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Duck with you on land, might you say? (6)
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Any suggestions?

Could be Gander ( but this is a male goose)...land would be U Ganda - Gander sounds like Ganda and U sounds like You?...

Thanks for that, chris - but it would just be wrong, wouldn't it?

From Wikipedia

Duck is the common name for a large number of species in the Anatidae family of birds, which also includes swans and geese.

Sorry, rossim - the Anatidae comprise ducks, swans and geese; geese aren't ducks! (And he could easily have said "goose" rather than "duck" anyway, though I suppose he was looking at the misdirection of "duck" = 0.)


That reminds me - did you look at the King William's Quiz last Saturday? I think one of the questions, related to duck = 0, was wrong!

I was only quoting wiki. I've never thought geese were ducks!
Another misdirection could have been duck = stoop.

No, I didn't see the quiz.

16d Couple of idiots identifying the house sparrow? (4-4)
?W?T-.W.T Presumably twit twit but don't follow the connection with the house sparrow. Please enlighten.
Thanks

twit-twat

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twit-twat

I was about to post the same link, Jazzy.
I am obviously a slower typist than you!