Crossed Wires - Give Me A Clue!

Vapour caper

John Barrett

Sign of a bad temper

Toni Maizey

Vapour
Type of train

Cynthia Barrow

Excited water vapour
Bubbles in a kettle

Laraine Retallick

Anagram of mates
Industrial Revolution source of power
… bath, engine or ship
Let off …
Vent anger, yell

Wilhelmine Halpin

Gas
Boil
Cook
Fume
Vapour
Clean
Force
Stimulation

Bev Robb

More puff than huff

Margaret Worrington

What Watt was about

Graham Parsons

Power, beef, energy, force
Might, muscle, potency
Vigour, virtue, strength
Boil, fume, condensation
To emit vapour
Momentum
Pent-up energy or emotions
To treat something, like cleaning or pressing clothes
To proceed quickly and forcefully

Lainie Mercieca

Mates in hot water
Boiled meats

L and D Copeman

Vaporized water
Cloud, film, haze, fog, mist, obscurity, smokiness, spray fumes, cook, emit, energy, force, propellant, stimulation, vapour, vaporise, vapour, boil, scald, anger, enrage

Diana Saunders

Fume
Hot air
Water vapour
Cook above boiling water
Scalding gas

Peta McMullen

Vapour
Mist
Hot mist
Misty vapour
Misty gas
Gas
Vaporized water
Vaporizer mist
Mechanical exhalation
Mechanical emission
Fume
Energy
Tea kettle emission
Exhaustion
Damp exhaustion
Misty exhaustion
Engine mist
Engine water power
Type of engine
Locomotive, … engine
Locomotive power
Locomotive vapour
Ship power
Power mist
Power vapour
Ship’s stack emission
Locomotive’s emission
Force
Propellent
Radiator fluid
Condensed water vapour
Boiler-produced vapour

Margaret Paul

Water smoke
Water haze
Boiler mist

Doreen Cahill

Hot air display
Air borne water
Smoke on the water
Hot and misty cloud
Protein retainer (cooking)
Anger release valve
Temper outlet

F Brocklehurst

Hot air

Ali Nielsen

Early model train, now a tourist’s day trip

Anne Wilhelm

Healthy way of cooking

Heather Barnard

Kettle puff
Mirror befogger
Eyeglass enmister

L Begolo

A type of engine
A Type of iron
Something to run out of

Rosalie Nankivell

Mickey Mouse cartoon, … Boat Willie

Jacqui Dwyer

Cryptics
Stir meats to cook vegetables
Mixed up mates help to press smoothly
Stream right out to hot vapour
Queen left steamer in mist
Straight
Vaporous exhalation
Cold day and hot breath
Type of engine
Hot vapour
Release pent up anger, blow off …
Sauna, … bath
Go faster, get up …
Powered by boiler, … driven
Bullied, … rollered
Unaided, under one’s own …

Jan Knight

Hot water vapour
Sauna discharge
Seethe
Blanch
Vaporize by heat

Kerry Benger

Vapour
Mist
Fog
Haze
Cloud
Force
Might
Power
Sinew
Energy
Muscle
Potency
Strength
Puissance

Sara Stephensoon

A lot of hot air
An iron setting

Kathleen Cox

Hip linen

John Barrett

A latter-day fig leaf

Toni Maizey

Lap-lap
Tarzan’s modesty garment

Cynthia Barrow

Dhoti worth a loti in Lesotho
Red Indian national dress

Laraine Retallick

Dhoti
Sometime male Hindu covering

Wilhelmine Halpin

Dhoti
Breechcloth
G-string
Nappy
Napkin
Pagne (Africa)
Private cover
Bits blanket

Bev Robb

Lungi with no plunging

Margaret Worrington

Modesty flap

A J Argent

What Tarzan wore

Graham Parsons

Material covering the genital region
Cock frock
Tablecloth for meat and 2 veg
Warm climate garb
G-string
Waistcloth
Breechcloth

Lainie Mercieca

Short of material or not much cover

L and D Copeman

Lavalava
Dhoti
Lungi
Pagne
Breechcloth
Breechclout
G-string
Pareu
Fundoshi
Tanga
Thong
Cawat
Maro
Sirat
Malo
Bah
Bahag
Xai

Diana Saunders

Dhoti
Breachclout
Schenti (Egyptian)

