by AlfGit » 11 Apr 2021 Read
LDS wrote:Final stab of the night, Joe Perry?
The Midnight Cowboy was called Joe and Perry is made from pears.
Excellent reasoning, but sadly no.
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by AlfGit » 11 Apr 2021 Read
#1. Cowboy alludes to a thing, not a person.
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by chengdufan » 12 Apr 2021 Read
Tom Ford
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by chengdufan » 12 Apr 2021 Read
Mainly due to Ford Mustang. I haven't really got a good link between twins and Tom, though there are plenty of Tom's associated with the Minnesota Twins baseball team, which I believe isn't too far from where you live
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by chengdufan » 12 Apr 2021 Read
I would never have got the Lei Peifan clues. In fact, I'm still not sure I get it
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by AlfGit » 12 Apr 2021 Read
chengdufan wrote:Mainly due to Ford Mustang. I haven't really got a good link between twins and Tom, though there are plenty of Tom's associated with the Minnesota Twins baseball team, which I believe isn't too far from where you live
Sorry, not Tom Ford either.
Minnesota is a 3-hour flight from me, but I try not to rely on any pop culture that Brits would not be familiar with in my clues, and my knowledge of
any sport other than snooker/pool is practically non-existent. I certainly do not follow baseball, basketball, NFL, CFL, hockey etc, that are popular around here.
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by AlfGit » 12 Apr 2021 Read
chengdufan wrote:I would never have got the Lei Peifan clues. In fact, I'm still not sure I get it
I had never heard of him myself. As I think I have mentioned elsewhere, I only get to see the BBC and ITV events so if a player hasn't featured in one of those, I probably haven't heard of him.
When LDS said it was a qualifier, I just went to the qualifiers list, started at the bottom because that is where the obscure names are, and he was the third one up. I didn't bother looking further. I read it as 'Lee Pie-fan', even though I knew what a lei is and how it is pronounced. It might be a bit cheeky to assume that Stephen Lee is a pie fan, but it was necessary to distinguish him from people like Bill Werbeniuk and Shaun Murphy. Desperate Dan is well known for his love of cow pies as LDS said, so to me the solution made perfect sense.
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by chengdufan » 12 Apr 2021 Read
Lee pie fan, I see. This blows my mind. It's the second time on the forum today that I have seen something from a whole new perspective. It's brilliant.
A good reminder as I go into work that some other people will be seeing things entirely differently from me.
Always listen to everyone before making decisions which affect them. Don't assume that something you see as obviously beneficial and positive will be seen that way by everyone.
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by AlfGit » 12 Apr 2021 Read
Another hint before I go to bed:
#2. 'Twins' is figurative. The 'twins' in question were 'born' 133 days apart.
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by AlfGit » 12 Apr 2021 Read
#3. The clues will lead you to the player, not to his name. He is a well-known ranking-event winner.
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by Iranu » 12 Apr 2021 Read
Anthony Hamilton?
Cowboys’ arch nemeses are often the sheriff, and Linda Hamilton had a twin.
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by AlfGit » 12 Apr 2021 Read
Not The Sheriff.
Remember, cowboy alludes to a thing, not a person, and 'twins' is figurative.
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by AlfGit » 12 Apr 2021 Read
I realise that having clues to the player himself rather than his name means that you need to know something about him, but I am quite certain that all of the regulars in this thread have more than sufficient knowledge to solve it.
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by Prop » 12 Apr 2021 Read
Didn’t Desperate Dan eat cowboy pie? Apologies if that’s already been covered, and I’m not entirely sure where I’m going with it, either.
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by Prop » 12 Apr 2021 Read
So, cowboy 3.1415......
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by AlfGit » 12 Apr 2021 Read
Prop wrote:So, cowboy 3.1415......
No, sorry. It was not the well-known ranking-event winner Cowboy π
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by AlfGit » 12 Apr 2021 Read
LDS wrote:Mark Allen is the Pistol?
Good guess, but no.
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by AlfGit » 12 Apr 2021 Read
LDS wrote:Alex Higgins used to wear a cowboy hat?
I thought it was a Fedora, but you are starting to get the right approach.
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by Iranu » 12 Apr 2021 Read
Cowboys wear chaps.
Bob Chaperone
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by AlfGit » 12 Apr 2021 Read
Iranu wrote:Cowboys wear chaps.
Bob Chaperone
Again, getting warm with the thinking, but not correct this time.
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by AlfGit » 12 Apr 2021 Read
As a huge Alex Higgins fan, I am unlikely to choose the player that beat him in his last ever major final.
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by AlfGit » 12 Apr 2021 Read
LDS wrote:John Higgins was nicknamed The Kid for a while?
I thought John Higgins would be one of the first guesses. John for John Wayne, and Higgins as a 'twin' with Alex. It is not correct though, sorry.
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by AlfGit » 12 Apr 2021 Read
Perhaps time for some rapid-fire hints.
#4. At least one of the clues involves a homophone.
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by AlfGit » 12 Apr 2021 Read
#5. For the 'twins', there is no need to look outside of snooker.
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by AlfGit » 12 Apr 2021 Read
#6. The clue I originally intended turned out to be an offensive term, so I changed one word. If you can figure out what the original word might have been, it will be a massive help.
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