cryptic's

Join in here with our very own Bootle Chatterbox...
Post Reply
Shelagh
Posts: 1873
Joined: Sun Apr 05, 2015 4:40 pm

Didn't think so Bernie..but good to keep it going :D

Good to see Bee wearing the cap again :lol:
User avatar
Bernie R
Posts: 5598
Joined: Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:30 am
Location: Netherton

Carried forward from previous page...

,Musicians/singers again.
1. Spanish heavyweight in the gents? – ..........................................ELTON JOHN
2. Candid wrongdoing at artist HQ – ................................................FRANK SINATRA
3. Anger and Spanish account – ........................................................BILLY FURY
4. “Right!” he said, with 2 colleagues
5. Summerbee politely puts team-mate first when offered a top up
6. Bit of old gay rhyming slang for Paul Hollywood? –.........................GINGER BAKER
7. Rambling Jock – ..............................................................................SCOTT WALKER
8. Ivan comes up short in Wales
9. Insect comes out for Cliff’s alias – .....................................................DEBBIE HARRY
10. Secluded hollow -

Think Ken may be the best bet to get number 5 - no pressure mate! Hahaha
Born and raised in Romeo Street, later Lambeth Walk, Jersey Close, Garden Place, Hawthorne Rd, Gonville Rd now Netherton
User avatar
Invicta
Posts: 2749
Joined: Wed Sep 02, 2015 6:46 pm
Location: Garden of England

Don't hold your breath Bern. Summerbee and top up led me to Mike & the Mechanics, as Shelagh said, Mike Rutherford so I'm struggling. :oops: K
User avatar
Bernie R
Posts: 5598
Joined: Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:30 am
Location: Netherton

Think what he might have said in that situation. :wink:
Born and raised in Romeo Street, later Lambeth Walk, Jersey Close, Garden Place, Hawthorne Rd, Gonville Rd now Netherton
User avatar
Invicta
Posts: 2749
Joined: Wed Sep 02, 2015 6:46 pm
Location: Garden of England

8. Van Halen? Just a guess. K
User avatar
Bernie R
Posts: 5598
Joined: Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:30 am
Location: Netherton

No Ken. For number 8, thinking about the slang used in Auf Weidhershein Pet may help???
Born and raised in Romeo Street, later Lambeth Walk, Jersey Close, Garden Place, Hawthorne Rd, Gonville Rd now Netherton
Shelagh
Posts: 1873
Joined: Sun Apr 05, 2015 4:40 pm

No 4. Can't help wondering why he said "Right"
He has two colleagues..would they form a trio of sorts?

No 8. Never got to see programme A.P. so Ivan will just have to wait :)

No 10. Secluded hollow.."SADE" sounds rather hollow and shady :?
bjones
Posts: 4035
Joined: Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:22 pm

Thinking cap giving me a headache and getting me nowhere.
also making me very confused - getting clues for 5 and 8 mixed up :oops:
Bee

"Life" is a gift to you. The way you live your life is your gift to those who come after.
bjones
Posts: 4035
Joined: Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:22 pm

Ok for want of anything better to offer.......
#5 WILL YOUNG.......will you (have a top up) +Neil Young (teammate)

and Bern, to save me (and poss others) wasting even more time will you just confirm or deny that #4 has anything to do with Fred (Right Said Fred) PLEASE :(
Bee

"Life" is a gift to you. The way you live your life is your gift to those who come after.
Shelagh
Posts: 1873
Joined: Sun Apr 05, 2015 4:40 pm

Great stuff Bee..ditto with Neil Young (had a little help from Jim :? )

Can't think of anything else for "Right" he said, with two colleagues. Fred's brother Richard, perhaps? will definitely need a clue!!


No 8. Not sure, but will have a guess at MANTOVANI..(Manta-Ray shorts welsh factory)
Vani Ivan..(at least a Welsh connection :lol: )
User avatar
Bernie R
Posts: 5598
Joined: Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:30 am
Location: Netherton

None of those recent guesses are right folks.

Fred is most definitely involved in number 4 - who are the other men though? :wink:
Born and raised in Romeo Street, later Lambeth Walk, Jersey Close, Garden Place, Hawthorne Rd, Gonville Rd now Netherton
Shelagh
Posts: 1873
Joined: Sun Apr 05, 2015 4:40 pm

Good grief..Bernie..can't believe Will Young was not the answer :roll:

Real brain teaser this one..take it, team-mate Neil Young also out of the equation!!

Still wondering who the hell Ivan could be :?
Shelagh
Posts: 1873
Joined: Sun Apr 05, 2015 4:40 pm

Just had another thought..not Don Partridge is it :?
User avatar
Bernie R
Posts: 5598
Joined: Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:30 am
Location: Netherton

Wrong team mate.

Don Partridge is not involved.
Born and raised in Romeo Street, later Lambeth Walk, Jersey Close, Garden Place, Hawthorne Rd, Gonville Rd now Netherton
Shelagh
Posts: 1873
Joined: Sun Apr 05, 2015 4:40 pm

Another name from the team..Colin Bell leaves us with Madeline Belle? (Have to go through every name :D )
Shelagh
Posts: 1873
Joined: Sun Apr 05, 2015 4:40 pm

No 4. Manfred Mann..these two colleagues could well be the other men :)
Shelagh
Posts: 1873
Joined: Sun Apr 05, 2015 4:40 pm

Last couple of guesses for these conundrums :)

No 8. Ivan comes up short in Wales, possibly Ivor Novello...(probably not)

No 10. Heidi Range..Heidi, suggested name from Bee, and hollow from cooking range :?

