Topic Of Cancer 31/01

[emperor]

Thought we'd cracked this but now in doubt a bit. So again.
44. Bleats? Could be if the shepherds are here. (5)
Toorak thought CRIBS, very clever: then Butterbun pointed out that CRIB was the answer to an earlier question.
So has anyone any better ideas please?
Thanks

[elliemay1]

Afraid not!

[aelmpvw]

stable

[Sam1960]

seen "lambs" & "sheep" suggested

[elliemay1]

^ and it's def only 5 letters

[Sam1960]

five letters ...
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Question1531436.html

[Jackdaw33]

Has 5 letters been confirmed by the setter? It seems to me that stable is the most logical answer.

[scorpiojo]

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Topic Of Cancer 31/01

44. Bleats? Could be if the shepherds are here (5)
I've checked with the setter and it's definitely only five letters.
He said it's a bit of a double bluff.
15:31 Sun 08th Jan 2017Subscribe //

[Davemano]

With Crib being an answer to another question, I would suggest Cribs is quite possible as setter has said It's a bit of a Double Bluff - 2 uses of crib.

[mallyh]

what was the question that gave you the other crib?

[jim45]

The question is Or you can possibly steal a bed [4] ,so crib seems to be the answer .

[mallyh]

could be sack.........to steal or common word for bed

[mallyh]

thankyou for the question jim xx

[emperor]

The only problem with SACK is that its not exactly Christmas themed.
All ideas are good though, thanks so far. I did wonder about sack earlier but as Jim said it seems to fit rather well.

[mallyh]

father Christmas puts the toys to be delivered in a sack