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housecarl1066 | 10:31 Thu 31st Oct 2024 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Toys and Games - Old and New - Cryptic Clues. Many thanks to those who helped with answers earlier this week. Just one left to solve - any ideas please, possibly ????? doll.

1 Search an area for a good-looking lady. (5,4)

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Sweep doll? As in Sooty and Sweep. But that would be a puppet rather than a doll, I think.

Troll doll

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, that's a much better answer, Chelle.

Thanks - to be fair I have been thinking about this clue since I saw it the other day. 

Sorry about the large box for my previous reply!

Does 'troll' mean 'search an area'? I'm a little uncertain - and dictionaryless right now!

Troll 1

  (trōl)

v. trolledtroll·ingtrolls

v.tr.1.

a. To fish for by trailing a baited line from behind a slowly moving boat.

b. To fish in by trailing a baited line: troll the lake for bass.

c. To trail (a baited line) in fishing.

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a. To move around in (an area) or go to (different places) searching for something: "The players cautiously refrain from saying anything candid to the press trolling the clubhouse" (David Grann).

b. To examine or search through: trolling the classifieds for a cheap car.

Thanks, Captain2, very enlightening.

PS The dolls were, are, quite ugly!

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