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tpw536w | 16:22 Wed 04th Jul 2007 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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23)Freshwater bird on unfamiliar waters?
26)Top of candle annoys me
37)In the fashion of old-fashioned make-up?
38)Never seen before; a boat in New Jersey
39)Young lady leads school

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26. Wick
26 == wick
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Thanks johnalex & chiefpanda
23 Swansea? (sea unfamiliar waters to the swan?)
38. Newark (new ark - and is also town in NJ)
39 Maidenhead
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Thank so much ageing fast, only one left to do No 37!
37) Only thing I can think of for the old fashioned make-up is Rouge, and the only thing close to it is RUGELEY....in Staffordshire. Best I can do.
Val.
Following up on Valerieb's suggestion re Rugeley for Q 37. The Oxford dictionary gives meaning to Suffix -ly as
"having the qualities of "which could be interpretated as
in the fashion of. Don't know what to do with the e in the middle of ly though.

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