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Just one suggestion (and one guess) each, thanks.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 14.12.23 - 9:00 a.m. | #
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Boroughs plus City?
scrumpy | 14.12.23 - 9:11 a.m. | #
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If Scrumpy’s right and it is boroughs + city, “hamlet” could be the opposite of City
SolarPenguin | 14.12.23 - 10:31 a.m. | #
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Based on the dubious status of some of the words, I conjecture that they all fit together crossword style. We "just" have to work out the shape of the grid, then fit the words in.
Malcolm of Kent | 14.12.23 - 10:33 a.m. | #
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If it is boroughs then 3 - banter is an anagram of Barnet
greatkingrat | 14.12.23 - 11:32 a.m. | #
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Correct.
Now we're getting somewhere...
diamond geezer | Homepage | 14.12.23 - 11:33 a.m. | #
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The words don’t contain the highest value Scrabble letters: J K Q X Z
Dale Ward | 14.12.23 - 11:37 a.m. | #
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13) And "hamlet" plus a 'b' is an anagram of "Lambeth"
miker | 14.12.23 - 11:38 a.m. | #
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Meaning 1) is Hammersmith and Fulham
Markmysandwich | 14.12.23 - 11:39 a.m. | #
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3 is Barnet
13 is indeed Lambeth
But 1 is not Hammersmith and Fulham
diamond geezer | Homepage | 14.12.23 - 11:41 a.m. | #
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7 is Croydon minus a y
Will the missing letters spell a festive message?
MOTB | 14.12.23 - 11:45 a.m. | #
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I've had my one suggestion. My one guess is 28) Brent.
Malcolm of Kent | 14.12.23 - 11:49 a.m. | #
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In that case, might 14 be "Haringey"?
rory | 14.12.23 - 11:49 a.m. | #
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10 is Bromley minus the L
Chris W | 14.12.23 - 11:51 a.m. | #
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And 25 is Redbridge without a g.
Freddie | 14.12.23 - 11:54 a.m. | #
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9) eely = Bexley without B or X
ag | 14.12.23 - 11:54 a.m. | #
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In which case, I'll keep it local and assume that 11) is Enfield, but I'm still stumped as to the pattern.
Dan W | 14.12.23 - 11:58 a.m. | #
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18 is Lewisham
Tony | 14.12.23 - 12:05 p.m. | #
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These are the 10 you've got right so far.
Without quite knowing why...
3) Barnet (banter)
7) Croydon (condor)
9) Bexley (eely)
10) Bromley (embryo)
11) Enfield (feline)
13) Lambeth (hamlet)
18) Lewisham (limewash)
14) Haringey (hearing)
25) Redbridge (reedbird)
28) Brent (tern)
diamond geezer | Homepage | 14.12.23 - 12:06 p.m. | #
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21 is Merton, with all the letters included. So I would guess that 21's entry to the overall clue is a space?
So far the missing letters we have are:
3 (space?) or nothing
7 Y
9 B X
10 L
11 D
13 B
14 Y
21 (space?) or nothing
25 G
28 B
If I had to guess the overall answer, maybe these are the boroughs of London with their highest-scoring Scrabble letter removed? Not quite sure how it fits for those boroughs which have nothing removed though.
gooneruk | Homepage | 14.12.23 - 12:13 p.m. | #
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33: Newham
scrumpy | 14.12.23 - 12:14 p.m. | #
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Scrumpy you are clever.
Not worked out the logic yet, but I reckon 26 is Hounslow without L,Oand U.
MO | 14.12.23 - 12:17 p.m. | #
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2) Harrow
MikeR | 14.12.23 - 12:25 p.m. | #
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20 could be Tower Hamlets with an O and an H missing
cjw714 | 14.12.23 - 12:34 p.m. | #
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5) Greenwich - missing the W
John Simmons | 14.12.23 - 12:35 p.m. | #
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Is it just "remove as few letters as possible to create a valid anagram" - which can be zero?
