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Shelagh
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The harder ones, Bill :?
Well done, Bern, would never have spotted that one :wink:
Try again for 5. Cher...only chubby connection being a chair ( chub or chubby?)
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Sorry Shelagh, not Cher.

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Carried forward from previous page to make life easier (although not simplifying the clues any! :wink: ) - 4, 5 and 10 left to solve.

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1. I state that the wise men must come in. IMAGINATION

2. If you get them back they won't have changed. ABBA

3. To a degree your grandmother got a ruin back. BANANARAMA

4. Got the shabby drink back.

5. It sounds as though if you initially change her , she will become quite chubby.

6. Could be the old night club. THE ALLISONS

7. After dinner performers. SWEET

8. Maybe the horsemen got the writer in. CARPENTERS

9. A healthy place to outdo the supermarket. JIM CAPALDI

10. You could get a car by the birdhouse with a tree in it.
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4 - Bucks Fizz ? Ken
5 - Altered Images ( unlikely but struggling )
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No 10. Could be Alice Cooper - car could be a Mini Cooper - Coop = birdhouse
per = pear tree?
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4. Looking at the letters - could be Bobby Darin?
or Bobby Vinton (drink = vino) it's a toughie alright!!
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A little help(not a lot)

4. A group

5. Famous female singer

10. Rap

Bill :D
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Sorry I almost forgot, none of the last guesses were correct.

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5 , Katy Perry - Fat(t)y Perry :roll:
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Sorry Ken not her. Look at what the first part of the clue says.

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10 Kanye West (Ka then yew within nest)
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Congratulations Bernie, spot on. That was the hardest one.
Only two to go.

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Motley Crue ( Crux ) for number 4. :D Ken
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Excellent work Bern, don't know of many rappers, learn something new every day :D
Now Bill, lets have another guess at 5 (the chubby one :lol: )
Try Neneh Cherry - (cherry cherub cocktail) cherubs portrayed as chubby!!
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Sorry Ken, not them.

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Not her Shelagh. As I said to Ken, read the first part of the clue, there is a big hint there.

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R A Bill,, thought my answer was a cracker, ah well back to the puzzle :roll: K
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Bill, Is it possible that a tiger could be involved in this answer?
If so, lets try Chaka Khan..initially changing HER, SHE could become Shere Khan, this would certainly make her become chubby :D
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Not her Shelagh, but I will give you another clue. 'Tiger' could have something to do with the answer. :)

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Only tiger singer, that I know of...
Eartha Kitt..suppose if you change the initial, could get (Big) Bertha Kitt :D
A chubby if ever there was one :lol:
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Not her Shelagh,but we are now on the right lines with changing initials. Should get there soon.

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How about (Fatty) PATTI LABELLE(belly) for #5

and thinking for #4 shabby "got the" could be an an anagram.... TOGETHER?
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Hi Bee, neither of those. I was expecting you to come in on this one a while ago.
I have been calling this very famous singer by this name for years. Think of the 'tiger' clue as well as sounds like.

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Could 5 be Shirley Bassey?

Swap initials and sounds like she becomes burly and she's from Tiger Bay.
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Good one Bernie, had forgotten about Shirley :)

4. Wondering if this drink could be a cocktail :?
If so, the Beach Boys have a song, "Kokomo" (also the name of a liqueur)
Enough letters in sentence to form Beach Boys name..just a thought!!
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She's the one Bernie. Every time I see her I automatically call her Burley Chassie instead of Shirley Bassey.

Well done

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Doh ! That’s a term I use as well. Well done Bernie :D Ken
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Come on folks, give it a 'whirl' and have another 'turn' at guessing the last one.

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Go on then Bill, will go with original thought, Baccara, 'Yes Sir I Can Boogie'
drink - Bacardi - no shabby!
Also, band called Chic 'Everybody Dance' fits in with shabby, but no drink
involved!!
Where's Bernie when he's needed :lol:
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Not them Shelagh. Think of something that 'whirls' & 'turns'

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Something like a waltzer, perhaps?
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Those last clues have me thinking of The Spinners and as 'got the' is an anagram of Ghetto so I'll tentatively go for Detroit Spinners (had a hit with Ghetto Child) - that said, it's all a bit tenuous so I'm not at all confident.

On the plus side, it did remind me of that fab soul song which I've just used as Today's Tune on Facebook :D
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Not them Bernie. I'm beginning to wonder 'weather' anyone is going to get this.

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A group from the sixties called the Tornados - also a cocktail?
Not sure about shabby though!!
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Hooray! That's the one Shelagh, though it's nothing to do with a cocktail.

A synonym of torn is 'shabby' and ados is a backward drink 'soda'.
So shabby drink back = torn + ados :) :)

The answers are always right there in the clues. You don't have to think of anything complicated or outside the box.

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