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UKC user Paul Sagar has sent in a tricky quiz involving cryptic clues for the names of popular crags around the UK. Test yourself and your mates and discuss in the forums - we'll post the answers in the forum thread next Monday.Read more
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In reply to UKC Articles:
Great, now I'm not going to get any work done until Monday...
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In reply to UKC Articles:
This kind of stuff makes me feel pretty dumb. Got one.
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In reply to UKC Articles:
This quaking hound sounds like he has a different tail.
>Tremadog
Leave famous country singer.
>Gogarth (go garth brooks)
A love affair cut short with a cooling device.
>Tryfan (tryst cut short by fan)
The fashion consultant misheard where the baby sleeps.
>Crib Goch (gok wang)
Festively crowned before the large hill.
>Holyhead mountain
Down under.
> Australia
Peak District
Prey for Black Beauty's footwear.
>Horseshoe Quarry (quarry is a synonym of prey with much hindsight, horseshoe the giveaway)
Up above, decaying backwards.
>Windgather ?
Oliver's pal is getting on, before a verge.
???
Brightly next to forest's greatest.
>Robin Hood's stride ? (Don't follow the brightly-stride part if this is right)
A joint's end, queuing in the clouds.
>Hen cloud ? Dovedale?
Untamed moggy.
>Wild cat
Rocky, the centre of a weight.
>Stoney middleton
An amphibian packing heat?
>Froggatt (frog + gat)
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In reply to RobLambton:
> A joint's end, queuing in the clouds.
> >Hen cloud ? Dovedale?
Roaches Skyline
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In reply to RobLambton:
> Oliver's pal is getting on, before a verge.
Stanage Edge
> Brightly next to forest's greatest.
Shining Clough
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In reply to UKC Articles:
Karl, is that you? Gives a whole new meaning to Rockbusters!
In reply to UKC Articles:
got em all i think unsure about 2 SW+ 1 rest, that was fun ta.
better not to post answers but extra hints I think
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In reply to linus:
Well done on Shining Clough. I thought that was the meanest one, because most climbers don't know anything about football, and the "forest" part makes people think of Robin Hood...
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In reply to RobLambton:
I'm not sure about the tremadog one.
I got that qucking hound = mad dog, but I don't see how the rest of the clue gives you 'tre'.
I think the queueing in the clouds is 'Skyline Buttress' (as opposed to roaches skyline suggested by another as "end of joint" = buttress.
Struggling with most of the south & west ones too (got Lulworth, but that's it) and 4 of the first 5 rest of the country ones (the cheese one is obvious).
I got Dewerstone for the 'moisture on the morning grass, instead of romancing' (dew / romancing the stone) but it doesn't feel quite right as the clue doesn't explain the 'er' in the middle.
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Also a little confused by 'A poacher jumps' which I assume is Huntsman's Leap, but I'd have thought this would be in the south and west coasts as opposed to the rest of the country.
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In reply to SuperLee1985:
German child's demise.
Is it in yet?
though search me why it isn't under the Peak section.
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In reply to SuperLee1985:
> I'm not sure about the tremadog one.
> I got that qucking hound = mad dog, but I don't see how the rest of the clue gives you 'tre'.
Tremor Dog
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In reply to SuperLee1985:
The end of a joint (The bit you breath in through) is a Roach, so I'm pretty sure it is Roaches Skyline
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In reply to UKC Articles:
Could "Giving assistance to bluff" be Crookrise?
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In reply to Max factor:
where do small german kids go to school ?
In reply to Will Hunt:
not what i thought though i have a ? by my answer, as it's not quite right,
but I've just rethought it and its a place I've never heard of but guessed.
Think Yosemite
In reply to Phil Anderson:
Tremor Doc ( a doc'd tail)
In reply to lithos:
> where do small german kids go to school ?
Er - a school? or Schule? Pretty sure my own (mildly) cryptic answer makes sense.
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In reply to catherine4331:
Ah, totally wasn't thinking of that kind of joint...
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In reply to Max factor:
it does so you should know where Arnie was a cop!
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In reply to Max factor:
A very good point.
In reply to UKC Articles:
Could 'Go Down, Pointy Rhino' be Lower Sharpnose? Kinda fits but I'm not 100% convinced,
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In reply to lithos:
Yes, I get it!
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In reply to lithos:
Go on ...
In reply to Will Hunt:
dangle and whack climbing , at an outcrop up north
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In reply to UKC Articles:
Part of a shopping centre, plus part of a pig, but this harbour isn't by the sea.
Mal(l)ham Cove
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In reply to UKC Articles:
A false sense of security can be combined with value.
