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« on: October 21, 2007, 09:09:51 »
Can you identify these places?

1. Dearly

2. Grained

3. Overtint

4. Lower

5. Mailless

6. Ethan
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« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2007, 09:14:55 »
4.Worle
Know a few more but i'll leave them for someone else.
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« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2007, 09:36:16 »
Quote from: qprrule on October 21, 2007, 09:14:55
4.Worle
Know a few more but i'll leave them for someone else.

Yes - and thanks - "one each" is a good idea!
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« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2007, 10:20:11 »
2. Reading

Number 3 isn't strictly correct, though: how about 'Wavy Kent Airport'?
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« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2007, 10:28:37 »
Quote from: TerminalJunkie on October 21, 2007, 10:20:11
2. Reading

Number 3 isn't strictly correct, though

You're right on both counts.
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« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2007, 10:55:27 »
Here's a few more:
6. Settles a dim problem
7. Poignant
8. Cancel fir draft
9. Raw whales rind
10. Planet bras
11. Want boob net
12. Legs to cure
13. Pinch me, pah
14. Tricky dado paw
15. Swell shirt brochure
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« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2007, 11:01:20 »
I'm really bad at working these out but I think 7 may be Paington ...
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« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2007, 11:33:54 »
Personally I think 7 is Paignton

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« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2007, 12:21:09 »
Quote from: Liam on October 21, 2007, 11:33:54
Personally I think 7 is Paignton

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« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2007, 15:53:20 »
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I'm really bad at working these out

Then why start the thread? Roll Eyes
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« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2007, 08:04:21 »
Quote from: TerminalJunkie on October 21, 2007, 15:53:20
Quote from: grahame
I'm really bad at working these out

Then why start the thread? Roll Eyes

That killed it Shocked .... do I spot a "Cardiff Central" somewhere there in yours too?
Mine were:

1. Dearly
2. Grained (Solved as Reading)
3. Overtint (Missing a "Parkway" ....)
4. Lower (Solved as Worle)
5. Mailless
6. Ethan

Yours:

6. Settles a dim problem
7. Poignant  (Paignton !)
8. Cancel fir draft       (Cardiff Central)
9. Raw whales rind
10. Planet bras
11. Want boob net
12. Legs to cure
13. Pinch me, pah
14. Tricky dado paw
15. Swell shirt brochure
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« Reply #11 on: October 28, 2007, 09:33:02 »
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do I spot a "Cardiff Central" somewhere there in yours too?
Yup.

1. Dearly Radley

5. Mailless Sea Mills

6. Ethan Neath
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« Reply #12 on: October 28, 2007, 10:33:04 »
And a Chippenham at 13 ....
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12. Gloucester Smiley
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« Reply #14 on: October 29, 2007, 14:15:57 »
In a desperate effort to keep this thread alive, here's five more:

16. Ten Hebrew immigrants
17. Meant to sculpt a horn
18. Kidnap by a worm
19. Vexatious abductor raid
20. Newer mousetraps
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