Peta McMullen

Original underwear
Caveman’s underwear
First undergarment
Man’s first clothing
Fig-leaf replacement
Tribal cover-up material
Ancient lower hip garment
Junglewear
Old-fashioned junglewear
Aborigine underwear
Aboriginal undergarment
Tropical rainforest attire

Margaret Paul

Dickie knicker

Doreen Cahill

Male sari
Tropical apparel
Body wrapper
Modesty strip
Adjustable undies
Embalming bandage

F Brocklehurst

Privates cover

Ali Nielsen

Hip hugger for family jewels

Anne Wilhelm

Modesty flap

Heather Barnard

Peekaboo material
Netherlands shroud

L Begolo

Patch over private parts [popp]
Lumbus cover

Rosalie Nankivell

Primitive male garment

Jacqui Dwyer

Cryptic
Cello in clothing shop for wild man’s cover
Silo cloth in jumble sale to hide native parts is out
Cot on hill tumbled and covered native parts
Colin Holt upset over cover for family jewels?
Straight
Breechcloth
Lumbus cover
Native dress

Jan Knight

Sitting room curtains

Margaret Knight

Modesty minder

Patricia Murphy

Dhoti (Hindu)
Lungi (Indian)
Pagne (African)
Pelvic covering
Crutch curtain
Groin sheath

Kerry Benger

Pagne
Dhoti
Dhuti
Dhooti
Lungi
Lungyi

Sara Stephenson

A lamb’s comforter

Kathleen Cox

Appliance
Device
Tool
Mechanism
Waldo
Apparatus
Gadget
Utensil
Agent

Bev Robb

Scientific thingamajig

D Stenson

Apparatus
Appliance
Contraption
Device
Gadget
Implement
Mechanism
Tool
Utensil
Waldo
Vehicle

May Burgemeister

Musical contrivance
Surgical aide
Implement

Cynthia Barrow

Tool
Utensil
Piano or violin

Elaine Rush

Tool of work or play
Precisely machined implement

Mrs P McMullen (September Winner!)

Legal document
Writ
Agent
Contrivance

Kerry Benger

A sometimes confusing signal

W Bint

Stroboscope

TJ Fanning

Contrivance
Agent
Medium

Julie Hanns

Agent
Contrivance
Deed
Document
Implement
Means
Medium
Tool
Utensil
Writ

Barbara Ingram

Cat’s paw

Irene Weber

Tool
Mechanism
Utensil
Implement
Gadget
Device
Contrivance
Appliance

Mrs Diana Saunders

Means

Jenny Hutton

You can play it

Lesley Lindsay

Pawn
Cat’s paw

Lainie Mercieca

Device

Heather Barnard

Measuring device
Musical device

Jacqui Dwyer

Music maker doubles as a surgeons assistant

Kay Slodecki

Personal liberty
Independence
Democracy
Free rein
Autarchy
Emancipation

Bev Robb

Liberty

D Stenson

Ease
Right
Scope
Liberty
License
Release
Immunity
Exemption
Privilege
Emancipation
Independence
Deliverance
Self-government
Ability
Blank cheque
Elbow room
Flexibility
Latitude
Leeway
Opportunity
Range
Informality
Lack of restraint

May Burgemeister

Poetic licence
Daydreaming
Birds flying

Cynthia Barrow

Liberty
Gaol release

Elaine Rush

Liberty
Self-determination
Independence

Mrs P Mcmullen

Manumission
Exemption
Latitude
Independence

Kerry Benger

Slipping the surly bonds of earth

W Bint

Liberty

TJ Fanning

Ease
Independence
Liberty

Julie Hanns

Liberty
License
Scope

Barbara Ingram

Carte blanche

Irene Weber

Elbow room
Carte blanche
Free rein
Latitude
Autonomy
Deliverance
Home rule
Independence
Release
Self government
Immunity
Impunity
Exemption
Privilege
Ease
Parole
License

Mrs Diana Saunders

Lack of restraint

Jenny Hutton

Lack of restrictions

Lesley Lindsay

Exemption
Ease
Liberty
Security
Innocence
Independence
Easiness
Autonomy
Leisure
Privileges
Openness, frankness
Exemption from necessity

