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megfitz | 13:22 Mon 22nd Dec 2014 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Hello everyone, I'd appreciate help with these clues,
Headed ..Pot Luck::
Early pilgrims slipped into this jerkin..(3,6)
Hibernian hot line to the Pope?...(3,2)

Headed Getting from A to B::
Doggy diggings?..(2,7,6)
Embezzle petty cash..(4,5)

Headed;La Belle France::
Good match at Boney's inn..(2,5,8)
Weather forecast from Versailles?..(5,3,2,6)
Provincial spa sounds uncomfortable,..(3,2,8)

Thanks for any help, this is driving me crackers !! (seasonal but annoying)
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Spa Aix en Provence
13:26 Mon 22nd Dec 2014
Spa Aix en Provence
Megfitz, could you give an example of getting from A to B, please?
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Manx competition?..(5-6,4)....three-legged race
Global travel for speedy spiders?..(5,4,3)... world wide web
Thank you
A to B
2.St Bernard Tunnel
Weather..après moi le deluge
Embezzle petty cash - Milk Float ?
Hibernian hot line to the Pope?...(3,2)

Could that be VAT 69, a brand of whisky? Not sure if it's Irish though.
Early pilgrims slipped into this jerkin.

New Jersey, perhaps?
It's Scottish but there is Hibernian FC....
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Thank you all for answers and ideas, no doubt I'll be back with the few remaining, scorpiojo you are officially brilliant.
Anyone else doing this quiz? I'm up for swaps.
Happy to swap a few answers Megfiz. Those I am struggling with include
Huffs and puffs for lost cause (3,8)
Unintended consequence of unsavory preacher (7,5)
Hibernian hotline to the pope? (3,2)
Frosty counter for seafood joined up (11)
Unhappy lot of assignments (12,6)
Clearest good for vines (8,7)
Supine courtesan (6,11)
Frosty counter... Standoffish
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Hi beekman,Unhappy lot ...constabulary duties
do you have ..how to keep your children apart in the high court..(6,8)
I am stuck on the same ones and London2,3,& 8
debating on London no.7..Knowledgeable movers...(5,7) ::is black cabbies
right/racist.
Children apart...Family Division?

What are the categories for the other clues, please?
London 2 ..Blackfriars Station
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Thanks Megfiz. Family division is right, as is Blackfriars bridge. London 3 is the mousetrap
I also have Black Cabbies, but it's a bit odd.
For good order, still seeking

Trains
huffs and puffs for lost cause (3,8)

Phrases
Unintended consequence of unsavory preacher (7,5)

Pot luck
Hibernian hot line to the pope? (3,2)

La belle France
Clarets good for vines (8.7)
Supine courtesan (6,11)

London
Giants' causeway in the East End (7,6)

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