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Miscellaneous => Trivia & Humour => Topic started by: John Treleven on Sat 24 Jul 2021 18:56
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Answers are all I-P
01 A hundred and one or more from Derby
02 A legend from the Hawthorns
03 Account rendered from Cambridge
04 Aces narrowly thwarted twice at Wimbledon
05 Alliterative/Rhyming man was from Lancs, but no longer
06 And extra sweat from down the coast
07 Bit of a mix up from Bradford
08 Blue Peter's Lesley's love child
09 Buckeridge wrote of him - Jennings
10 But running wild in Bury - Lawless
11 Child of the Jersey Evening Post
12 Controversial tax of recent times - Poll
13 Depressed at Pulteney Bridge - Lowe
14 Do this or lose it Tom
15 Driving on a narrow lane you would be grateful for this
16 Ears dealt with while you wait
17 Emmeline's Midlands man
18 Everest's was conquered in 1953 - Peake
19 Extra from the Easternmost town - Moore
20 Fresh start from S.E. Hants
21 From Warrington, not Belfast or Dublin - Ireland
22 Get hammered in Dulwich
23 Give the Hounslow boy some morphine
24 Happy Mancunian - Jolly
25 His word was final at West Brom
26 Jack trims trees
27 Little Thomas follows the straight and narrow
28 Marinieres - Moules
29 Nail, tack ….
30 Needs to put a finger in the Darwen dyke to prevent this - Leake
31 Once again on the sideline across the Solent - Linington
32 Place a wager in York
33 Porkers exam is being checked
34 Prefers Crackers to Sally Lunn Buns
35 Resigned to avoid impeachment - Nixon
36 Rivers of blood from Rotherham - Powell
37 Same county and not from Greenock - Morton
38 Seventh doctor from Doncaster
39 Smallest county offers up a big brew - Kettle
40 Sounds as if he looks at a few
41 String him up - Lynch
42 Survivor of Henry VIII - Parr
43 Syd was so lucky, lucky, lucky - Kayley
44 Tom leave that scab, do not …. - Pikett
45 Turn over a new one in Nottingham - Leafe
46 Use him to saving getting lost in criminal territory
47 Waiting in line in Leeds - Kew
48 Welsh man at Kingsmeadow
49 Welsh matchstick man - Lowry
50 Won Wimbledon with Wendy
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28. Moules
39. Kettle?
45. Leafe
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28, 39 & 45 correct
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18. L.N Peake
30. Tony Leake
42 J.K. Parr
49. J. Lowry
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18, 30, 42 & 49 all correct
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36. Entirely thanks to Upton: T G Pikett
37. Kelvin Morton - not the same county as above, but the same county as the prvious one (probably) in alphabetical order which would be
19. Aubrey Moore.
43. S J Kayley. Would Kylie perform at a ceilidh? (in Whisky Galore a ceilidh was taken to refer to a bar of Caley's chocolate, a brand not many of us remember.
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19, 37 & 43 correct
36 not so although he is an answer elsewhere
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I don't know how I came to have Mr Pikett for 36 - the clue I had solved was 44. More marbles lost, it seems.
36. Should have been J Powell.
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Two more Upton dependent:
10. J. Lawless
13. F. J. Lowe
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10, 13, 36 & 44 all correct
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Can't help feeling that I should be able to get a few more of these, but here goes anyway:-
9. Jennings
12. Poll
21. Ireland (?)
24. Jolly
31. Linington
35. Nixon
41. Lynch
47. Kew (? - not sure about the Leeds connection, though)
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9, 12, 21, 24, 31, 35, 41, 47 (Gordon started off in Leeds) all correct
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From recent contributions on ISOR:
01. F L Overton
17. G. Pankhurst
25. S Law
32. Paddy Power
From memory:
07. John S Pickles
08. Ron M Judson
20. Harry G New
23. Reg Paine
38. Michael McCoy
48. Charles W Kingston
50. John Lloyd
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Three more from Upton:
