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7 8 9 ! G u e s s t h e w o r d s a n d F i l l i n t h e c r o s s w o r d ! 10 11 13 14 Pitcherwits® are crossword puzzles where some of the clues are in pictures. Sound easy? It’s not called “Pit-yourwits” for nothing! Pitcherwits ® 12 15 16 Pitcherwits The mixture of cryptic and picture clues, combined with Professor Rebus’ unique sense of humour, will keep you entertained for hours. Rural voice #2 17
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18 Across 3 4 7 a Snidest sort of disagreeable stuff? (7) Across 5 Sticky stuff from Nottingham’s 5 Sticky stuff from Nottingham's goose fair (3) goose fair (3) 7 a Snidest sort of disagreeable stuff? (7) 6 It's nothing to see round the old (3) 6 It’s nothing to see round the old (3) 10 That's the second person said to turn (3) 7 a Snidest sort of disagreeable stuff? (7) 10 That’s the second person said to turn (3) 8 11 9 Pliant little picture finally in (7) 11 7 a Snidest sort of disagreeable stuff? (7) 13 a Noise I'dmake if given charges (7) Pliant little picture finally in (7)
12 That woman's altogether the last word! (3) 12 That woman’s altogether the last 16 Bit of pain nearly gives us a pub! (3) word! (3) 13 a Noise I'dmake if given charges (7) 16 Bit of pain nearly gives us a pub! 17 Central character? Absolutely, would you believe? (3) 13 a Noise I'd (3) make if given charges (7) Down 12 17 13 a Noise I'dmake if given charges (7) 18 a Swallowed whole, and done in own way (4,2,3) Central character? Absolutely, would you believe? (3) 2 15 Virus at low temperature? (4) Down
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Down 18 5 a Swallowed whole, and done in own way (4,2,3) d Harry Edge, I presume? (Looking very old on top!) (10) 2 Virus at low temperature? (4) 5 d Harry Edge, I presume? (Looking very old on top!) (10) Down 9d Former alteration not robbery when fair (8) Across: 1 Forced laugh, 5 Push-ups, 8 Early, 9 Title, 10 Sight, 12 Elect, 14 Raciest, 15 Feel remorse. Down: 1 Frozen stiff, 2 Riper, 3 Upset, 4 Harvest mice, 6 Styptic, 7 Up there, 11 Gorse, 13 Enter. 17To advertise please call the Voice Team on 01773 549 035 This puzzles has been devised by the brilliant Professor Rebus. For more of his puzzles visit www.pitcherwits.co.uk 3 Last rites not at all trite, eh girl? (4) 8 The problem of tissuepapers (5) 14 Golfing mineral? (4) 9d Former alteration not robbery when fair (8) 18 a Swallowed whole, and done in own way (4,2,3) Down 9d Former alteration not robbery when fair (8) 18 a Swallowed whole, and done in own way (4,2,3) Down 9d Former alteration not robbery when fair (8) 1 d Orthopaedic attempt to revise hastily? (4,2,2) ANSWERS FOR LAST MONTHS PITHERWITS
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Golden brown, red and yellow – The autumn leaves spectacular
The annual cycles of nature are part of the joy of the natural world on our doorstep. They keep us in touch with our sense of place and of time and increasingly are recognised as being Cherry Leaves therapeutic. That most of our trees and shrubs are deciduous i.e. they open their leaves in spring and drop the dead ones pretty much all at once in the autumn, is just one part of this process. Phenology, which is the where and when of these series of sharp frosts, then the leaves across the
natural processes and how they change, is also fascinating and can inform our understanding of things like climate change.
If summer has been dry then expect to see an early hint of gold and brown on trees across the region; and the same if there is an unexpected early frost perhaps. However, some trees have been showing stress all summer long and many have suffered from a mix of fungal diseases or blights and tiny ‘micro’ moths or leaf-miners. One of the more familiar of these affects the horse chestnut tree which suffers from both a leaf-miner and a fungus or ‘leaf blotch’. Both are new to the UK but then the conker tree, though deeply embedded in our culture, is also not a native either. However, I do get a lot of enquiries from concerned readers when they see trees affected by these attacks but generally they don’t do much longterm damage. The nasty-sounding ‘weeping canker’ on the other hand is a killer. Another fungal disease affecting a familiar tree is the ‘tar-spot fungus’ of sycamore which appears as unsightly black growths on the leaves, and which again is relatively benign. In fact this is a good indicator of improving air quality as like Oak Tree the fungus is killed off by sulphur in polluted air. I first came across this disease on sycamore leaves when I left Sheffield and its polluted air in the 1970s and went to Lancaster University on the west coast. I Beech Tree was appalled to see all the sycamores covered in black spots but relieved when I discovered the cause.
Sorbus However, as temperatures fall through autumn and especially following a back spot on roses
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