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Hedgehog
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(3) Errol Flynn
(sounds like earl and fling without the g)
(4) Only Mary? (5,3)
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Hedgehog
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(4) Only Mary? (5,3)
I didn't think this would be that tough. I suppose I could have written the clue as "Only Mary, perhaps" but I thought the "?" would cover that for me.
Still, it has been well over 24-hours now. If anybody needs a hint, you should probably go see the slender fellow.
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Well down Curiosity, I have to say that I was totally stumped by the clue. I have heard the name Myrna Loy, but know nothing about him/her, so will google to find out more ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Now, what about your clue...
Thanks for good clue Hedgehog!
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Wet Kipper
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I know the answer, but am struggling to think of another clue
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Wet Kipper
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PAUL NEWMAN
(6) Veteran gunslinger found among the rucus of some Old West Action [5,8]
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Hedgehog
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CLINT EASTWOOD
(7) Did the piper's son go on an ocean voyage? (3, 6)
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(7) Tom Cruise
(8) He sounds like an American lavatory on a road going north east (4,5)
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Jonah the Whale
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8) John Wayne
9) My pet eels, squirming around the middle of barrel, disturbed her (5,6).
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(9) Meryl Streep (anag. of my pet eels plus r r (middle of barrel).
(10) A Scottish king of old sounds like a US President who was a communist!
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Ariston
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10) Tom Hanks {t-o(h)m-hanks}
I'll let WLTB's stand in for #11; may as well figure it out as well.
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Okay then, whoever gets (11) can choose the next topic.
To bring it together:
(11) A Scottish king of old sounds like a US president was a communist! (6,7)
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Hedgehog
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For the record, I do know the answer to this one--but I chose the last topic, so I am letting somebody else have a chance.
Besides, I can't think of a decent new topic. ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
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Wet Kipper
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Robert Redford
Lets go for types of fish.
(1) swims at the bottom, and sings there too [4]
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pererin
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(2) Haddock
(3) Rajah knocks sport, perhaps, left a dull boy's offspring after loan (4,7,5)
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LeRoc
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Wet Kipper: Lets go for types of fish.
(1) swims at the bottom, and sings there too [4]
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would love to belong: (1) Bass
Darn! That's the first one I knew the answer to in a long line of posts
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Leorning Cniht
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(3) Rajah knocks sport, perhaps, left a dull boy's offspring after loan (4,7,5)
Port Jackson Shark
4. A torpedo for Marina? (8)
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pererin
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4. A torpedo for Marina? (8)
Stingray!
5) Often cheaply in bounty (7)
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(5) Tench
(6) An Irish thing follows a Scottish interrogation without tea, it sounds (7)
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Please ignore last post and go back to #5. My answer is wrong, not enough letters ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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pererin
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Clearly this one is harder than I thought. Are hints required?
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Hedgehog
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YES!!!!!!!!
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pererin
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Okay, well I could also have clued it "Elsewhere shortly in shack".
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Jonah the Whale
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I'm guessing halibut. Shack could be hut. Alib could be alibi cut short, and alibi probably means elsewhere. I can't figure out how it fits the first clue though. If I'm right I suggest we continue with WLTB's clue:
(6) An Irish thing follows a Scottish interrogation without tea, it sounds (7)
JtW
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pererin
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Originally posted by Jonah the Whale:
I'm guessing halibut. Shack could be hut. Alib could be alibi cut short, and alibi probably means elsewhere. I can't figure out how it fits the first clue though.
Correct. The first one works like this:
Often - take every other letter
cHeApLy In BoUnTy
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Both great clues, pererin.
I might have got it on the second clue, if I had had the time to ponder it, but the first clue had me stumped
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Wet Kipper
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(6) Whiting ? (whit, -t, +ting)
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Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
(6) Whiting ? (whit, -t, +ting)
Absolutely spot on ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
Over to Wet Kipper for next clue (" my name minus the moisture maybe?")