Lul(l)worth?
A bit tenuous perhaps?
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After dinner wine goes into the ground, and that's how much it will cost.
Portland Bill?
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In reply to FactorXXX:
That's what I thought, but it's an area rather than a crag really.
In reply to UKC Articles:
Solo has his very own stones - Harrisons Rocks
The crow's wound healed. - Raven's Scar
And a couple I'm dubious about:
The black ones are unexpected events and we all have one. - Daddyhole (as in black hole and we all have a daddy)
Is that a swimming tortoise's entry point? - Durdle Door (on the grounds that Durdle sounds a bit like turtle)
In reply to SuperLee1985:
> And a couple I'm dubious about:
> The black ones are unexpected events and we all have one. - Daddyhole (as in black hole and we all have a daddy)
I went with Swan Age with a ? and don't know about 'events'
> Is that a swimming tortoise's entry point? - Durdle Door (on the grounds that Durdle sounds a bit like turtle)
thats what i have with a ? by it, and it's almost lulworth (which has to be right)
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In reply to Paul Sagar:
> Well done on Shining Clough. I thought that was the meanest one
I got it quickly without even getting the football reference (due to no capital f on forest), assuming a clough was some sort of woodland feature (actually now I think it might be a moorland feature)
maybe it is mean because most climbers don’t climb at Shining Clough
In reply to Max factor:
Kinder Downfall
In reply to Max factor:
> German child's demise.
> Is it in yet?
> though search me why it isn't under the Peak section.
Kinder Downfall, must be!
In reply to UKC Articles:
Go down, pointy rhino!
Lower Sharpnose.In reply to RobLambton:
> > The fashion consultant misheard where the baby sleeps.
> >Crib Goch (gok wang)>
Ah right. I thought maybe there was some fashion consultant called 'Dinas' (Mot, with the 'M' coming from 'misheard')
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In reply to RobLambton:
> > Leave famous country singer.
> >Gogarth (go garth brooks)>
The 'famous' is perhaps stretching it a bit?
In reply to lithos:
Black swans are unexpected events:
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In reply to tlouth7:
thanks
spoilers: here's my answer set whilst we wait - changed 2 on there due to answers above
https://photos.app.goo.gl/pqpEHEu79OxIqpe43
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In reply to Michael Gordon:
I think he is the biggest selling US artist ever!
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In reply to UKC Articles:
ANSWERS BELOW - don't look if you're still trying/struggling! Thanks Paul for a fun quiz!
North Wales
This quaking hound sounds like he has a different tail [Tremadog]
Leave famous country singer [Gogarth]
A love affair cut short with a cooling device [Tryfan]
The fashion consultant misheard where the baby sleeps [Crib Goch]
Festively crowned before the large hill [Holyhead Mountain]
Down under [Australia]
Peak
Prey for Black Beauty’s footwear [Horseshoe Quarry]
Up above, decaying backwards [High Tor]
Oliver’s pal is getting on, before a verge [Stanage Edge]
Brightly next to forest’s greatest [Shining Clough]
A joint’s end, queuing in the clouds [Roaches Skyline]
Untamed moggy [Wild Cat]
Rocky, the centre of a weight [Stoney Middleton]
An amphibian packing heat? [Froggatt]
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In reply to UKC Articles:
South + West Coasts
After dinner wine goes into the ground, and that’s how much it will cost [Portland Bill]
The black ones are unexpected events and we all have one [Swanage]
Is that a swimming tortoise’s entry point? [Durdle door]
A false sense of security can be combined with value [Lulworth]
Go down, pointy rhino [Lower Sharpnose]
Rest of Country
Is that a dark cold pub? [Black Cuillin]
Excessively consuming cheese [Cheddar Gorge]
Giving assistance to a bluff? [Almscliffe]
Solo has his very own stones [Harrison’s Rocks]
Moisture on the morning grass, instead of romancing [The Dewerstone]
Getting on and not a woman, is that a ship ahead? [Old Man of Hoy]
A poacher jumps [Huntsman’s Leap]
Part of a shopping centre, plus part of a pig, but this harbour isn’t by the sea [Malham Cove]
A just principal [Fair head]
German child’s demise [Kinder downfall]
The crow’s wound healed [Raven’s scar]
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In reply to Darron:
> I think he is the biggest selling US artist ever!
Never heard of him. Thought there must be a crag with Cash or Parton in the name...
In reply to UKC Articles:
Well, it turns out that a whole bunch of those highly dubious answers were in fact correct!
In reply to UKC Articles:
Can someone please explain the Black Cullin one?
In reply to SuperLee1985:
Cool inn
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