LA words quiz
Each of the below is a clue to a single word which begins with LA . The word I am looking for has the number of letters shown in brackets. How many can you guess? One guess per clue and you have to get the word I was looking for. No use of reference material or the internet of course to ensure fair play. Good luck.
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 5AM tomorrow. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. Characterized by a lack of effort, care, or involvement: (15)
2. A person who is honoured with an award for outstanding creative or intellectual achievement (8)
3. 1986 fantasy movie (9)
4. Requiring considerable time and effort (9)
5. Tearful or given to weeping (10)
6. Criticise by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm (7)
7. A large prawn or small lobster (11)
8. Job which died out with the introduction of electricity (11)
9. A person unfamiliar with the sea (10)
10. Country that was part of the USSR (6)
11. Fish sometimes wrongly called an eel (7)
12. Surname of former West Ham full back with footballing son (7)
13. Theft of personal property (7)
14. Evergreen tree or large shrub with green, glabrous leaves. (6)
15. Type of flooring (8)
16. 1966 hit for Roy Orbison (4)
17. Town on the Sussex coast (7)
18. A very close relative of the delphinium (8)
19. Brazilian dance (7)
20. Spear formerly used by a mounted warrior (5)
REMEMBER - NO POSTS instead you PM me with your guesses any time up to 5AM tomorrow. If possible, please wait until you've completed all the guesses you want to make to avoid too many PMs and to make my job easier. So no hurry and it doesn't matter when you submit the answers because I'll be judging them solely on who has the most correct - and in the event of two or more being level it will be a tie. I hope this is clear and good luck. Tomorrow I’ll post the names of the top entries.
1. Characterized by a lack of effort, care, or involvement: (15)
2. A person who is honoured with an award for outstanding creative or intellectual achievement (8)
3. 1986 fantasy movie (9)
4. Requiring considerable time and effort (9)
5. Tearful or given to weeping (10)
6. Criticise by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm (7)
7. A large prawn or small lobster (11)
8. Job which died out with the introduction of electricity (11)
9. A person unfamiliar with the sea (10)
10. Country that was part of the USSR (6)
11. Fish sometimes wrongly called an eel (7)
12. Surname of former West Ham full back with footballing son (7)
13. Theft of personal property (7)
14. Evergreen tree or large shrub with green, glabrous leaves. (6)
15. Type of flooring (8)
16. 1966 hit for Roy Orbison (4)
17. Town on the Sussex coast (7)
18. A very close relative of the delphinium (8)
19. Brazilian dance (7)
20. Spear formerly used by a mounted warrior (5)
