Daily Quiz

[xmilehigh]

How about Holly Blue.

[Padfield]

Spot on. Care to say why?

Guy

[xmilehigh]

Cool ,

The reasoning was something like this :-

Prickly customer & girl = Holly, upset = blue.

Thinking up the next question now

[xmilehigh]

Your desk hides the code that you'll need to plow through.

[Roger Gibbons]

Just before leaving Guy's clue, wasn’t the clue that “causes rational girl” is an anagram of celastrina argiolus? “Upset” usually means an anagram in crossword compiler-speak? So the “upset” meant an anagram rather than “blue”?

Roger

[Padfield]

Yes - the question passes (or has already passed ) to Xmilehigh, but Roger is absolutely right.
'Prickly customer...' = holly blue (customer of a prickly thing, i.e., holly),
'... causes rational girl...' is indeed an anagram of Celastrina argiolus,
'... to be upset' is the anagram indicator.

It's yours by rights, though, XMH

Guy

[Denise]

Clouded Yellow?

[Padfield]

That's brilliant, Denise! All the letters are there. I don't totally get it yet so I'm wondering if it's a clouded yellow but not the clouded yellow...

Guy

[xmilehigh]

Brilliant but not right I did not see that in there.

Your desk hides the code that you'll need to plow through.

Clue: If you look to deep you can't spot the copse for the trees.

[Denise]

I know that we're out of time, but one last go. Speckled Wood? desk, code plow.
Another name for copse is Wood.

Denise

[xmilehigh]

Correct
Well done & over to you.

[Denise]

Newspaper Headline. "New Ska band Anathema at a real gig"

Denise

[Pete Eeles]

Almost Marbled White (Melanargia galathea) from "Anathema at a real gig" - although there's only one "l"

Cheers,

- Pete

[Denise]

oops! Well done Pete. Your turn.

Denise

[Pete Eeles]

If ...

Green-veined White plus Orange-tip = 5,

Then what is ...

Grayling minus Scotch Argus

... and why?

Cheers,

- Pete

[Denise]

-1?
GVW, 3 + OT,2 = 5. G, 1- SA, 2 = -1

Denise

[Pete Eeles]

Good answer - I never thought of that! Unfortunately, this isn't the answer I'm looking for

There is a connection between each species and some characteristic that is not to do with the spelling of either their vernacular or scientific names.

Cheers,

- Pete

[Padfield]

I think the answer is four. Each butterfly is represented by the number of British subspecies it has. Graying has 6 and Scotch argus has 2.

Guy

[Pete Eeles]

Well done Guy - spot on. Back to you!

Cheers,

- Pete

[Padfield]

What connects a shallow area in a river, used for crossing, with a large open area of land, usually with sandy soil, and a bearing of 180°?

Guy