12 EALING
Henry | 14.12.23 - 12:36 p.m. | #
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Yes it is :)
For each of the 33 London boroughs, these are the longest words that can be made from their letters.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 14.12.23 - 12:37 p.m. | #
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Still to be guessed: aftermaths, braindamaged, commensuration, dance, holding, hyena, interests, listing, mountaintops, nonenlightened, octofoil, snout, thunderflash, towards, vinegar, washout
diamond geezer | Homepage | 14.12.23 - 12:42 p.m. | #
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8) Dance => Camden
TonyO | 14.12.23 - 12:42 p.m. | #
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15) Hillingdon
Geofftech | 14.12.23 - 12:44 p.m. | #
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31) Havering
Z | 14.12.23 - 1:04 p.m. | #
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4) Dagenham and Redbridge
dg writes: incorrect.
NeilP | 14.12.23 - 1:17 p.m. | #
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is 20) meltwaters Waltham Forest
dg writes: no
Alistair Twin | 14.12.23 - 1:24 p.m. | #
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17 = Westminster
MKIan | 14.12.23 - 1:36 p.m. | #
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Damn!! Got confused with the football team. I got it now.
NeilP | 14.12.23 - 1:40 p.m. | #
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27) snout -> Sutton
Peter | 14.12.23 - 1:43 p.m. | #
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The 11 remaining boroughs: Waltham Forest, Barking and Dagenham, Richmond upon Thames, Hackney, Islington, Kingston upon Thames, Kensington and Chelsea, City of London, Hammersmith and Fulham, Wandsworth and Southwark
diamond geezer | Homepage | 14.12.23 - 2:00 p.m. | #
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16 is Hackney with the CK missing.
ganching | Homepage | 14.12.23 - 2:03 p.m. | #
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23) Kensington and Chelsea
jonnus | 14.12.23 - 2:13 p.m. | #
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4. Barking and Dagenham missing the G, K and H (I've got to at least get my own borough right!)
Ell | 14.12.23 - 2:20 p.m. | #
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19 = Islington
Euan | 14.12.23 - 2:43 p.m. | #
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I think 22 might be Kingston upon Thames.
Barry | 14.12.23 - 2:44 p.m. | #
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6) Richmond-upon-Thames
Sophie | 14.12.23 - 2:50 p.m. | #
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The last five words: aftermaths, octofoil, thunderflash, towards, washout
diamond geezer | Homepage | 14.12.23 - 3:00 p.m. | #
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24 - City of London (octofoil)
Entertained | 14.12.23 - 3:33 p.m. | #
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30) Wandsworth (towards)
Tom | 14.12.23 - 4:40 p.m. | #
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29 - Hammersmith and Fulham
Silver Reynard | 14.12.23 - 4:40 p.m. | #
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1. Hammersmith and Fulham
dg writes: incorrect.
Bernard | 14.12.23 - 4:42 p.m. | #
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1 Waltham Forest
TW | 14.12.23 - 4:53 p.m. | #
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32 Southwark
alex f | 14.12.23 - 5:41 p.m. | #
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That's the lot!
The 33 clues were the longest words that can be made from the names of the London boroughs.
Answers as follows...
1) Waltham Forest [aftermaths]
2) Harrow [arrow]
3) Barnet [banter]
4) Barking and Dagenham [braindamaged]
5) Greenwich [cheering]
6) Richmond upon Thames [commensuration]
7) Croydon [condor]
8) Camden [dance]
9) Bexley [eely]
10) Bromley [embryo]
11) Enfield [feline]
12) Ealing [genial]
13) Lambeth [hamlet]
14) Haringey [hearing]
15) Hillingdon [holding]
16) Hackney [hyena]
17) Westminster [interests]
18) Lewisham [limewash]
19) Islington [listing]
20) Tower Hamlets [meltwaters]
21) Merton [mentor]
22) Kingston upon Thames [mountaintops]
23) Kensington and Chelsea [nonenlightened]
24) City of London [octofoil]
25) Redbridge [reedbird]
26) Hounslow [shown]
27) Sutton [snout]
28) Brent [tern]
29) Hammersmith and Fulham [thunderflash]
30) Wandsworth [towards]
31) Havering [vinegar]
32) Southwark [washout]
33) Newham [when]
diamond geezer | Homepage | 14.12.23 - 5:41 p.m. | #
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Are we all eligible to work for MI5 now?
(I assume the quiz has been verified on some AI algorithm and not just hours of your time)
RogerB | 15.12.23 - 2:04 p.m. | #
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