GoblinPony
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DISCLAIMER:
This is not the Times crossword, so please dont expect anything particularly witty and intellectual. This is just a wee simple crossword puzzle, but I hope you might enjoy solving it. I certainly enjoyed making it
.
Im terribly sorry for any inaccuracies.
Im rubbish at making up clues. So brace yourselves, the wording of the clues is going to be eye-burningly bad, Im afraid.
ACROSS
1.A formidable, unlaid blackthorn hedge.
3.The horse featured in Basil Nightingales famous painting of Tom Firr, huntsman to the Quorn.
5.An important piece of a mounted followers kit which contains liquid courage.
6.A female fox.
7.A prominent sporting artist whose works include illustrations for Charles James Apperleys books.
10.A ghostly keeper or hunter from Windsor Forrest; sometimes also associated with the Wild Hunt.
11.A long, flexible, plaited section of a hunting whip.
13.A hounds tail.
15.A famous make of bespoke riding and hunting caps.
16.The Duke of Rutlands Hounds.
17.The first Master of the Quorn, and the person often referred to as the father of modern foxhunting.
18.A water-filled ditch.
19.Autumn hunting.
20.A renowned Scottish-Australian sporting poet.
DOWN
1.Home to the Duke of Beauforts Hunt.
2.An experienced steed that can be hired for a days hunting.
3.Sir Watkin Williams-Wynns Foxhounds.
4.People who like to turn up at hunt meets in combat gear and indulge in disruptive and hateful conduct towards hunt staff and followers.
6.The act of hunting; the chase.
8.Grandson of Ham and great-grandson of Noah usually described as a mighty hunter; the archetypal hunter and archer.
9.The US magazine devoted to hunting with hounds.
12.The hunt which is an amalgamation of five packs. Also, a pelham-like bit.
14.A mounted hunt follower who, instead of keeping up with the hounds, moves at a walk or trot to strategic points (mostly hills) from which it is easy to observe the course of the hunt.
This is not the Times crossword, so please dont expect anything particularly witty and intellectual. This is just a wee simple crossword puzzle, but I hope you might enjoy solving it. I certainly enjoyed making it
.Im terribly sorry for any inaccuracies.
Im rubbish at making up clues. So brace yourselves, the wording of the clues is going to be eye-burningly bad, Im afraid
.
ACROSS
1.A formidable, unlaid blackthorn hedge.
3.The horse featured in Basil Nightingales famous painting of Tom Firr, huntsman to the Quorn.
5.An important piece of a mounted followers kit which contains liquid courage.
6.A female fox.
7.A prominent sporting artist whose works include illustrations for Charles James Apperleys books.
10.A ghostly keeper or hunter from Windsor Forrest; sometimes also associated with the Wild Hunt.
11.A long, flexible, plaited section of a hunting whip.
13.A hounds tail.
15.A famous make of bespoke riding and hunting caps.
16.The Duke of Rutlands Hounds.
17.The first Master of the Quorn, and the person often referred to as the father of modern foxhunting.
18.A water-filled ditch.
19.Autumn hunting.
20.A renowned Scottish-Australian sporting poet.
DOWN
1.Home to the Duke of Beauforts Hunt.
2.An experienced steed that can be hired for a days hunting.
3.Sir Watkin Williams-Wynns Foxhounds.
4.People who like to turn up at hunt meets in combat gear and indulge in disruptive and hateful conduct towards hunt staff and followers.
6.The act of hunting; the chase.
8.Grandson of Ham and great-grandson of Noah usually described as a mighty hunter; the archetypal hunter and archer.
9.The US magazine devoted to hunting with hounds.
12.The hunt which is an amalgamation of five packs. Also, a pelham-like bit.
14.A mounted hunt follower who, instead of keeping up with the hounds, moves at a walk or trot to strategic points (mostly hills) from which it is easy to observe the course of the hunt.
