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Post by Ann on Feb 23, 2006 18:03:38 GMT
 Girl Golfers 1. Beside a lofty massive tee,2. Composed of moistened sand, 3. All clad in scarlet you may see 4. A fair and eager band 5. Of maidens nursing anxiously, 6. In knots impatient stand. 7. Through humid summer, - winter frore, - 8. From dawn to sunset glow9. With clubs galore and cries of "Fore!" 10. They flutter to and fro; 11. The chains of Cupid charm no more 12. Since links are "all the go". (You will no doubt be as demoralised as me to read that, once again, "the puzzle presented no great difficulty" to the original solvers!) |
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Post by PAWS on Feb 24, 2006 14:13:28 GMT
1. Beside
2. Composed of
3. All clad in scarlet you may see
4. A playful (??) and eager band
5. Of ... ... anxiously
Too fuzzy-brained to do more just now. Glad it's back - I take that as a good sign - x
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Post by PAWS on Feb 25, 2006 10:22:30 GMT
6. Not simply (??) ...
8. From dawn to sunset ...
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Post by Ann on Feb 25, 2006 11:56:08 GMT
I think line 7 has something to do with summer to winter, but I can't work out what the superimposed letters mean.
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Post by PAWS on Feb 25, 2006 16:14:55 GMT
I thought it was golf from the start - honest.
2. Composed of moistened sand
6. Not simply ... stand
7. In humid summer (??) ...
9. With clubs galore (well done on that one) and cries of 'Fore!'
10..They flutter to and fro
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Post by PAWS on Feb 27, 2006 10:11:51 GMT
What's that structure in line 1 and who's standing on it? Looks like the base of a windmill or something.
It must begin with 'e' to complete the first word. Or am I completely wrong?
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Post by Ann on Feb 27, 2006 12:09:55 GMT
I wondered if it was part of a ship's rigging.
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Post by PAWS on Feb 27, 2006 14:03:06 GMT
Rhyme scheme:
a b a b a b c c d e d e
Does that make sense? If so, could the end of line 7 be 'forget'?
Long shots, I know, but I'm talking to myself here!
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Post by Ann on Feb 27, 2006 23:08:21 GMT
You're doing this one almost single handedly Graham! Yes, I think that's how the rhymes work
I've added a little bit more. I also checked the dictionary and there is a word "frore" meaning frosty.
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Post by SaffiandJasmin on Feb 27, 2006 23:20:12 GMT
This is doing my head in! I even find it hard to see the answers when people have suggested them!!!!! Lesley T xx
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Post by Ann on Feb 27, 2006 23:25:53 GMT
This one seems especially difficult to me Lesley! Some of them I can do about 80% of, but without Graham's input I'd only have managed about 15% of this one.
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Post by PAWS on Mar 1, 2006 11:24:58 GMT
Don't be so modest, Ann.
Shouldn't line 11 read "The chains of Cupid ..." not "Cupid's" ?
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Post by PAWS on Mar 1, 2006 11:28:18 GMT
What's that structure in line 1 and who's standing on it? Looks like the base of a windmill or something. It must begin with 'e' to complete the first word. Or am I completely wrong? If the first word is "Beside" then the mystery object must begin with 'ethe..' or 'ea' to give Beside the or Beside a Maybe  |
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Post by Ann on Mar 1, 2006 21:34:31 GMT
Don't be so modest, Ann. Shouldn't line 11 read "The chains of Cupid ..." not "Cupid's" ? It also makes more sense! |
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Post by SaffiandJasmin on Mar 5, 2006 17:39:14 GMT
I have a different way of doing these..........I look at the answers and try to work out how on earth they ARE the answers!!!!!!!!!!! Guess I just don't have the sort of cryptic brain to figure them out, ...it's fun this way too though!!!
Lesley T xx
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