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Originally posted by HandyAndy
Here's another:

"Airmen get trained and start to develop."

Nine letters.
germinate

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Originally posted by Ragwort
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Bingo!


Originally posted by HandyAndy
Here's another:

"Airmen get trained and start to develop."

Nine letters.
germinate


skeets


" Fly by way of internal airline to England initially " Six letters.

skeets


Originally posted by skeeter
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skeets
Correct answer! Ragwort had it first.

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Originally posted by skeeter
" Fly by way of internal airline to England initially " Six letters.

skeets
Tsetse?


I found an airline whose IATA code is TS.


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Originally posted by orangutan
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You just did?


Originally posted by orangutan
[hidden]Tsetse?[/hidden]

[hidden]I found an airline whose IATA code is TS.[/hidden]

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Sorry. Nope. This one's right up there in terms of difficulty.

skeets

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Originally posted by skeeter
Sorry. Nope. This one's right up there in terms of difficulty.

skeets
EDream? 😳

-m.


Originally posted by mikelom
EDream? 😳

-m.
Explain....?

skeets

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Originally posted by skeeter
Explain....?

skeets
England 'initially' = E.

fly internally (in the brain) = dream.

EDream is a booking system, used in UK Internal flights?

-m. (OK I'm wrong - but it's simply a guess 😉)


Originally posted by mikelom
England 'initially' = E.

fly internally (in the brain) = dream.

EDream is a booking system, used in UK Internal flights?

-m. (OK I'm wrong - but it's simply a guess 😉)
You're thinking the right way but what about "by way of" and "internally" ?

They are the real clues on how to construct the solution.

skeets

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Originally posted by skeeter
You're thinking the right way but what about "by way of" and "internally" ?

They are the real clues on how to construct the solution.

skeets
Now I'm off track totally (not fishing), as I think Ex-plane may have been a clue, and now I have a 'cabin' in my head, but 'by way of' leads me to Leeds - I'm now confused even more... lol.. 😀 (but I'm still trying)

-m.

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" Fly by way of internal airline to England initially " Six letters.

a-via-t-e
AVIATE


Originally posted by Kewpie
" Fly by way of internal airline to England initially " Six letters.

a-via-t-e
AVIATE
Excellent. More...?

skeets

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