Wee Stinker

[davey b]

Back to St Custard's L???S
Tropical America N???A?A
RI - not one's country I?D??
Good stock G????
Sets of 10 - Set D & c. D?C???S
Drop ball G?T??
Western Muse E???O

[tyrepill]

7 Erato

[Mamyalynne]

1 Looks ? skool<

[tyrepill]

4 G race ?

[Harry-Wragg]

Tropical....Neogaea
RI....India
Good....grace
Sets....dectets
Drop....gutta
Wesrern....Erato

[ladyalex]

5 decades ??

[Harry-Wragg]

davey b - please pardon the intrusion
good evening ladyalex - I thought it was decades too until I realised it was an anagram of setdetc

[BigDave44]

A bit of background information about the first clue:

Nigel Molesworth is the most famous pupil at St Custards, and I was always a great fan of the books.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Molesworth

[ladyalex]

Oops! missed that completely ,Harry.
However, I have had trouble finding dectet in any dictionary....sounds as though it should exist as in quintet etc
but i think you must be correct.
Hope you're keeping hale and hearty.

[ladyalex]

Hello BigDave. Thank you so much for the Molesworth link. I have been wondering for ages where the expression 'as any fule know' comes from and now I know.

[BigDave44]

Good evening My Lady and Sir Harry and please excuse the further intrusion davey b

Nigel was every kid's hero in my day - although his irreverence towards authority would be considered mild by today's standards.

Skool was always spelt with a k - so I guess this setter is probably from my generation.

[davey b]

Thanks for all the help. Just three queries.

MUSE is Erato. Why Western?

Why is RI India?

NEOGAEA is Tropical. Why America?