11. T Jepson
34. C P Jacobs (Bath buns?)
40. S J Isom
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Progress Report
Answers are all I-P
01 A hundred and one or more from Derby - Overton
02 A legend from the Hawthorns
03 Account rendered from Cambridge
04 Aces narrowly thwarted twice at Wimbledon
05 Alliterative/Rhyming man was from Lancs, but no longer
06 And extra sweat from down the coast
07 Bit of a mix up from Bradford - Pickles
08 Blue Peter's Lesley's love child - Judson
09 Buckeridge wrote of him - Jennings
10 But running wild in Bury - Lawless
11 Child of the Jersey Evening Post - Jepson
12 Controversial tax of recent times - Poll
13 Depressed at Pulteney Bridge - Lowe
14 Do this or lose it Tom
15 Driving on a narrow lane you would be grateful for this
16 Ears dealt with while you wait
17 Emmeline's Midlands man - Pankhurst
18 Everest's was conquered in 1953 - Peake
19 Extra from the Easternmost town - Moore
20 Fresh start from S.E. Hants - New
21 From Warrington, not Belfast or Dublin - Ireland
22 Get hammered in Dulwich
23 Give the Hounslow boy some morphine - Paine
24 Happy Mancunian - Jolly
25 His word was final at West Brom - Law
26 Jack trims trees
27 Little Thomas follows the straight and narrow
28 Marinieres - Moules
29 Nail, tack ….
30 Needs to put a finger in the Darwen dyke to prevent this - Leake
31 Once again on the sideline across the Solent - Linington
32 Place a wager in York - Paddy Power
33 Porkers exam is being checked
34 Prefers Crackers to Sally Lunn Buns - Jacobs
35 Resigned to avoid impeachment - Nixon
36 Rivers of blood from Rotherham - Powell
37 Same county and not from Greenock - Morton
38 Seventh doctor from Doncaster - McCoy
39 Smallest county offers up a big brew - Kettle
40 Sounds as if he looks at a few - Isom
41 String him up - Lynch
42 Survivor of Henry VIII - Parr
43 Syd was so lucky, lucky, lucky - Kayley
44 Tom leave that scab, do not …. - Pikett
45 Turn over a new one in Nottingham - Leafe
46 Use him to saving getting lost in criminal territory
47 Waiting in line in Leeds - Kew
48 Welsh man at Kingsmeadow - Kingston
49 Welsh matchstick man - Lowry
50 Won Wimbledon with Wendy - John Lloyd
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Which leaves -
02 A legend from the Hawthorns
03 Account rendered from Cambridge
04 Aces narrowly thwarted twice at Wimbledon
05 Alliterative/Rhyming man was from Lancs, but no longer
06 And extra sweat from down the coast
14 Do this or lose it Tom
15 Driving on a narrow lane you would be grateful for this
16 Ears dealt with while you wait
22 Get hammered in Dulwich
26 Jack trims trees
27 Little Thomas follows the straight and narrow
29 Nail, tack ….
33 Porkers exam is being checked
46 Use him to saving getting lost in criminal territory
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A couple of speculative efforts:
05. The pnly alliterative Lancastrian that comes to mind is Gerry Jones.
26. No idea if he was Jack, but J C Pollard?
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26 is Pollard
5 should be rhyming rather than alliterative
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Then for 5, how about Mike Pike? No more as Barrow in Furness was stolen from Lancashire and given to Cumbria in 1974.
33. Ken Markham?
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5 & 33 correct
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02 A legend from the Hawthorns
03 Account rendered from Cambridge
04 Aces narrowly thwarted twice at Wimbledon
06 And extra sweat from down the coast
14 Do this or lose it Tom
15 Driving on a narrow lane you would be grateful for this
16 Ears dealt with while you wait
22 Get hammered in Dulwich
27 Little Thomas follows the straight and narrow
29 Nail, tack ….
46 Use him to saving getting lost in criminal territory
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15. Gilbert Pullin?
22. W J Muller
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15 & 22 correct
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02 A legend from the Hawthorns
03 Account rendered from Cambridge
04 Aces narrowly thwarted twice at Wimbledon
06 And extra sweat from down the coast (from 19)
14 Do this or lose it Tom
16 Ears dealt with while you wait
27 Little Thomas follows the straight and narrow
29 Nail, tack ….
46 Use him to saving getting lost in criminal territory
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16. R Pearson
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03 Bill Ling
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16 not the person I was thinking of but similar
3 correct
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29 Allan Gunn ?
(came to this party somewhat late and have only just realised that only one of the names needs to match the clue!)
02 Taylor (any one of three) (Baggies legend Bob Taylor)
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16 not the person I was thinking of but similar
3 correct
16 Mick Pierce ?
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16 not the person I was thinking of but similar
3 correct
16 Mick Pierce ?
That sounds very good nemesis - it would be difficult to get your ears pierced in your absence. A nice clue, well solved (I assume.)
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16 I had Harry Pearce in mind but you found a homophone to solve it
02 A legend from the Hawthorns
04 Aces narrowly thwarted twice at Wimbledon
06 And extra sweat from down the coast (from 19)
14 Do this or lose it Tom
27 Little Thomas follows the straight and narrow
29 Nail, tack ….
46 Use him to saving getting lost in criminal territory
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Aha! The extra hint in number 6 makes all the difference. I had been looking down the coast from Barrow.
Down from Lowestoft we find Russell Morphew.
