| 20 answers for: From "mud", a south-west English dialect word for ... |
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| CLOAM | From "mud", a south-west English dialect word for crocks, dishes, pots or Cornish ovens of earthenware or clay, collectively (5) |
| HUBS | English dialect word for fireside shelves for heating pans originally, later the centres/naves of wheels; or, focal points of activities, discussions, places or anything else (4) |
| KIPES | English dialect word for osier baskets for capturing pickerels or other fish; or, woven containers as measures for produce (5) |
| ARIZONA | A south-west state and a north-east state backing midland Australia (7) |
| GLASGOW | Drive from Gloucester to a South West city (7) |
| CORNISH | My name is Henry from a South West county |
| PATROL | From "paw about" and "paddle in mud", a word for a beat, guard, night-watch, vigil or other going of the rounds; a detachment of soldiers sent on reconnaissance; or, a subdivision of a troop of Guides |
| TRAMMEL | A beam compass; a type of fishing net; or, an adjustable hook for holding one or a series of cooking pots or kettles over an open fire (7) |
| CLAY | Linked to English dialect for "sticky", word for a natural substance moulded and baked to make bricks, ceramics, cloam, pottery, tiles or other figuline articles; or, earth/mud generally (4) |
| TEWIT | Northern English dialect for one of a "deceit" of birds also called a green plover, lapwing or pyewipe (5) |
| LADLES | Dippers for lifting gravy, sauce, soup etc from pots or tureens; or, buckets or pans used for transporting molten metal in a foundry (6) |
| SLOB | From "mud, ooze, sludge", Irish for a mudflat or mire; or, a person regarded as crude, lazy, slovenly or lacking social refinement (4) |
| LOUVRES | Meaning "skylights", a word originally for chimney pots or smoke-vents on medieval dwellings; or, angled slats forming doors, screens or shutters (7) |
| SALUT | Champagne bottle also called a piccolo; a traditional Devonshire or Cornish cream- and jam-filled bun; or, a coastal city in Croatia (5) |
| SLUR | Thin mud; a slight; or, legato in music, denoted with a curved symbol of the same name (4) |
| SCROG | Scots or Northern English dialect for a broken branch, bushy place, crab-apple, crooked bush, low tree, scrubby wood, stump or other shrivelled, stunted or withered thing (5) |
| DUMBLEDORES | Old onomatopoeic English dialect term mainly for buzzing or humming insects such as beetles, bumblebees or cockchafers; blunderers; or, dandelions (11) |
| TERRACOTTA | Meaning "baked earth", a type of unglazed earthenware used for jars, planters and pots; or, its burnt-orange, raw sienna or reddish colour (10) |
| LEWISIA | Genus of evergreen perennials, producing low rosettes of fleshy leaves, and often grown in pots, or on walls or rockeries (7) |
| DEVON | South West English county (5) |
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