGNORANCE!

[shoota]

A mother rabbit is called a 'dam' - dams on wi(y) ne

[shooty]

dams are female parents of a four legged kind (hence the symbol in there stomach region) + on (the dams are ON top of the 'Y')

[delalyn]

'DAM'! I DIDN'T KNOW THAT SHOOTA & SHOOTY, THANK YOU!
I THOUGHT A FEMALE RABBIT WAS CALLED A 'DOE' AND THE MALE A 'BUCK' ! I'M 75 AND STILL LEARNING NEW WORDS!!! YOU ANSWERBANK BOFFINS ARE MARVELOUS!

[shooty]

doe and buck are correct. A dam is a female animal that has offspring.

dam
2    /dæm/ Show Spelled[dam] Show IPA
noun
a female parent (used especially of four-footed domestic animals).