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Old Jan 9, 2018, 4:21 pm
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Originally Posted by Greenpen
I have a complete void when it comes to cryptic clues so can we please have an explanation from the setter when the correct answer is posted. With that help I might get going!
Probably a good idea. For the benefit on anyone who hasn't listened to BBC Radio 4, or indeed the Home Service, since 1947 (which amazingly was when this series was first broadcast) the quiz format actually belongs to Round Britain Quiz. There is a Wiki entry here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_Britain_Quiz
and in brief a central answer comes from a common theme from the clues, with a support clue or two along the way. So in the first example we best work back from the answer Whales since CWL / Cardiff / BA's repair shop is in Wales, as Jordan is/was a brunette and Athens relates to grease/lubricant etc.
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Old Jan 9, 2018, 4:28 pm
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A greasy Welsh Brunette?
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Old Jan 9, 2018, 4:36 pm
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Originally Posted by Ancient Observer
A greasy Welsh Brunette?
[mellifluous tone]I think we may need to work on your answer a little longer.[/mellifluous tone]
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Old Jan 10, 2018, 1:05 am
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What’s Athens got to do with grease and lubricants?
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Old Jan 10, 2018, 1:11 am
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Originally Posted by Greenpen
I have a complete void when it comes to cryptic clues
Your not the only one so include me too! I thought I was OK at cryptic crosswords etc but there is cryptic and then there is this
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Old Jan 10, 2018, 1:24 am
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Originally Posted by Greenpen
What’s Athens got to do with grease and lubricants?
Tell me (aloud), Athens is the capital of which country? [I dread to think what this will do to your Google ads feed].
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Old Jan 10, 2018, 4:05 am
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If a Boeing 737 is named St. Pierre,
a Boeing 757 is named Notre-Dame,
a Boeing 767 is named Our Savior,
and a Boeing 777 is named Sankt Nikolai

What name would you give an Airbus A319?
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Old Jan 10, 2018, 4:11 am
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A319 ... St. Helier?
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Old Jan 10, 2018, 4:15 am
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Originally Posted by Prospero
Hopefully, I understand the rules now

If a Boeing 737 is named St. Pierre,
a Boeing 757 is named Notre-Dame,
a Boeing 767 is named Our Savior,
and a Boeing 777 is named Sankt Nikolai

What name would you give an Airbus A319?

There is a once weekly service by a 737 to FSP (St Pierre & Miquelon, just off the coast of Canada) from CDG. Which I am going to suggest it the longest route for a 737? Can't figure out the connections to the others but am I on the right track?
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Old Jan 10, 2018, 4:19 am
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Another Notre-Dame though it could be St-Louis for Royalists. Or Sacre-Cœur.
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Old Jan 10, 2018, 4:25 am
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Originally Posted by manord
Correct!

Each is the northernmost airport served by BA in the respective country.

(Was starting to get worried I'd made a mistake in the question/clues!)
Is "England" a country though? The northernmost airport served by BA in the United Kingdom is INV...
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Old Jan 10, 2018, 4:32 am
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Old Jan 10, 2018, 4:36 am
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Originally Posted by Deltus
Is "England" a country though?
Yes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countr...United_Kingdom

In any event, for the purposes of a fun quiz, NCL and England was clear enough to identify the linkage between the clues.
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Old Jan 10, 2018, 4:41 am
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Originally Posted by Deltus
Is "England" a country though? The northernmost airport served by BA in the United Kingdom is INV...
This is a controversial question. But then, but the validity seems to engage not only in flying matters, but more in times of Qualifiers for FIFA World Cup
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