No more names left Bernie, think I've used the lot :lol:
User avatar
Invicta
Posts: 2749
Joined: Wed Sep 02, 2015 6:46 pm
Location: Garden of England

Top marks for persistence Shelagh. Ivor Novello occurred to me but not Bernie's scene. K
User avatar
Bernie R
Posts: 5598
Joined: Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:30 am
Location: Netherton

Manfred Mann is right for number 4 - others are wrong though.

Keep working on the Colin Bell thing though! :wink:
Born and raised in Romeo Street, later Lambeth Walk, Jersey Close, Garden Place, Hawthorne Rd, Gonville Rd now Netherton
Shelagh
Posts: 1873
Joined: Sun Apr 05, 2015 4:40 pm

Good :D hurray..another one ticked off, come on Ken, see what you can do with Colin Bell :lol:
Can't think of any more singers at the moment..have to take a break...phew!!
User avatar
filsgreen
Posts: 3392
Joined: Sun May 12, 2013 8:28 am

I'll throw in William Bell, but God knows why! :)
bjones
Posts: 4035
Joined: Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:22 pm

I'll try Fill Colin's or PHIL COLLINS (#5)
Bee

"Life" is a gift to you. The way you live your life is your gift to those who come after.
User avatar
Bernie R
Posts: 5598
Joined: Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:30 am
Location: Netherton

Well done Bee - Phil Collins it is.

I liked that one! :wink:
Born and raised in Romeo Street, later Lambeth Walk, Jersey Close, Garden Place, Hawthorne Rd, Gonville Rd now Netherton
bjones
Posts: 4035
Joined: Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:22 pm

Bernie, amazing what several glasses of prosecco can do for your brain :D .... you only liked it 'cos you knew the answer!
Bee

"Life" is a gift to you. The way you live your life is your gift to those who come after.
bjones
Posts: 4035
Joined: Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:22 pm

Just these two left now folks l
]8. Ivan comes up short in Wales –

10. Secluded hollow


Random thoughts on
8 were BARRY (in Wales) and MANILOW (IvAN's a man and if he comes up short he's a low man) :roll:
and
10. Secluded ; LONE/ HYDE/ HERMIT...... Hollow could be CAVE/ DALE/ VALE/ VALLEY/ MT

I'm getting nowhere but will continue to cogitate .....
Bee

"Life" is a gift to you. The way you live your life is your gift to those who come after.
User avatar
Bernie R
Posts: 5598
Joined: Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:30 am
Location: Netherton

Number 10 is simply a question of definition!
Born and raised in Romeo Street, later Lambeth Walk, Jersey Close, Garden Place, Hawthorne Rd, Gonville Rd now Netherton
User avatar
Invicta
Posts: 2749
Joined: Wed Sep 02, 2015 6:46 pm
Location: Garden of England

Don't know why but Simple Minds came in to my head for number 10.
Minds, mines, hollow.? :oops: Ken
User avatar
Bernie R
Posts: 5598
Joined: Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:30 am
Location: Netherton

No luck there Ken
Last edited by Bernie R on Tue May 16, 2017 10:29 am, edited 1 time in total.
Born and raised in Romeo Street, later Lambeth Walk, Jersey Close, Garden Place, Hawthorne Rd, Gonville Rd now Netherton
User avatar
Invicta
Posts: 2749
Joined: Wed Sep 02, 2015 6:46 pm
Location: Garden of England

Number 8. Iva n Inch. Sorry , taxi ordered :oops: :) :D K
Shelagh
Posts: 1873
Joined: Sun Apr 05, 2015 4:40 pm

Morning all :D
heard Ivor inch..is a great little turn Bee :lol:

No 8 from me...Gloria Estefan..connection being the National Welsh Eisteddfod :roll:
Borrowed the an from Iv AN and stuck the I in Eisteddfod..but where is Gloria? Dunno!
Shelagh
Posts: 1873
Joined: Sun Apr 05, 2015 4:40 pm

Mad guess for 10 :wink:

JOHN LEYTON..John ( thinking of John as a w.c., and latent as concealed/secluded)
Just jumping in taxi with Bee :oops:
User avatar
Bernie R
Posts: 5598
Joined: Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:30 am
Location: Netherton

Traditionally speaking, where does Ivan come from? :wink:
Born and raised in Romeo Street, later Lambeth Walk, Jersey Close, Garden Place, Hawthorne Rd, Gonville Rd now Netherton
Shelagh
Posts: 1873
Joined: Sun Apr 05, 2015 4:40 pm

Not RUSS CONWAY is it?
Really got us thinking here Bern :wink:
User avatar
Bernie R
Posts: 5598
Joined: Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:30 am
Location: Netherton

It sure is Shelagh!

Just number 10 to go then.
Born and raised in Romeo Street, later Lambeth Walk, Jersey Close, Garden Place, Hawthorne Rd, Gonville Rd now Netherton
Shelagh
Posts: 1873
Joined: Sun Apr 05, 2015 4:40 pm

Thank goodness for that :) not sorry to see the back of Ivan!

Last one seeming the most difficult-but probably the easiest :)
Post Reply