CASTERTON WI CHRISTMAS QUIZ

 

CASTERTON WI ‘XMAS GREETINGS' QUIZ

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1st Prize, £15:         E Dent, Whittington

2^nd Prize, £10:         J Hodge, Batley

3^rd Prize, £5:            M Quinn, Kirkby Lonsdale

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Here are the answers:

1.       Seasonal trough of German design (6) MANGER

2.       It is just a number that never goes down (3) AGE

 

3.       A cross is put on spindle (4) AXIS

 

4.       A square is next with last of triangle (7) SIXTEEN

 

5.       Cook agrees, it’s most oily (9) GREASIEST

 

6.       Solve a Mensa problem to make a home (5) MANSE

 

7.       A wedding item from a jeweller in Garstang? (4) RING

 

8.       NCO has broken ten gears (8) SERGEANT

 

9.       Uber returns at eleven (4) TAXI

 

10.   Taxes must be altered for state (5) TEXAS

 

11.   Piece of gem sent out (7) SEGMENT

 

12.   Rock from Nanna with tie in a knot (7) GRANITE

 

13.   Grid of abstract art in amalgam (6) MATRIX

 

14.   Guiana oddly produces spirit (3) GIN

 

15.   Unit formed by strict diet and start of training (8) REGIMENT

 

16.   They often take a beating (4) EGGS (or MATS)

 

17.   Kind of beer that Geri might have liked? (6) GINGER

 

18.   Arch-enemy seems in trouble (7) NEMESIS

 

19.   Snack a siren made (6) SARNIE

 

20.   Garments I could be becoming proficient in (9) MASTERING

 

21.   Work requires some detergent (3) ERG

 

22.   Indicators of writing one’s name and years? (7) SIGNAGE

 

23.   Taking part in next ramble – an extension (5) EXTRA

 

24.   The game in disarray could be a mystery (6) ENIGMA

 

25.   Graduate at home on the open sea (4) MAIN

 

26.   Rite man damaged part of religious building (7) MINARET

 

27.   Bug within devoured sprout (9) GERMINATE

 

28.   Solemn; listener with a dwelling place (7) EARNEST

 

29.   Sages with some imagination (4) MAGI

 

30.   Depressing start to election produces filth (5) GRIME

 

31.   Badge of shame that’s initially embraced by Greek letter (6) STIGMA

 

32.   Rant about a loch (4) TARN

 

33.   Very angry about splitting pupils by ability – it’s not right (8) STEAMING

 

34.   Bandit has Reg returning with dread (8) GANGSTER

 

35.   Bury takes in, for example, a whole number (7) INTEGER

 

36.   The treasure found in the dodgems (3) GEM

37. Levies for ten in the back seat (5) TAXES

38. Former collier surrounds a scrutineer (8) EXAMINER

39. Sounds like main has a fringe (4) MANE

40. Sombre start of magic lost from folklore brothers (4) GRIM

41. Sounds like trousers passed on from parents (5) GENES

42. Alienate some honest rangers (8) ESTRANGE

43. Meet in a peculiar afternoon performance (7) MATINEE

44. Charm in game set at random (9) MAGNETISE

45. The hidden objective in proclaiming (3) AIM