Subscription Quiz 2025..
A series of quizzes running through the year
SUBSCRIPTION CHARITY QUIZ
The third quiz in the 2025 series - Groceries - has now closed and the answers are below
There were 64 entries submitted, of which 25 were fully correct. Congratulations, and the £25 prize, to Caroline Danby from Pirton, with the tie-break clue:
Bird perches for rent - Twiglets
The fourth quiz in the series - Household - was sent to subscribers at the beginning of September and closes on 1 October
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1 |
Liverpudlian sitcom (5) |
Bread |
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2 |
Pink friend of green dog (7) |
Custard |
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3 |
The Kids who went “Aaaaah” (5) |
Bisto |
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4 |
This fork’s prong is not quite round (8) |
Ovaltine |
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5 |
Sergeant’s name forOfficer Candidate Gere (10) |
Mayonnaise |
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6 |
You will find this pest on a tomato plant (5) |
Pesto |
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7 |
A mad scrubber shows the way back (11) |
Breadcrumbs anagram1 |
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8 |
The usual way to consume bergamot (4,4,3) |
Earl Grey tea |
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9 |
The opposite of a long loaf (10) |
Shortbread |
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10 |
The prize for the neatest coffin is a swift drink (7,6) |
Instant Coffee |
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11 |
Never Mrs Popeye (5,3) |
Olive oil |
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12 |
This play was a really lame drama (9) |
Marmalade |
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13 |
Insolence south of Droitwich (9,5) |
Worcester sauce |
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14 |
Did they have this in Italy when he wrote “my sunshine” (8) |
Cornetto |
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15 |
Do you have Madras lace in your fridge? (5,6) |
Salad cream anagram |
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16 |
I doubt whether clean forks are used to eat this (10) |
Cornflakes anagram |
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17 |
The stupidest Goon’s sweet treat (6,4) |
Eccles cake |
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18 |
Fletcher’s breakfast (8) |
Porridge |
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19 |
How did her king become an iconic tower (7) |
Gherkin anagram |
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20 |
Goes well with two pints of lager (6,2,6) |
Packet of crisps |
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21 |
This drink is big (5) |
Lager anagram of large |
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22 |
Noisy cinema fodder (7) |
popcorn |
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23 |
A mule is of mixed parentage (6) |
Muesli anagram |
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24 |
Quinine in your cupboard (5,5) |
Tonic water |
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25 |
Even Jaws couldn’t eat three (8,5) |
Shredded Wheat |
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26 |
Twits let it for a snack (8) |
Twiglets anagram |
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27 |
Coltrane’s shrink (7) |
Cracker |
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28 |
Made from girders (3,3) |
Irn Bru |
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29 |
Eaten by rich cons on holiday (10) |
Cornichons |
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30 |
Another hundred in a long line dance (6) |
Cognac anag of conga+c |
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31 |
The main survivor of the sinking of the SS Politician (6) |
Whisky |
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32 |
Charlie’s favourite place is where they make this (9) |
Chocolate |
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33 |
Marie Antoinette’s bread substitute (6) |
Brioche |
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34 |
Tight coiled hair that is angry and heated (3,5,3) |
Hot cross bun |
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35 |
Italian western (9) |
Spaghetti |
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36 |
You get one medal for every win (8) |
Lemonade anagram |
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37 |
Musical sergeant for abandoned lovers (6) |
Pepper |
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38 |
Helvetian acrobatic manoeuvre (5,4) |
Swiss roll |
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39 |
They say the old ones are always the best (7) |
Noodles |
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40 |
A sort of end on a roof (5) |
Bagel anagram of gable |
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41 |
The political skill of talking a lot and saying nothing (6) |
Waffle |
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42 |
I love it. Do you hate it? (7) |
Marmite |
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43 |
When is the puck in ice hockey bottled? (7) |
Ketchup anagram |
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44 |
A load of balls found in a cushion or a chicken (8) |
Stuffing |
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45 |
Show-off boy racer smokey display (8) |
Doughnut |
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46 |
A pasta maniac or enthusiast(8) |
Macaroni anagram |
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47 |
In ice hockey the puck is made of tomato (7) |
Ketchup anagram |
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48 |
When you are armed you are sweeter (8) |
Demerara anagram |
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49 |
Cast iron’s tastier alternative (9) |
Croissant |
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50 |
Long grain America bits (7,4) |
Basmati rice |
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