By Pope_dot
Berkshire, United Kingdom
My sister has been given a cryptic gardening related quiz to do, she is stuck on the following questions if anyone would be able to help. Many thanks
- 23 Nov, 2020
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Wish this was in the correct aspect, it would be a lot easier to read.
23 Nov, 2020
Thank you Shirley Tulip, sorry owdboggy that’s how my sister sent it to me, I’m not sure how to rotate it.
23 Nov, 2020
Is this part of a crossword puzzle? They usually come a topical clue. Seeing the entire puzzle would be a great help. It all relates.
24 Nov, 2020
Ensign rocks - stone crop?
24 Nov, 2020
its a cryptic quiz Paul, so they don't interlock as it isn't a crossword. but Pope Dot says it is gardening related.
24 Nov, 2020
Thanks Eileen. Does the number refer to how many letters are in the word? Ensign Rocks - all I can think of is birthstone. It's 10 letters but I think it should be plural. Then it wouldn't fit and nothing to do with gardening. Am I doing this right?
24 Nov, 2020
Ensign rocks = flag-stones
Immoral fashionable man = rake
Possibly?
24 Nov, 2020
old mobile burial place could it be compost heap? but not sure why old mobile.
I also think flag stones as an ensign is a flag on a ship
and rake is perfect for the immoral man.
I also agree with peas.
is the first clue : looks like a rabbit ringer?
24 Nov, 2020
Thank you all very much for your help, it’s much appreciated. Seaburngirl yes the first one is Rabit ringer.
25 Nov, 2020
could that be a harebell? rabbit=hare ringer =bell?
25 Nov, 2020
Ah yes I think you’re right, thank you Seaburngirl.
25 Nov, 2020
Cryptic for sure
25 Nov, 2020
"Old mobile burial place" = wheelbarrow
Re. the clue "Red-tree boot" : if it wasn't "8" (letters), I would suggest "wellington" as a possible answer - because a Redwood tree is also called Wellingtonia.
26 Nov, 2020
I also thought Wellington at first for the red tree boot but obviously doesn't fit.
I like wheel barrow for the old mobile burial place much more likely than my suggestion.
26 Nov, 2020
Agree,wheelbarrow is brilliant! And flagstones is so much better than stonecrop which is after all the wrong way round. Some clever folk on here...
26 Nov, 2020
Red-tree boot could be Beetroot as it is an anagram of tree boot and is red!
26 Nov, 2020
I think your Beetroot sounds right, Shirley tulip.
26 Nov, 2020
I never even thought of an anagram. well worked out.
26 Nov, 2020
Thanks, I knew doing crosswords and quizzes would come in useful!
26 Nov, 2020
They all look alike (4) could be Peas ... as in Peas in a pod.
23 Nov, 2020