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6 correct - set when I had them in alpha order of answers
02 A legend from the Hawthorns
04 Aces narrowly thwarted twice at Wimbledon
14 Do this or lose it Tom
27 Little Thomas follows the straight and narrow
29 Nail, tack ….
46 Use him to saving getting lost in criminal territory
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14. T E Lockett
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14 correct
02 A legend from the Hawthorns (who plays there?)
04 Aces narrowly thwarted twice at Wimbledon (tennis knowledge needed)
27 Little Thomas follows the straight and narrow (in Middlesex)
29 Nail, tack …. (similar thought process to the Bill Ling solution needed)
46 Use him to saving getting lost in (his) criminal (sounding) territory
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46. Of course! Derek Mapp from Crook, in County Durham.
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04. I have been trying to think of players, but now I am going for David Letts.
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29 A case could be made for the floral J F Orpin.
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4, 29 & 46 correct
02 A legend (on a map) from the Hawthorns (who plays there?)
27 Little Thomas follows the straight and narrow (in Middlesex)
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Ah. That sort of legend! 02. H Key. Very sneaky!
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2 correct
Would not have expected this to be last one -
27 Little Thomas follows the straight and narrow (in Middlesex)
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Steve Tomlin ?
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Right idea but not him, remember all the answers begin I-P
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At last! (I hope)
27. C G Lawthom (Ruislip)
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Yay!
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01 A hundred and one or more from Derby Les Overton Derby
02 A legend from the Hawthorns Harry Key West Bromwich
03 Account rendered from Cambridge Bill Ling Cambridge
04 Aces narrowly thwarted twice at Wimbledon David Letts Basingstoke
05 Alliterative (Rhyming) man was from Lancs, but no longer Mike Pike Barrow
06 And extra sweat from down the coast (from 19) Russell Morphew Ipswich
07 Bit of a mix up from Bradford John Pickles Bradford
08 Blue Peter's Lesley's love child Ron Judson West Kirby
09 Buckeridge wrote of him Eric Jennings Stourbridge
10 But running wild in Bury James Lawless Bury
11 Child of the Jersey Evening Post Tom Jepson Mansfield
12 Controversial tax of recent times Graham Poll Tring
13 Depressed at Pulteney Bridge Fred Lowe Bath
14 Do this or lose it Tom Tom Lockett Worcester
15 Driving on a narrow lane you would be grateful for this Gilbert Pullin Bristol
16 Ears dealt with while you wait Harry Pearce Luton
17 Emmeline's Midlands man George Pankhurst Warwick
18 Everest's was conquered in 1953 Len Peake Rotherham
19 Extra from the Easternmost town Aubrey Moore Lowestoft
20 Fresh start from S.E. Hants Harry New Havant
21 From Warrington, not Belfast or Dublin John Ireland Warrington
22 Get hammered in Dulwich Walter Muller Dulwich
23 Give the Hounslow boy some morphine Reg Paine Hounslow
24 Happy Mancunian Ted Jolly Manchester
25 His word was final at West Brom Samuel Law West Bromwich
26 Jack trims trees Jack Pollard Cambridge
27 Little Thomas follows the straight and narrow Cliff Lawthom Ruislip
28 Marinieres John Moules Ongar
29 Nail, tack …. Jim Orpin Dinas Powis
30 Needs to put a finger in the Darwen dyke to prevent this Tony Leake Darwen
31 Once again on the sideline across the Solent James Linington Isle of Wight
32 Place a wager in York Paddy Power York
33 Porkers exam is being checked Ken Markham Woking
34 Prefers Crackers to Sally Lunn Buns Cecil Jacobs Bath
35 Resigned to avoid impeachment William Nixon Manchester
36 Rivers of blood from Rotherham Jim Powell Rotherham
37 Same county and not from Greenock Kelvin Morton Bury St. Edmunds
38 Seventh doctor from Doncaster Michael McCoy Doncaster
39 Smallest county offers up a big brew Trevor Kettle Rutland
40 Sounds as if he looks at a few Stanley Isom Colchester
41 String him up Kevin Lynch Lincoln
42 Survivor of Henry VIII Jim Parr Blackpool
43 Syd was so lucky, lucky, lucky Sydney Kayley Preston
44 Tom leave that scab, do not …. Tom Pikett Lincoln
45 Turn over a new one in Nottingham Reg Leafe Nottingham
46 Use him to saving getting lost in criminal territory Derek Mapp Crook
47 Waiting in line in Leeds Gordon Kew Leeds
48 Welsh man at Kingsmeadow Clifford Kingston Newport
49 Welsh matchstick man John Lowry Neath
50 Won Wimbledon with Wendy John Lloyd Wrexham