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[Billy_Bonka]

1-Friends, for example, lie and tease endlessly ?I?C?M
2-One's put on no end of weight drinking tawny port ???A???L
3-Move smartly to catch rebounding skittle ???P??
4-Expel bleach regularly in old vessel X???C
5-Hang around in wait L?R?

[kettledrum]

1. sitcom
3. tenpin
4. xebec
5. lurk

[johnalex]

4. Xebec . . . . alternate letters

[kettledrum]

2. Istanbul

[kayakamina]

2 Istanbul....I stan (d) bul (k)

[kayakamina]

Apologies kettledrum my computer is so slow today.

[Billy_Bonka]

Thanks Folks

[johnalex]

2. Hi Kaya - for Istanbul I reckon . . . . 1's + tan + bul(k)
(tan / tawny)

[kettledrum]

Don't give it a moment's thought, Kayakamina! It's always happening to me. Interestingly, I thought the reasoning behind the answer was that tan is a synonym for tawny.

[kettledrum]

Cheers johnalex - you weren't there when I started. I reckon all our computers are going slow today, and have been ever since the great storm on Thursday.

[johnalex]

Thanx guys - hope my interjection wasn't our of place. Clearly whitewashed by the 'K' Division! ☺ja

[kayakamina]

Quite right Kettledrum and JA didn't read my notes correctly.

Old age and wrong pair of specs. to blame!

Cheers K