Lainie Mercieca

Self-determination

Heather Barnard

Carte blanche

Jacqui Dwyer

A state of being without limits or boundaries

Kay Slodecki

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Jill-of-all-trades

Marie Garvey

Domestic multitasker
Every home needs one

Bronwyn Zander
Bronwyn Zander

Domestic engineer
Home maker

J Egan
J Egan

A small sewing kit
A case for needles, threads etc
Jill-of-all-trades
Household manager
Hussy
Hausfrau

May Burgemeister
May Burgemeister
May Burgemeister
May Burgemeister
May Burgemeister
May Burgemeister

Home CEO
Caterer
Chief cook and bottle washer
Home janitor
Iokologist (Ursula Harringman word)

Bev Robb
Bev Robb
Bev Robb
Bev Robb
Bev Robb

Two-legged centipede
Multi-tasker
Purveyor of domesticity
Whirlie girlie
Home Career Goddess
Fantastic domestic
Do-it-herselfer
Dust buster
Female CEO
Missus Impossible
Handy Ma’am
Queen Bee
Dishy missie

F Brocklehurst
F Brocklehurst
F Brocklehurst
F Brocklehurst
F Brocklehurst
F Brocklehurst
F Brocklehurst
F Brocklehurst
F Brocklehurst
F Brocklehurst
F Brocklehurst
F Brocklehurst
F Brocklehurst

All rounder

Rose Lynch

Home organiser
Priceless all-rounder

Clare Jarman
Clare Jarman

Multi-tasking doyen

Jacqui Dwyer

Hard working woman with no pay
Homemaker
Stay at home mum
Domestic engineer
Unwaged female worker
Barry Humphries/Dame Edna

Lainie Mercieca
Lainie Mercieca
Lainie Mercieca
Lainie Mercieca
Lainie Mercieca
Lainie Mercieca

Domestic slave
Woman of many talents
Chief cook and bottle washer
Household manager

Wilhelmine Halpin
Wilhelmine Halpin
Wilhelmine Halpin
Wilhelmine Halpin

Household manager
Home maker

Anne McLennan
Anne McLennan

Domestic Goddess

Kellie McLennan

Homemaker
Domestic engineer
Stay at home mum
Household manager
Houseperson
Lady of the house
Woman of the house
Married woman
Helpmeet
Helpmate

Diana Saunders
Diana Saunders
Diana Saunders
Diana Saunders
Diana Saunders
Diana Saunders
Diana Saunders
Diana Saunders
Diana Saunders
Diana Saunders

Domestic engineer

Heather Barnard

Homemaker
Hausfrau
Menagere

Elaine Rush
Elaine Rush
Elaine Rush

Superwoman in an apron

A J Argent

Woman married to a house

B Krelle

Jill of all trades
Domestic Goddess
Homemaker
Travelling sewing kit
Old fashioned sailor’s hussif

Peta McMullen
Peta McMullen
Peta McMullen
Peta McMullen
Peta McMullen

Hussy
A small sewing kit

Barbara Ingram
Barbara Ingram

Jill of all trades

Anne Wilhelm

Domestic Goddess
Jackie of all trades
Hausfrau
Household CEO
Domestic manager
Fulltime job!
Fulltime mother!
Homemaker
Sewing kit/needle case

Kerry Benger
Kerry Benger
Kerry Benger
Kerry Benger
Kerry Benger
Kerry Benger
Kerry Benger
Kerry Benger
Kerry Benger

Domestic Goddess
Domestic Manager
Wonder Woman

Julie Hanns
Julie Hanns
Julie Hanns

Domestic technician

David Stenson

Domestic engineer
Homemaker
Hunter gatherer
Chief cook and bottlewasher

Patricia Murphy
Patricia Murphy
Patricia Murphy
Patricia Murphy

Warm slab for house building
A warm fuzzy in the wall

Bronwyn Zander
Bronwyn Zander

Pink insulation

J Egan

Sheet of matted cotton wool or fibreglass

May Burgemeister

Insulation slab
Battery (abbrev.)
Sleeping bag filler
Wadding for quilts

Bev Robb
Bev Robb
Bev Robb
Bev Robb

Insulation doona
Ceiling carpet
Sisal overcoat
Rafter liner
Heat pad
Non ducted heating

F Brocklehurst
F Brocklehurst
F Brocklehurst
F Brocklehurst
F Brocklehurst
F Brocklehurst

