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gingerhendry

31st March 2009, 18:08
Please can anyone help?
1. One who tries out the cover on a four-poster (6)
2.Girls managed with ten rods for the drapes (8)
3.Bar under fire at a North Dakota Club (7)
(All answers are items found in or around a house) Thank you.
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jimc

31st March 2009, 18:18
re no. 1 .... a 'tester' is the name of a four-poster bed canopy.
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pianydd

31st March 2009, 18:44
No3 - 'Andiron'; apparently it's one of a pair of metal supports for logs in a fireplace.
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gingerhendry

31st March 2009, 18:47
Many thanks to Jim C and pianydd for replies. Great help.
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paulinep

31st March 2009, 18:50
ANDIRON, another name for a Firedog which supports the logs in a fire grate.They usually come in pairs.

A ND(North Dakota)IRON(a golf Club)
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big dave

31st March 2009, 19:44
Are you all leaving the easy ones for me!!

TRINGLES (curtain rods) - an anagram of GIRLS & TEN
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pianydd

31st March 2009, 19:51
Good shot!
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gingerhendry

1st April 2009, 17:12
Thanks for reply Dave, I have never heard of Tringles (curtain rods), so I would never have got that one!!
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