The Crossword Solver found 20 answers to “Popular half hour sketch comedy of the 1970s ’80s, with The”, 10 letters crossword clue. The Crossword Solver finds answers to American-style crosswords, British-style crosswords, general knowledge crosswords and cryptic crossword puzzles.
Answer : EIDERDOWN
The eiderdown is a type of down feather, which is a soft and fine layer of feathers located under the bird’s tougher exterior feathers. The female eider duck plucks the feathers off her chest into her nest in order to keep her eggs and young warm.
In Iceland, there are certain areas where the eider ducks gather during the summer to lay eggs. The farmers who own these areas provide sanctuaries for the ducks. They even create structures and habitats for the ducks to help them lay their eggs safely. They also protect the birds from predators like seagulls, minks, and foxes
When the eggs are close to hatching, the eider farmers take some of the eiderdown out of the nests and replace it with dry hay. When the bird and young leave the nest at the end of the summer, the farmer takes the rest of the eiderdown. In this way, no birds are harmed during harvesting. The birds are completely wild and free, they arrive at the start of summer and leave by August.
Without man’s help, many of the eggs would likely never hatch as they would get eaten by Iceland’s natural predators. In fact, the eider duck would likely be at a high risk of extinction if it wasn’t for the sanctuaries provided by the eider farmers. The bird also really likes the presence of the farmers. They can walk through the fields and even touch the birds without problems.
More Clues
- MUPPET SHOW Popular half-hour sketch comedy of the 1970s-’80s, with “The”
- EIDER Kind of down from the early eighties with redbacks
- RADIOHEAD *Rock group since the ’80s with the worldwide hit “Creep”
- S N L 90-minute sketch comedy show: Abbr.
- IMPLANT Insert minute sketch in it
- PERTURBING Disquieting, but cheeky, half hour with Crosby
- S C T V Canadian sketch comedy show of the 1970s-’80s
- SALYUT Any of the seven Soviet space stations of the 1970s/80s
- HOKEY COKEY Two openers keep partnership going after half-hour dance
- IM AN One-named supermodel of the 1970s-’80s
- ED KOCH N.Y.C. mayor of the 1970s-’80s
- A C D C Australian rock group of the 1970s/80s
- BETA Lancia car make of the 1970s/80s
- ATARI _ 2600 (hit product of the 1970s-’80s)
- STEEL Sci-fi show of the 1970s and 80s with Joanna Lumley, Sapphire & _
- LE CAR Rabbit competitor of the 1970s-’80s
- LAMBERT Jack of the 1970s-’80s Steelers
- C E Y Ron of the 1970s-’80s Dodgers
- LAST Popular long-running TV comedy, —- of the Summer Wine
- PRY Paul –, meddlesome fellow, hero of John Poole’s comedy of the same name
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