cryptic's

Bill fawcett · Tue Jan 10, 2017 5:32 pm

Well done Shelagh, Zachary Scott it is.
I knew that last clue would make it too easy, but it needed to go.

Bill

Shelagh · Tue Jan 10, 2017 6:31 pm

Yes indeed Bill, had a Scot in mind all along, just had a job making it fit

Your so right about the Z clue, would never have solved cryptic otherwise

This set of cryptic's has been an education in itself...now fully versed in all species of badger

and archbishops now a speciality

All good fun Bill..many thanks

Bill fawcett · Wed Jan 11, 2017 12:59 am

Here we go again folks
Same subject.

1. Sounds like the place to go with a charge for fifty in a group.

2. A Liverpool man after a high turn finds skull on the riverside.

3. The organisation got back before the Spanlsh cry and then this Herbert had a drab comeback.

4. The bill for the washing machine.

5. Could be a dicky heart with the bottom part in the middle.

6. A swamp painting done with what could be a straw first.

7. The chap with no clothes on comes after having a hot place in South Yorkshire.

8. Sounds like the fishy part gets approval afterwards.

9. I list the racehorse?

10. Little house on the Scottish cliff.

Best of luck

Bill

Bernie R · Wed Jan 11, 2017 9:15 am

Thanks for another set of teasers Bill.

Nothing jumps out at first glance from this set so I'll ponder on.

Bern

Bernie R · Wed Jan 11, 2017 9:30 am

5 Richard Basehart
6 Humphrey Bogart

bjones · Wed Jan 11, 2017 9:37 am

Yes Bill, thanks for another lot. I'll have a think throughout the morning but knee jerk for #10 is PADDY MCGUINESS, based only on Pad=house/home, Mc = Scottosh, Ness=rocky outcrop(well that's what it means on the Wirral).

Bernie R · Wed Jan 11, 2017 9:51 am

2 Tallulah Bankhead
3 Carole Lombard
4 Tab Hunter - the hunter bit is a pure guess though

bjones · Wed Jan 11, 2017 9:58 am

Bernie, I don't know who is the more impressive; you for getting 2 and 3 or Bill for setting them

Bill fawcett · Wed Jan 11, 2017 10:24 am

Congratulations Bernie, a great start.

#2 - #3 - #5 & #6 all correct.

I am surprised you got #4 wrong as this is what I thought was the easy one.

Bill

bjones · Wed Jan 11, 2017 11:44 am

#9 EILEEN DERBYSHIRE? (I lean Derby shire)

#1 LOU COSTELLO - sounds like loo (wc) / cost + ELO with roman 50 L

Bill fawcett · Wed Jan 11, 2017 12:03 pm

Well done Bee.
#1 & 9 both correct.
I can see you lot are getting too used to my clues now. I will have to try and do something about that.

I'm sorry Bee I missed your answer to #10 before, but I am sorry it is incorrect. ( I'm not sorry really)

Bill

Shelagh · Wed Jan 11, 2017 6:10 pm

The cryptic solvers have done well today Bill

not many to go now!
No 4. Wild Guess William Bendix?

Bill fawcett · Wed Jan 11, 2017 6:49 pm

Well done Shelagh, that's correct.
I am surprised that one lasted so long.

Bill

bjones · Wed Jan 11, 2017 7:48 pm

Nice one Shelagh, the nearest I got was Willie Hotpoint

And Bill

I can see you lot are getting too used to my clues now. I will have to try and do something about that.

the time for those threats is when ONE person gets all of the answers in a short time... if you look at it as though it's a crossword we were each doing individually we'd all be getting nowhere...... and not very fast!. Think the "degree of difficulty" is just right thanks.

Just 3 left now

7. The chap with no clothes on comes after having a hot place in South Yorkshire.

8. Sounds like the fishy part gets approval afterwards.

10. Little house on the Scottish cliff.

Shelagh · Wed Jan 11, 2017 8:16 pm

No 8. Gil Bellows..maybe??

Same thought as you Bee for Hotpoint

bjones · Wed Jan 11, 2017 8:38 pm

Just popped into my head.....
#10. WENDY CRAIG
can't believe I didn't think of that sooner as I've been making curtains for Tilly's wendy house this week!

