Timeline for Cryptic Clue Explanation: Tree that's sported to keep visitors out at university (3)
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| Jun 14 at 14:34 | comment | added | Chris | Could well be! This is why I wanted to make it clear that it was a poll of my friends and not a statistically significant survey! :) | |
| Jun 12 at 21:05 | comment | added | Mike Spivey | @Chris It is obvious that our social spheres have been widely different. | |
| Jun 11 at 20:30 | comment | added | Chris | @MikeSpivey It is not commonly known in oxford (based on my sampling). I studied there in the late 90s and have a lot of friends who have studied there at various times in various colleges as well as friends who studied at cambridge. A straw poll of them revealed that none of them had heard it at oxford though some think that maybe they have read it in a book... Obviously this isn't to say that it isn't used but I'd certainly not say it was commonly known. | |
| Jun 11 at 18:04 | comment | added | Will.Octagon.Gibson | Welcome to PSE (Puzzling Stack Exchange)! Your answer nicely compliments msh210’s answer by providing a dictionary reference and some personal experience. | |
| Jun 11 at 15:44 | comment | added | Mike Spivey | This answer valuably adds the information that the term is still commonly known in Oxford and Cambridge, even if regarded as a bit old fashioned. There's no need to bite the chap's head off when he's trying to be helpful. | |
| Jun 11 at 14:03 | review | Low quality posts | |||
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| Jun 11 at 13:56 | comment | added | bobble | This seems to be the same as the answer from 9 hours ago. Please do not duplicate answers unless you have something substantial to add. | |
| Jun 11 at 13:48 | history | edited | benny | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 11 at 13:47 | history | edited | benny | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Jun 11 at 13:45 | history | answered | benny | CC BY-SA 4.0 |