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OriginalGriff

"See you!" said the policeman to the water heater (6)

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

megaadam

Copper

... such stuff as dreams are made on

Brittle1618

Warmth, may be?

OriginalGriff

I'm afraid not - and it's been solved.

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

OriginalGriff

Is the correct answer - so you are up tomorrow! Care to explain for those who don't see any of the three clues? :laugh:

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

pkfox

That's the Welsh coming out ( copper for heating and washing )

We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP

OriginalGriff

Victorian, rather than Welsh: victorian copper - Google Search[^] Before boilers that was the only way to heat large quantities of water for washing clothes, baths, ...

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

megaadam

Well ahem... My thinking went something like Copper (6) == police and the material in heaters And maybe, in some cultures the police are considered a bit stupid. But maybe not in the UK. Dunno...

... such stuff as dreams are made on

OriginalGriff

Nope - some right, but...

"See you!" said CU - Copper
the policeman Copper
to the (just a spacer)
water heater Copper (Victorian water heater, a big copper bucket over a fire)

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

pkfox

My gran had something like this http://images.antiquesatlas.com/dealer-stock-images/anyoldiron/Victorian_copper_stock_pot_as591a076z.jpg[^]

We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP