Time to move on. We have beaten the last number of replies so let's go again.
Please bring forward any unfinished puzzles (except for the hard ones!)
If you have not had a go yet - CHICKEN!!!!
Come one come all! They say things like this will stave off senility and whilst it may be too late for me
we may be able to save someone with the puzzles!
Cheers
Budgie
Thought I'd bring this forward as the last solved and because it is a good example.
I guess that the moral of the story is if it isn't solved in a couple of days the author
should drop a few hints as Alistair had done with this one. Check back to see.
3. Greek swimmer had Hero's end. Common name of exotic shrub (8 letters)
Brilliant one Alistair!!!!
Oleander
Hero's end = O
Greek Swimmer = Leander ( who fell in love with Hero and swam to her every night )
I love the learning with this thread!
(Sometimes just takes a little prodding to stimulate the thought.)
Cheers
Steve
Alistair
Nowra, NSW,
(Australia)
(Zone 9b)
February 19, 2009
9:54 PM
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Sounds as though you like lager... Genus (very large and diverse, mostly exotic)
Was this solved?
Steve
Well done Steve :)
No the lager one was not solved........ no extra clues for that one!!!!
Can we have the number of letters please please please
I promise it will be the last clue I ask for (on this one anyway!)
Steve
9 letters
Thanks Stake - this one was not got
2. Turned over a mealier sort of south american tuber - latin name of exotic genus (12 letters)
supplementary clue: the plant that 'south american tuber' points to is ornamental, not a food plant.
Am I right in thinking "A mealier sort" needs to be turned over and mixed, to result in a South American Tuber?
Brian
Googling "Mealier South American Tuber" yields all food (potato)
Am guessing 'Mealier' relates to a plant being covered in granules resembling meal. (per dictionary)
Will come back to it tomorrow. Bed calls!
Steve
Brian is right....
Astrolomeria
Very close!
"Astralomeria" but none of my books have that spelling and it was not easy to Google.
Brian
Alstroemeria
G'Day
That is in my books, don't know why the penny didn't drop and I wonder if the spelling I got with Google is the same plant.
A couple to work on "Appalled before prolonged pain" genus a perennial.
And this "Change Grandma with the specific article the sungod follows" perennials some are showy some weeds.
Brian
Alternanthera
Wise man on toilet!
common name of herbaceous perennial...
Well done Weed_woman spot on with "Alternanthera", I thought that might be difficult.
That wise man must be constipated if it's "purple sage". Best I keep on thinking.
Brian
ROFLMAO - it's Bog Sage! hahahaha
Good one Alistair.
LOL gardengal
Another newy to me. I even pondered that name when thinking of the toilet possibilities including some that are better not printed here.
Some for everyone Sounds like "mobs of sheep" Garden annual
Another "Kids' Grandpop & short edition, and Eastern Beer" Genus & Species perenial.
Brian
This is a fun one!
St John's Wort?
St John would have been wise and maybe he had a wart only visible when on the loo?
You can see by this attempt that I have no idea yet!
Budgie
Thanks Stake. Leads me to this.
"Kids' Grandpop is a brick layer"
Mostly annual - Genus
Now back to the toilet.
Steve
The toilet has been fixed Budgieman. Gardengal got it.
Brian
Budgieman we both have the same genus but mine has the species too.
Brian
flox for mobs of sheep
Yes but it is Phlox.
you beat me to it' I was just going to correct it. sorry.
This is a variation on the cryptic puzzles all you need to do is unscramble the letters to spell the name of common back yard objects
Below are some scrambled words, unscramble them to spell objects which can be found in gardens and yards.
NOTES: These are not plants names.
Some are more than one.
No. Scrambled
1 Supmp
2 Slight
3 Dingge
4 Astutes
5 Beqbaure
6 Pats
7 Buts
8 Denpatharg
9 Heds
10 Inrawreatknat
11 Bashgetksnigan
12 Seho
13 Bregid
14 Nodp
15 Unfainto
16 Stop
17 Bleat
18 Sates
19 Reclircbick
20 Laftawerl
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1pumps 2lights 3edging 4statue 5barbeque 6taps 7tubs 8garden path 9shed 10rainwater tank 11hanging basket 12hose 13bridge 14pond 15fountain 16pots 17table 18seats 19circle brick? 20waterfall
That's right and I assume that there was a Brick Circle in someone's garden.
Brian
Another cryptic. Sounds like "Australian Chap is this way" A dense shrub.
Some jumbled words which is a variation on cryptics. These words when rearranged will give plant parts. Have fun.
Brian
1/ Vesale
2/ Tosor
3/ Knrut
4/ Chesnarb
5/ Wrofles
6/ Rutif
7/ Edses
8/ Krab
9/ Bersut
10/ Smest.
1. Leaves
2. Roots
3. trunk
4. branches
5.flowers
6. Fruit
7. Seeds
8. Bark
9.Tubers
10. stems
Stake
Since no takers (or is that Stakers??? Ho Ho Ha) -
"Kids' Grandpop & short edition, and Eastern Beer"
Papaver pygmaeum?
(been a long day 13 hours work and still counting)
Cheers
Stupid
G'Day
Funny how we both put the clues for "Papaver" at the same time. The species is not right but I would be interested to know how you got pygmaeum out of "Eastern Beer"?
Gardengal you got the lot of that jumbled lot.
Brian
Pavaver orientale?
Right Alistair.
Here is another lot of jumbled words, all are gardening activities.
1/ Ginggid
2/ Kingra
3/ Tingnalp
4/ Grinetaw
5/ Ginedew
6/ Tinkags
7/ Grunbin
8/ Goopsmint
9/ Gnatits
10/ Shavegrint
A cryptic for anyone so inclined. "Slow moving, ape, precedes the Liquid movement hesitates" Common name of a low growing native.
Brian
Not much activity, every body must be busy.
Try this " the best known traitor & a woody plant" not a real cryptic just a puzzle.
Brian
Judas tree
!/ Digging
2/ raking
3/ planting
4/ watering
5/ weeding/
6/ staking
7/ burning
8/ sto(o)mping (I thought it could have been composting without the 'c')
9/ tasting
10/harvesting
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