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1. A wise old man.
arnie offered this one.

2. A private investigator who tries to find that nest egg you just know Granny stashed away somewhere.
Stella's contribution.

3. A follower of the twentieth-century Gnostic scholar Nestor Perala.
I tossed this in. Nestor Perala was a local "colourful character."

4. The time period related to when Ivor Nestorling was Prime Minister of Norway.
Proofreader's. (This was my personal favourite!)
Stella liked it too.

5. Concerning the brooding habits of various extinct prehistoric birds.
Proofreader the second.

6. Prone to sudden outrageous bursts of anger.
Bob Hale's. Kalleh bought it.

7. Concerning the teachings of Nestorius, Archbishop of Constantinople in the early 5th Century. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestorius
This, of course, is the winner. Why "of course?" Well, arnie picked it, didn't he? :-) And Bob too!

8. Someone who studies the legends and facts of the Loch Ness Monster.
Caterwaulllllllller's Proofreader-fooling effort.

9. A student of the history of nests; one who identifies birds and other species by the characteristics of their nests.
Wordmatic's.

10. An obscure Celtic dialect spoken by a dwindling population of the Outer Hebrides.
Wordmatic's second effort. She fooled Haberdasher.

11. A follower of (Er)nesto (Che) Guevera during the Cuban Revolution. Nestorians were a major factor in some of Castro's most audacious victories, not the least of which was the Bay of Pigs debacle for the US.
Haberdasher's.

12. A narrative of fictitious events.
Kalleh's.