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Hedgehog
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Originally posted by would love to belong:
Over to Wet Kipper for next clue (" my name minus the moisture maybe?")
I was amused that Wet Kipper was the one who suggested the category of fish.
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Originally posted by Hedgehog:
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Originally posted by would love to belong:
Over to Wet Kipper for next clue (" my name minus the moisture maybe?")
I was amused that Wet Kipper was the one who suggested the category of fish.
Yes,it's all a bit fishy....
Wet Kipper, where are you? We're awaiting your clue!
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Wet Kipper
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took me a while to think of a new one
(7) Embarrased photographer catches swimmer [3, 7]
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Jonah the Whale
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7) Red snapper
8) Amuse bonehead in large bag (11).
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
took me a while to think of a new one
(7) Embarrased photographer catches swimmer [3, 7] [/QUOTE
I was about to post you as missing, but then realised that you must have Gone Fishing.
Thanks for the clue, WK
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pererin
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8) Stickleback!
9) False starts doom one ripping yarn — tells tales! (7,4)
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Wet Kipper
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still not sure about this one
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pererin
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I'm not sure if I can say any more without completely giving it away. But let's try. It's a fish that has (at last) two names. The bit before the dash is a cryptic clue for one name (which is the answer); the bit after it is a slightly oblique reference to its other name (which should confirm the answer).
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Originally posted by pererin:
9) False starts doom one ripping yarn — tells tales! (7,4)
I'm not sure if I can say any more without completely giving it away. But let's try. It's a fish that has (at last) two names. The bit before the dash is a cryptic clue for one name (which is the answer); the bit after it is a slightly oblique reference to its other name (which should confirm the answer).
I really haven't a clue. The only thing that went through my mind last night when I saw this was:
"Tell us a story, Jackanory"
which coincidentally rhymes with "John Dory", also known as S. Peter's Fish, to which there is a tale attached. And I don't think this is the answer you're looking for, but I'll throw it in anyway.
(After that I even googled for a list of fish names and there were very few 7,4s around, unless something like "bluefin tuna" is the answer.)
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pererin
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Epic hint two: the 4 bit has already been mentioned, and it's not "tuna".
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Hedgehog
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Originally posted by Ariel:
(After that I even googled for a list of fish names and there were very few 7,4s around, unless something like "bluefin tuna" is the answer.)
I feel your pain. "Striped bass" fits the letter pattern but has no connection at all to the clue that I can see.
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Dal Segno
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Originally posted by pererin:
9) False starts doom one ripping yarn — tells tales! (7,4)
starts "doom one ripping yarn" is "dory"
false is likely a synonym such as insular, evasive, canting, feigned
Cyttomimus affinis is the False dory, but that obviously doesn't work ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
the only dories in ITIS with a seven letter first name are the buckler dory and the slender dory
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pererin
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Originally posted by Dal Segno:
starts "doom one ripping yarn" is "dory"
false is likely a synonym such as insular, evasive, canting, feigned
Very nearly there, but you must know very polite fishermen to come up with those synonyms for "false". ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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the only dories in ITIS with a seven letter first name are the buckler dory and the slender dory
ITIS has the fish in question, but not under the name in the (first half of the) clue. Fishbase is stronger on alternative names. And as the name suggests, it isn't actually a zeiform; moreover, it's the only species in its family. Quite a strange creature really.
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LeRoc
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Fishbase has Bastard dory (Enoplosus armatus). Is that it?
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Dal Segno
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Fishbase has Bastard dory (Enoplosus armatus). Is that it?
It's alternative name is "the old wife" so that fits
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LeRoc
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Dal Segno: It's alternative name is "the old wife" so that fits
Aah, I wondered where 'tells tales' might fit in.
Can I go on with the next one then?
10) "My origin", Rhona said, "is in Glasgow" (7)
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Dal Segno
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10) "My origin", Rhona said, "is in Glasgow" (7)
Could it be Pollock?
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