Donate SIGN UP

DT GK

Avatar Image
foxwall | 16:28 Sat 27th Aug 2011 | Crosswords
15 Answers
24d Garden structure for growing sweet peas, clematis, runner beans or other climbing plants.
I know it's been firmly claimed to be obelisk earlier in the day, but, having done a good deal of surfing, I remain entirely unconvinced that there is any definition of obelisk to be found which comes near this clue. Can anyone give me a reference to prove me wrong? Or is it yet another of Kate Mepham's howlers?
Gravatar

Answers

1 to 15 of 15rss feed

Best Answer

No best answer has yet been selected by foxwall. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.

For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.
trellis?
Garden Centres are selling cane and/or metal structures called obelisks
http://www.google.co....852e&biw=1680&bih=938
Here are a few, obelisks that is, not references
Here is a picture of one with a description

http://garden.lovetok..._Iron_Garden_Obelisks
Definitely obelisk - among others see:
http://www.harrodhort...ports&cookie%5Ftest=1
Question Author
Many thanks to all of you for your trouble and clearly I owe Kate an apology. My only consolation is that there is no example from a book of reference such as a dictionary or a thesaurus, so I'm still going to claim that some elements of the garden trade are just misusing their word and don't care whether it isn't correct usage. But perhaps it's those pesky Americans.......
Hmmm, foxwall - I've often suspected that there was more than a little American influence in Ms Mepham's compiling.
Any help with these last few stinkers

38a
Turkish dessert of layered filo pastry with chopped nuts soaked in honey
7ltrs B@K@A@A

40a
The brutish beings in gullivers travels
Y@H@O

43a Quality cut of beef from the lower part of the ribs
7ltrs@I@@@I@

50a
5ltrs
If you can't@@@@@ the mountian you can't view the plain.I thinks it's'scale but the wife is not sure with that answer?

53a 5ltrs Formation of frost on an aircraft
I@I@G

and the last one i promise

36d the former name of the russian city on the river volga 10ltrs
@T@@@N@R@D

Thanks everybody &have a good bank holiday
baklava sounds familiar
sirloin?
baklava, yahoo, sirloin, scale, icing, Stalingrad
Thanks factor 30&dundurn all now i have to do is tackle the big brain one
This is the only reference I can find...
http://www.thompson-m...dXn9qoCFQmDDgodBxM1-w
This is the only link I can find:
http://www.thompson-m...dXn9qoCFQmDDgodBxM1-w

1 to 15 of 15rss feed

Do you know the answer?

DT GK

Answer Question >>