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Monthly Spire Quiz   

 No 51  June  2010 

All the answers are names of well known shops, banks and businesses

 

1.

Small gathering on trees

(11)

Littlewoods

2.

Bookkeepers who look after shoes

(6)

Clarks

3.

Continuation

(4)

Next

4.

A non-dangerous path

(7)

Safeway

5.

Water surrounded by water

(5,6)

River Island

6.

An alphabetical finger

(5)

Index

7.

Environment

(7)

Habitat

8.

An opening or space between

(3)

Gap

9.

Princess who likes hot seasons

(3,7)

Ann Summers

10.

Richard and Trent have this name

(7)

Burtons

11.

This is not a store to buy your Indian meals from

(6)

Currys

12.

When this shop opened its doors it had nothing over sixpence

(10)

Woolworths

13.

Once a year

(9)

Birthdays

14.

Soon gaining skill in the middle

(5,8,6)

Early Learning Centre

15.

A backward friend

(4)

Etam

16.

A prickly heavy load

(9)

Thorntons

17.

Ex president of the pack

(7,5)

Clinton Cards

18.

Cold country

(7)

Iceland

19.

Queen’s drink

(8,4)

Victoria Wine

20.

Had a farm?

(9)

Mcdonalds

21.

Takes out the grain

(9)

Threshers

22.

Found in Dock Green

(6)

Dixons

23.

See quickly

(6,7)

Vision Express

24.

Wet weights or even pebbles

(11)

Waterstones

25.

Dwelling foundation

(8)

Homebase

26.

Almost a Channel Island

(7)

Jumpers

27.

Quartet of sons

(8)

Forbuoys

28.

Made for walking?

(5)

Boots

29.

Sunny meadows

(10)

Somerfield

30.

Still carton

(10,3)

Stationery Box

31.

This store is definitely not at the bottom

(3,4)

Top Shop

32.

Desert watering hole

(5)

Oasis

33.

You don’t have to be male to buy your underwear from here

(5,3,7)

Marks and Spencers

34.

Do folk dancers have boys?

(9)

Morrisons

35.

This is the most ‘patriotic house shop’ we know of

(7,4,6)

British Home Stores

36.

Yorkshire town’s got the X factor

(7)

Halifax

37.

On this week’s poll we claim always to be cheaper than the rest?

(4)

Asda

38.

Dirty marks without the T followed by sweet soft fruit

(10)

Sainsburys

39.

Initially the 2nd and the 17th

(1&1)

B & Q

40.

Universal store for monitors and mice

(1,1,5)

P C World

41.

This company was first formed in Scotland 140 years ago

(7)

Dobbies

42.

Mr Pepys gave his Christian name to this jewellers. Borrow an initial from 25

(1,6)

H Samuel

43.

Early preceded by a day of the week

(7)

Monsoon

44.

Have they called in the Receiver yet?

(5,6)

Ethel Austin

45.

Do we go in here to keep in touch?

(4,6)

Post Office

46.

Helpful banking

(8,11)

National Westminster

47.

First store in Rochdale in 1844

(2-2)

Co-op

48.

You can buy almost anything from this Greek city

(5)

Argos

49.

At the sign of the Black Horse

(6,3)

Lloyds TSB

50.

Thin people do not shop here

(5)

Evans

We sold 243 quiz sheets

We received only 12 correct quiz sheets back 

THE WINNER IS: Mrs Joan Chandler