Tony and Julie managed to find the treasure with just two minutes to spare.....here are this weeks answers. CLUE 1 A painful encourager takes a pass (in cards). You are, put between two Companions of Honour. Sillitoe’s weekend factory worker - take on off In a place of ingress. A painful encourager = GOAD Pass (in cards) = BY (In Bridge and other bidding games it’s a declaration that a player is passing) The second line gives you CH twice with UR between. Hence CHURCH Arthur Seaton is the factory working main character in Alan Sillitoe’s Saturday Night and Sunday Morning – take on off – and you get SEAT a place of ingress = ENTRANCE The clue is attached to the seat in the entrance to the church CLUE 2 Thwart Rubric Hook? Take a silver-grey tube and mix with a colour it’s not easy to be. Annoyed by a flea or stock? There seek (but do not buy) your clue! Thwart Rubric Hook = anagram of KIBWORTH HARCOURT A silver-grey tube = JUBILEE (Silver-grey is the colour of the Jubilee Line on the London Tube Map) a colour it’s not easy to be = GREEN (according to Kermit the Frog) Hence JUBILEE GREEN Flea or stock – are both kinds of MARKET Annoyed = CROSS Hence MARKET CROSS The clue is attached to the Market Cross on Jubilee Green in Kibworth Harcourt. CLUE 3 Large scissors near at hand! Rural, a century before floating platforms – celebrate! In a former seat of learning... Seek a wooden puffball or stinkhorn Large scissors = SHEARS near at hand = BY Hence SHEARSBY Rural = COUNTRY a century = C (100 in Roman numerals) floating platforms = RAFTS These celebrated = FESTIVAL Hence COUNTRY CRAFTS FESTIVAL The third line refers to the VILLAGE HALL which was once the village school. puffball or stinkhorn are both varieties of MUSHROOM On the display of wood turning products there is a WOODEN MUSHROOM inside which is the clue! CLUE 4 Smaller in amount… take a dash to A&E (in America) A lane which could be life or level with brimstone beside? 165 Eaton Place’s cook? A handy feature which is accurate twice a day! Smaller in amount = LESS Take a dash – dash (-) in Morse Code is T A&E in America is the emergency room, or ER Hence LEICESTER Life or level = LOW brimstone = SULPHUR the chemical symbol for which is S Beside - BY hence LOWESBY LANE The third line refers to MRS BRIDGES who was the cook at 165, Eaton Place throughout the whole series of Upstairs Downstairs. She was portrayed by Angela Baddeley. The clue is behind the clock (which has hands, of course) on the upstairs landing which is stopped so it’s only accurate twice a day. CLUE 5 Status’s terminal word joins the Senior Service Chick-lit Adele, in the singular Assail the seaside sweetmeat – take centre. Hello headwear - a clash for a clue! Status’s terminal word= Status QUO Senior Service initially = Royal Navy (always referred to as the Senior Service) = RN Hence QUORN Adele Parks is a women’s author who graduated from Leicester University. The third line refers to the Atack the Rock afternoon of music in Quorn Park (Mike Atack was a teacher at Quorn Rawlins who died suddenly last year. This event is to raise money for the Mike Atack Charitable Trust) seaside sweetmeat = ROCK Takes centre (STAGE) Hello headwear = HI HAT (cymbals) The clue is in the hi hat cymbals on the stage at Quorn Park.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Jul 2013 10:58:23 +0000
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