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| An armadillo, the answer to clue 1. Photo: Rich Anderson, Flickr |
Thank you so much to everyone who sent their answers to our Mammals of the World quiz. We really appreciate your support and welcome the money sent to us for the entrance fee.
We received a total of 147 entries, of which 56 were all
correct. The winner selected in a random draw is Miss J E Milne, of Bude. Congratulations!
The answers to the clues are below.
1. Equip a herb with a weapon-o! (9) ARMADILLO
2. Sailor’s reply to an officer’s order! (3-3). AYE-AYE
3. Forbid taking in what a timid person never says to a goose. (6). BABOON
4. Brass ensemble with water bird – I slip in between them. (9). BANDICOOT
5. Prohibit high-tension starts for organised local exhibitions. (4, 4). BANK VOLE
6. A mix-up lets Barry be a pa! (7, 3). BARBARY APE
7. If you see this one in the wild, it will be a very exciting experience. (6). BEAVER
8. I heard him say something like “Cheerio, youngster!” (5). BISON
9. Courage, without any selenium, for the son of the King of France, translated. (10, 7). BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN
10. In Downing Street, did Gordon Brown bear responsibility for the Credit Crunch in 2007/8? (5, 4). BROWN BEAR
11. BR won her a makeover. (5, 4). BROWN HARE
12. Describes two US presidents in the first year of their lives. (4, 4). BUSH BABY
13. Arrived and departed shortly after, having got the hump. (5). CAMEL
14. Animal doctor chases a number of Dalmatians. (5). CIVET
15. Could this be Basil Brush, arriving at Heathrow airport? (6, 3). FLYING FOX
16. Goliath, say, with a police car. (5, 5). GIANT PANDA
17. Famous for the decline and fall of an empire. (6). GIBBON
18. British armed service, led by American soldier, gets college training shortly. (7). GIRAFFE
19. Goes round every year, selling endive and lettuce, primarily. (4, 4). GREY SEAL
20. This one stuttered “Mother, save us!”. (7, 5). HARVEST MOUSE
21. I heard “Hello, Mrs Sharples.”! (5). HYENA
22. Type of wild dog for two boys, John and Alan. (6). JACKAL
23. One of Joey’s parents? (8). KANGAROO
24. The wall in Paris. (5). LEMUR
25. You can find this one in all Amazonian forest areas. (5). LLAMA
26. Sounds like a place to play golf at the seaside. (4). LYNX
27. Chap with a shirt. (7). MANATEE
28. Mare, most skittish! (8). MARMOSET
29. Setter swallowed writing fluid and a cry of distress was heard. (5, 5). MINKE WHALE
30. Non-governmental organisation taken in by 31. (8). MONGOOSE
31. Small rodent loses its uniform; Oscar steps in to sort it. (5). MOOSE
32. Searching in the area, there wasn’t a café to be found; so she said “OK, a picnic it is then!” (5). OKAPI
33. These upset Goran’s aunt. (10). ORANGUTANS
34. This one is pro-arable culture. (5, 4). POLAR BEAR
35. Popular reptile loses two times; papas step in and see to that. (8). PORPOISE
36. 37, once Katharina has gone, rides an ancient Greek river horse. (5, 12). PYGMY HIPPOPOTAMUS
37. One track up Snowdon, with setter’s, or rather Shakespeare’s, Katharina. (5, 5). PYGMY SHREW
38. Motoring services company – company working for a masked mammal. (7). RACCOON
39. Did I hear you say “It’s wet outside, my love.”? (8). REINDEER
40. I heard Charlie remark that the weather had “ ‘eated up”. (3, 5). SEA OTTER
41. One of seven capital vices. (5). SLOTH
42. Seasonal publication, nothing left out – about a rugby player? (9). SPRINGBOK
43. 17th century Dutch explorer, together with a Scot, encountered Satan! (9, 5). TASMANIAN DEVIL
44. Piece of sporting equipment belonging to a hater of garlic! (7, 3). VAMPIRE BAT
45. This one can be found in Heswall, a by-product of 19th century introductions. (7). WALLABY
46. One that wanted seven maids with seven mops to clear away the sand. (6). WALRUS
47. Feature of Oliver Cromwell’s face had others grinning initially. (7). WARTHOG
48. Support for a painter’s use after whiskey. (6). WEASEL
49. Beware of this one – it’d claw you if you annoyed it! (4, 3). WILD CAT
50. Author of “Importance of being Earnest” on Honeymaker Street. (10). WILDEBEEST
Here are some notes on the ones that seemed to cause the most difficulty:
3. BABOON – According to the saying, a timid person ‘wouldn’t say “Boo!” to a goose’.
5. BANK VOLE – Prohibit = Ban; High tension = kV (kilovolts); OLE are the first letters of “organised local exhibitions”.
7. BEAVER – Hidden in the clue: “it will BE A VERy …”
9. BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN – We couldn’t allow “Bottlenosed” because it is not the correct name, and it doesn’t match the clue or the letter count.
11. BROWN HARE – An anagram.
14. CIVET – 101 is a number of dalmatians from the Disney film. That is CI in Roman numerals. Vet is an animal doctor.
20. HARVEST MOUSE – Some entries did not spot the anagram here. We liked “GRIZZLY BEARS” but couldn’t allow it.
25. LLAMA – Another hidden answer in this clue “in aLL AMAzonian …”
27. MANATEE – We couldn’t allow Mandrill because it has 8 letters, not 7.
29. MINKE WHALE – This was an answer that many people spelt incorrectly as Minky Whale.
33. ORANGUTANS – The clue, and the letter count, require a plural answer here so we didn’t accept ORANGUTAN.
35. PORPOISE – The popular reptile is TORTOISE; replace the “t”s with “p”s.
36. PYGMY HIPPOPOTAMUS – We were surprised at how many different ways there are of misspelling “Hippopotamus”! And “Pigmy” is incorrect and not in alphabetical order.
37. PYGMY SHREW – The track up Snowdon is known as the Pyg Track.
38. RACCOON – Another answer that was often misspelt.
46. WALRUS – From “The Walrus and the Carpenter” – Lewis Carroll.
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