Wadded cotton

Rose Lynch

Two-way heat saver
Internal roof blanket

Clare Jarman
Clare Jarman

A mass of cotton fibres

Jacqui Dwyer

Fabric used for stuffing
Insulation
Felt
Underlay
Padding
Sheet of matted cotton, wool or synthetic fibres

Lainie Mercieca
Lainie Mercieca
Lainie Mercieca
Lainie Mercieca
Lainie Mercieca
Lainie Mercieca
Lainie Mercieca

Roof or wall insulation material
Fire-proofing product

Wilhelmine Halpin
Wilhelmine Halpin

Synethetic fibres
Sheet matted cotton
Wool
Insulation
Batting
Insulation blanket
Rock-wool insulation

Diana Saunders
Diana Saunders
Diana Saunders
Diana Saunders
Diana Saunders
Diana Saunders
Diana Saunders

Belfry insulation

Heather Barnard

Insulwool pack

Elaine Rush

Drunk flying fox

B Krelle

Pad
Wad
Insulation bolster

Peta McMullen
Peta McMullen
Peta McMullen

Ceiling insulation
Short for battery or battalion

Barbara Ingram
Barbara Ingram

A flying fox with a stutter!

Anne Wilhelm

Insulation
Unit of insulation
Sheet of insulation
Sheet of cotton
Thermal wall pad

Kerry Benger
Kerry Benger
Kerry Benger
Kerry Benger
Kerry Benger

Insulation device
Fibreglass sheet
Insulation sheet

Julie Hanns
Julie Hanns
Julie Hanns

Insulation panel

David Stenson

Insulation square
Piece of stuffing
Thermal ceiling pillow

Valerie Walker
Valerie Walker
Valerie Walker

Dream-breaker

Lynne Atkins

Jangling horologe
Rousing timepiece
Noisy timepiece

Bev Robb
Bev Robb
Bev Robb (July Winner!)

Waker-upper

Ali Nielsen

Timepiece
Device to rudely awaken

Cynthia Barrow
Cynthia Barrow

Timepiece
People rouser

May Burgemeister
May Burgemeister

Point gun at clock!

Maggie Taylor

Wake-up timepiece
Rousing ticker

Wilhelmine Halpin
Wilhelmine Halpin

Awakener

Vern Daw

Can be set to wake you

Jacqui Dwyer

Awakening buzzer

Rose Lynch

Waker-upper
Rude awakener
Noisy timepiece
Morning ringer
Rise-and-shiner

Margaret Paul
Margaret Paul
Margaret Paul
Margaret Paul
Margaret Paul

Wake up timer

Vikki Gardner

Bedside timepiece
Wake up timepiece
Wake up buzzer

Kerry Benger
Kerry Benger
Kerry Benger

Rouser

Jane Johnston

Sleep shatterer

Jill Mortlock

Noisy pre-set timepiece

Peta McMullen

Sleep arouser

TJ Fanning

Warning – S.O.S

Barbara Ingram

Sleep breaker

Julie Hanns

Soup garnish

Lynne Atkins

Sippet
Small piece of fried bread

Bev Robb
Bev Robb

Bread cube

Ali Nielsen

Sippet
Crunchy soup surprise

Cynthia Barrow
Cynthia Barrow

Sippet
Small piece of fried or tasted bread

May Burgemeister
May Burgemeister

The upper crust

Maggie Taylor

Crunchy morsel
Soup accompaniment

Wilhelmine Halpin
Wilhelmine Halpin

Sippet

Vern Daw

Toasted bread bit for soup

Jacqui Dwyer

Soup garnish
Small piece of fried bread

Rose Lynch
Rose Lynch

Toasted cube
Soup topping
Soup cube
Crunchy salad topping
Soup toastie
Soup treat
Mini toast square
Mini toast cube

Paul Margaret
Paul Margaret
Paul Margaret
Paul Margaret
Paul Margaret
Paul Margaret
Paul Margaret
Paul Margaret

Soup garnish

Vikki Gardner

Soup toasts
Crunch soup addition
Small toasted bread cubes

Kerry Benger
Kerry Benger
Kerry Benger

Crunchy floater

Jane Johnston

Soup sippet

Jill Mortlock

Small fried crust
Fried garnish
Melba toast

Peta McMullen
Peta McMullen
Peta McMullen

Soup garnish

TJ Fanning

Sippet

Barbara Ingram

Small crisp bread

Janice Johnson

Vexatious

Lynne Atkins

Drab
Dull
Boring
Humdrum
Tedious

Bev Robb
Bev Robb
Bev Robb
Bev Robb
Bev Robb

Dullsville

Ali Nielsen

Exhaustive
Politicians and petrol prices!

