Answer To Cobs On Salt

[Carole286]

Rainbow charity quiz long arm of the law

[pixie374]

Is this the full clue? And the theme is long arm of the law? X

[Carole286]

Yes and the answer is 4,2,4

[Buenchico]

Pixie: The theme is 'The Long Arm of the Law'. It's the full clue but Carole has omitted the letter pattern, which is 4,2,4:
http://www.rainbowcharitypuzzles.co.uk/puzzle.htm

It looks like it ought to be an anagram but I've not fathomed it!

[Buenchico]

Oops! Crossed posts!

[pixie374]

Thanks both..... xx

[FoxLee2]

It's not an anagram - it's a case of 'say what you see'.

[fiction-factory]

Buenchico's link shows the clue is just "Cobs on Salt" rather than "answer to cobs on salt".
The best I can come up with is 4x4 but it's not a specific law/police related term and if it were right the setter could have used any 4 letter words rather than cobs and salt

[fiction-factory]

I've tried to find words that could mean cobs but loaves and swans don't fit unless the words run together in some way or encircle the word for salt.
Salt could be NaCl, spice, brine, alkali, sailor/ tar...

[mallyh]

boys in blue?

[fiction-factory]

yes, cobs= boys (swans/horses) is good but I can't see the link yet between salt and blue.

[mallyh]

I was thinking salt blue ocean ,I may be way off but it is early and I have had only 1 coffee lol x

[JJ109]

Cobsonsalt = dingbat = sons in cobalt = ?????

[fiction-factory]

Wow, That works but is far more cryptic than I was expecting

[fiction-factory]

I was referring to jj109s sons in cobalt (a shade of blue)
I can see yours working too though mally but now think jj109's is the one

[mallyh]

so is the answer boys in blue ?

[fiction-factory]

Yes your answer looks right, mally. I suppose how it's parsed doesn't really matter

[FoxLee2]

If it was written COB sons ALT -it would just read 'boys in blue'.

[mightymouse]

Very clever clue! What about "Nick throws money"? (4,5)

[elliemay1]

Answer is a dialectical word for a prison

[habakkuk3]

I'm also stuck on 14- "Nick throws money"? (4,5) I have tried to find a dialect word for prison, but without success. Any more help please?
Also need 42. Observes badger baiting coming back covering clues ..... (4)