Thornton village – Cryptic quiz

Thank you to everyone who took part in the cryptic quiz on Towns and Cities, monies raised have been donated to the Friends of St Peter’s towards the upkeep of our beautiful village church.

Hopefully there will be another quiz soon.

The winner of the £10 prize was Andy Wilson.

The questions and answers are below

1. A knitted sweater (8) Cardigan
2. A game for 15, 13 or 7 (5) Rugby
3. Writing paper for 007 (8,4) Basildon Bond
4. Mad (7) Barking
5. ‘And them good ole boys were drinking whisky and’ (3) Rye
6. Five-star hotel (3,10) The Dorchester
7. Desperate for this if caught short (4) Looe
8. Museum ship (3,7) HMS Belfast
9. A world snooker champion (4,5) Mark Selby
10. Resolve or reach agreement (6) Settle
11. Where the girls are so pretty (6) Dublin
12. Framework of a ship (4) Hull
13. Known for leaning on ‘lamp posts’ (6,6) George Formby
14. People who work together (5)    Crewe
15. Small area of still water (5)    Poole
16. Sailed single handed around the world (3, 7, 10)   Sir Francis Chichester
17. Currency of the north (8)   Stirling
18. Song by the New Vaudeville band (10, 9)   Winchester Cathedral
19. 1066 and all that (6,2 8)   Battle of Hastings
20. Time for a wash (4)   Bath
21. SW1A 1AA (10, 6)   Buckingham Palace
22. President dressed in green (7)   Lincoln
23. Lady Penelope, model and photographer (5, 9)   Penny Lancaster
24. Getting information from books (7)   Reading
25. Crown or donkey? (5)   Derby
26. Bovine crossing (6)   Oxford
27. 1773 home of the ‘tea party’ (6)   Boston
28. Mary Berry does this (8)    Bakewell
29. Hide underground (4)      Bury
30. Book by George Orwell (3, 4, 2, 5, 4)   The Road to Wigan Pier
31. A cob or pen by the beach (7)     Swansea
32. Home of Lady Godiva (8)     Coventry
33. Confectionery favoured by mountaineers (6, 4, 4) Kendal Mint cake
34. The ‘kingmaker’ (4, 2, 7)     Earl of Warwick
35. He had 10,000 men (5, 3, 4, 2, 4)    Grand old Duke of York
36. Dirty water by the tower (9)    Blackpool
37. A regiment of the British army (10, 6)    Coldstream Guards
38. Rock band of the 60’s, known for their instrumental ‘albatross’ (9, 3) Fleetwood Mac
39. For control or restraint of animals (5)    Leeds
40. On the carpet (9)     Axminster
41. Rich fruit cake (6)    Dundee
42. ‘In a shower of rain, he stepped in a puddle & never went there again’ (10) Gloucester
43. ‘How still we see thee lie’ in this tiny Welsh village (9)   Bethlehem
44. This fashion could be described as ‘ship shape’ (7)     Bristol
45. Watering holes (5)    Wells
46. United on a Wednesday (9)     Sheffield
47. Thomas Anson, photographer (4, 2, 9)    Earl of Lichfield
48. This bovine can be described as red and white (8)    Hereford
49. You will find this 1960’s female lead singer was born in Australia (6, 6) Judith Durham
50. Big ZZZ’s? (5, 7)    Great Snoring