Cynthia Barrow
Cynthia Barrow

Vexatious
Ho-hum
Tedious
Wearisome
Onerous
Burdensome
Bothersome
Exasperating

May Burgemeister
May Burgemeister
May Burgemeister
May Burgemeister
May Burgemeister
May Burgemeister
May Burgemeister
May Burgemeister

A housewife’s lot

Maggie Taylor

Boring
Exhausting
Ho-hum

Wilhelmine Halpin
Wilhelmine Halpin
Wilhelmine Halpin

Tedious

Vern Daw

Hum-drum

Jacqui Dwyer

Wearisome
Tedious
Boring

Rose Lynch
Rose Lynch
Rose Lynch

Wearying
Tedious
Boring
Annoying
Fatiguing

Paul Margaret
Paul Margaret
Paul Margaret
Paul Margaret
Paul Margaret

Monotonous

Vikki Gardner

Boring
Monotonous
Prolix

Kerry Benger
Kerry Benger
Kerry Benger

Pesky

Jane Johnston

Enervating

Jill Mortlock

Tedious
Monotonous

Peta McMullen
Peta McMullen

Monotonous

Barbara Ingram

Much misused punctuation mark

Lynne Atkins

Punctuation mark
Digression from discourse

Bev Robb
Bev Robb

Salutation

Ali Nielsen

Punctuation mark
Grammatical sign

Cynthia Barrow
Cynthia Barrow

Punctuation
Digression
Discursion
Salutation

May Burgemeister
May Burgemeister
May Burgemeister
May Burgemeister

Half of ”

Maggie Taylor

Sign in word indicating possession or omission of letter or letters

Wilhelmine Halpin
Wilhelmine Halpin

Soliloquy

Vern Daw

‘ is one

Jacqui Dwyer

Sign showing omission of letter in a word
Exclamatory address to a particular person

Rose Lynch
Rose Lynch

Punctuation mark
Sign of possession
Abbreviation mark
Saxon genetive

Paul Margaret
Paul Margaret
Paul Margaret
Paul Margaret

Punctuation mark

Vikki Gardner

Punctuation mark
Possessive punctuation mark
Omission punctuation mark

Kerry Benger
Kerry Benger
Kerry Benger

See in all the wrong places!

Jane Johnston

Raised comma

Jill Mortlock

Punctuation mark
Signalling possessive case

Peta McMullen
Peta McMullen

Punctuation mark

TJ Fanning

Punctuation

Barbara Ingram

Shows ownership

Janice Johnson

Contraception

Lynne Atkins

Offspring
Progeny
Boys and girls
Tots
Juveniles
Kids

Bev Robb
Bev Robb
Bev Robb
Bev Robb
Bev Robb
Bev Robb

Offspring

Ali Nielsen

Moppets
Little vegemites

Cynthia Barrow
Cynthia Barrow

Tykes
Whipper snappers
Ankle-biters
Descendants
Rugrats
Brood
Kinfolk

May Burgemeister
May Burgemeister
May Burgemeister
May Burgemeister
May Burgemeister
May Burgemeister
May Burgemeister

What you have before you know any better

Maggie Taylor

Future generation
Progeny
Fruitful blessing

Wilhelmine Halpin
Wilhelmine Halpin
Wilhelmine Halpin

Youngsters

Vern Daw

Infants
Sons or daughters

Rose Lynch
Rose Lynch

God’s gift
Offspring
Heirs
Very young people
Under-teens
School-goers
Newest generationers
Youngest generation
Pre-teens

Paul Margaret
Paul Margaret
Paul Margaret
Paul Margaret
Paul Margaret
Paul Margaret
Paul Margaret
Paul Margaret
Paul Margaret

Rug rats

Vikki Gardner

Youngsters
Boys and girls
Offspring
Progeny

Kerry Benger
Kerry Benger
Kerry Benger
Kerry Benger

Issue

Jane Johnston

Next generation

Jill Mortlock

Issue
Progeny
Weans

Peta McMullen
Peta McMullen
Peta McMullen

Progeny

Barbara Ingram