Bill fawcett · Wed Jan 11, 2017 8:39 pm

Sorry Shelagh, wrong answer

Bill

Bill fawcett · Wed Jan 11, 2017 8:41 pm

Congratulations Bee, Wendy Craig it is.
Two to go

Bill

Shelagh · Wed Jan 11, 2017 9:39 pm

Another try for No 8.
Armand Assante?
Thinking maybe not a part of a fish, but acting part..this actor was in film Shark Swarm,
Name Assante.. Nearest I could get to assent - approval

Bill fawcett · Wed Jan 11, 2017 11:18 pm

Sorry Shelagh, incorrect.

Bill

bjones · Wed Jan 11, 2017 11:34 pm

#7 I'm thinking SHELLEY BERMAN but I've got an extra E I can't find a reason for

Bill fawcett · Wed Jan 11, 2017 11:57 pm

Hi Bee, congratulations, Shelley Berman is correct.
I must sincerely apologise for my error. When I wrote down the list of actors I was going to use for clues,I inadvertently wrote down Shelly Berman and never noticed my mistake. Well I did say I was going to make them harder didn't I.

You did an excellent job getting it anyway.
Bill

Bernie R · Thu Jan 12, 2017 12:30 am

Mad guess at number 8 purely based on 'fin' - Albert Finney???

Bill fawcett · Thu Jan 12, 2017 8:29 am

Sorry Bernie, incorrect.
You deserve a smacked bottom for that answer.

Bill

Shelagh · Thu Jan 12, 2017 8:49 am

Only fishy answer left for 8 is Scales!
Try Prunella Scales..fishy part - Scales..approval - a Pru??

Bill fawcett · Thu Jan 12, 2017 9:02 am

Sorry Shelagh, wrong answer.
Keep trying

Bill

Shelagh · Thu Jan 12, 2017 9:44 am

Last try with this fishy brain teaser...
Punt for Aaron Taylor - Johnson..
Taylor - tail from fishy bit..approval a fter wards - winner of a Golden globe award!
Best I can come up with..sorry Bill

Bill fawcett · Thu Jan 12, 2017 2:26 pm

Sorry again Shelagh, incorrect.

Bill

bjones · Fri Jan 13, 2017 8:48 am

Well it looks like #8's got us beat gang, time for teamwork?

8. Sounds like the fishy part gets approval afterwards.

breaking it down;
sounds like the fishy part...... gill/fin/scale or could it be jaws/wanda/dory
gets.............................................gets/has
approval......................................yes/eye/I/clap
afterwards...................................later/post
or is "gets approval afterwards" all one clause?.....applauded

Bernie R · Fri Jan 13, 2017 9:15 am

...and Bill being Bill, I'm sure that his comment to me after the Albert Finney guess is something of a clue...

You deserve a smacked bottom for that answer.

bjones · Fri Jan 13, 2017 10:47 am

Flipper n eckk Bern, I missed the relevance of that remark.... deserve.... dessert.....sweet comes after...
and of course the part of fish wasn't HALIBUT FINNEY but what about

DOLPH(in) SWEET?

Bill fawcett · Sat Jan 14, 2017 8:12 am

Hi folks, sorry for the delay, away at the moment.

Sorry Bee, wrong answer.
Bernie, it could very well have been a clue.

Bill

Shelagh · Sat Jan 14, 2017 1:27 pm

Bee..thought you definitely had it with that answer..and so the fishy question remains!
So many variables with words FISHY and APPROVAL..DESERVE has now crept into the equation

and maybe BOTTOM also!
This actor could be anyone..including BRIAN BLESSED (fishy bit..BRILL from BRI-AN...APPROVAL - BLESS- ED)

DESERVE - could be justice...JAMES ROBERTSON JUSTICE..( fishy part ROE from ROBERTSON...JUSTICE - DESERVE)

How many more answers before this fishy question is solved

bjones · Sun Jan 15, 2017 12:21 pm

Yes Shelagh. I thought I had it too

Seems we need to add JUSTICE/ REWARD/DUES to the "brainstorming" suggestions and if we include parts of fish names.. Ra(y), Lin(g) etc......

8. Sounds like the fishy part gets approval afterwards.

breaking it down;
sounds like the fishy part...... gill/fin/scale or could it be jaws/wanda/dory or Ray/Lin/
gets.............................................gets/has
approval......................................yes/eye/I/clap
afterwards...................................later/post/bottom/back(side)
or is "gets approval afterwards" all one clause?.....applauded/ deserve/dessert/justice/reward

Bill fawcett · Sun Jan 15, 2017 2:33 pm

Hi folks, still in glorious Whitby.
It was a very tenuous clue about a smacked bottom.
What you get if you get a smacked bottom too often.

Bill