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nurse1967 | 19:09 Thu 11th Aug 2005 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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1. Shylock's was spat upon (9)
2. puzzle at her covering (7)
3. Here the Queen is a Duke (6)
4. Got by flogging hamburgers (7)
5. A doctor's coiffure (6)
6. Worn by the arm that caught Excalibur (6)
7. seen on the parade ground (5)
8. soundsunlikely to keep you warm (6)
9. jump into the bag (7)
10. wears well although defeated (7)
11. I love to wear this (5)
12. Brought up by the cat in Cranford (4)
13. The tup's after the sailor's drink ! (7)
14. comes all the way from the Andes (6)
15. sounds like a tidal wave (5)
16. organic diets cut short (8)
17. will it go off with a bang ? (7)
18. make advances to fifty, perhaps (4)....... the answer to clue 50 is flannel
19. Two capitals abbreviated (5)
20. A hundred useful bits of advice ? Nearly ! (6)
21. Was the boy who never grew up a fraud ? (9)
22. put your chin forward, but back off inside (7)

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21 petersham

19 nylon

3 coburg

4 hessian (a guess)

7 DRILL

15 crash (a guess)

5 Could be Mohair.
I like mohair!
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murielmci...thanks for your answers.
I couldn't see how you arrived at hessian and coburg though
16.Organdie
8 Frieze (heavy woollen cloth)
13 .Grogram
14.Alpaca
9.Hopsack
3.Saxony ...a fine woollen fabric
15. Serge
22.Chiffon
1Gabardine
To Antonio in the Mof V
"You called me misbeliever, cutthroat dog,
And spat upon my Jewish gabardine, "
12.I think is Lace.
In Cranford by Mrs Gaskill the cat swallows some lace and I think they feed it jam or something to make it sick the lace up.

coburg - she is descended from the Saxe-Coburgs and I believe she is a duke of coburg.  Also Coburg is a material.

 

Hamburgers are germans - Hesse is in Germany.  I did say it was a guess.

11.Voile ..anagram of I Love.
6.Samite.... a heavy silk fabric.
Mentioned in MorteD'Arthur.
2. Could be leather
Puzz(LE AT HER) covering.


20. Chintz
Does this mean you haven't attempted answering ANY of them yourself? Can I suggest a different 'hobby'?

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