New Shoots C/D 28/07/2022. Found In The Hospitality Trade

[crumbs6]

I would like your thoughts on the following please.
Answers are as near as possible to how they sound.

18. We wore these before trainers.

30. 2 x2=4, 3x2=6, 4x2=8, 5x2= 10.

31. Odd.
Any help is appreciated.

[elliemay1]

30 tables??

[TheWinner]

30. Tables

[TheWinner]

31. Rum ???

[tonyav]

18. Pumps ? ( beer pumps ).

[TheWinner]

18. (beer) pumps ???

[elliemay1]

31 sundry?

[crumbs6]

Thanks guys, good answers,
No. 30. I thought of tables and doubles?
There is no letter count.
Your help is much appreciated.

[TheWinner]

I prefer tables, but doubles shows you are good at thinking out of the box. I also thoight of

[TheWinner]

caught the button! I also thought of another answer for odd, but have decided not to offer it.

[bluebell56]

Any help on my last ones would be appreciated as going on holiday and need to get it in.
No.4 Cooks til no longer soft
No.5 Scale note fish
No.15 Left or right to right
No.21 Female farmer might be this
No.24 Kitchen tool.... by gum
No.27 Visual effect of burning ruler region
No.38 Arrive kitchen pot leg bender
Thanks

[TheWinner]

38. come pan knee = Company

[crumbs6]

24. Kitchen tool - by gum. Whisky

[JJ109]

15 Cider ?

Left or right = side
right = R
side R = cider

[JJ109]

21 Carver ??

Three blind mice..............she cut off their tails with a carving knife!

[JJ109]

27 Smoking area

Smoke king area

[TheWinner]

27. Smoke+king+area = smoking area

[bluebell56]

Thank you TheWinner, JJ109 and crumbs6. Just 2 to go now.
Much appreciated.

[kettledrum]

5. Scale note = fah (do, re, mi, fah , so ….)
Fish = plaice
Fireplace ?

[bluebell56]

Well done Kettledrum. Thank you.

[TheWinner]

As you say the quiz is a "sounds like" I have an iffy offer to number 4, but before I give it, can you just check that you have given us the correct spelling of the clue, in particular "til".