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20 answers for: Colloquial term for a short holiday or trip (7)
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GETAWAYColloquial term for a short holiday or trip (7)
BREAKOpening shot in snooker; a short holiday; or, start of a horse race (5)
CITYBREAKBike Tracy used for a short holiday in Paris perhaps (4,5)
BLUECAPA titmouse; a flame-like folkloric mine fairy; a one-year-old salmon with a spotted head; or, a Balmoral bonnet, hence a Shakespearean or colloquial term for a Scotsman (7)
AIRPORTWhere high-flyers start a holiday - or a trip possibly (7)
GUMSHOEWhat is a US colloquial term for a detective (7)
SKEETERName a colloquial term for a mosquito (7)
SHOCKERColloquial term for a bad mistake or error (7)
EGGHEADColloquial term for a person regarded as intelligent or highbrow (7)
FIESTASReligious festivals or celebrations, especially on a saint's day; holidays or carnivals (7)
RESORTSPlaces visited on holiday, or between holidays (7)
CAVEMANColloquial term for a Neanderthal or Cro-Magnon
TWISTERAn American colloquial term for a tornado (7)
BLOWOUTColloquial term for a lavish meal or entertainment (4-3)
BLINDERColloquial term for a spectacularly good performance (7)
SAWBONECommonly used colloquial term for a surgeon (7)
RETREATBreak or trip (inf) (7)
PIERROTFrench comic or trip up round point (7)
GEORDIEColloquial term for a native of Tyneside and surrounding area of north-east England (7)
DRIVEImpulsive force; a dynamic stroke of a ball; ambition or get-up-and-go; a ride, spin or trip in a car; or, an avenue or other approach to a house (5)