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Clue no. 24: Maybe bird man found here will breed quails?
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| 1. | Nice idea but don't think quails works as an anagrind | | 2. | I like the misleading surface, though I'm not sure about 'bird man' for 'prisoner' (unless it's Alcatraz) | | 3. | Nice anagram and nice 'quails' – but 'bird man' is grammatically dodgy (imprecise) for 'a man doing bird'. | | 4. | "birdman" (without "maybe") would have worked well, i.e. "The Birdman of Alcatraz" but "bird man" indicating "man doing bird" doesn't work f |
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