by Iranu » 18 Sep 2021 Read
For the first word, don’t think about synonyms or anything like that. It’s very much to do with the word itself.
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by chengdufan » 18 Sep 2021 Read
Neal Foulds
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by Iranu » 18 Sep 2021 Read
Not Neal Foulds.
I’d be interested to hear the reasoning behind some of these guesses.
I think once you get the right person on this one you’ll know straight away that you’ve got it.
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by LDS » 18 Sep 2021 Read
Iranu wrote:For the first word, don’t think about synonyms or anything like that. It’s very much to do with the word itself.
But I can't think of any players who are known to pee like an 'orse.
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by Iranu » 18 Sep 2021 Read
LDS wrote:Iranu wrote:For the first word, don’t think about synonyms or anything like that. It’s very much to do with the word itself.
But I can't think of any players who are known to pee like an 'orse.
The first word doesn’t involve peeing or ‘orses.
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by Iranu » 19 Sep 2021 Read
If you consider the characteristics of the first clue this is very easy.
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by chengdufan » 19 Sep 2021 Read
Iranu wrote:Not Neal Foulds.
I’d be interested to hear the reasoning behind some of these guesses.
Pelican is an anagram of: Pic(k) Neal
Foals are baby horses that presumably say neigh.
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by chengdufan » 19 Sep 2021 Read
LDS wrote:Iranu wrote:For the first word, don’t think about synonyms or anything like that. It’s very much to do with the word itself.
But I can't think of any players who are known to pee like an 'orse.
Big Bill maybe, he drank enough!
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by chengdufan » 19 Sep 2021 Read
Iranu wrote:If you consider the characteristics of the first clue this is very easy.
So we're looking for a player with an enormous beak
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I suppose it could be Allison (or Mandy) Fisher, or perhaps Mick (Fisher-)Price. I don't see the neigh connection with any of those though.
I'll give it some thought.
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by Iranu » 19 Sep 2021 Read
chengdufan wrote:LDS wrote:Iranu wrote:For the first word, don’t think about synonyms or anything like that. It’s very much to do with the word itself.
But I can't think of any players who are known to pee like an 'orse.
Big Bill maybe, he drank enough!
I mean... you’re basically there and you’ve answered the first clue...
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by chengdufan » 19 Sep 2021 Read
Alan McManus?
Angler
A Scot might say neigh rather than no.
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by Iranu » 19 Sep 2021 Read
Not Alan McManus
Go back to your post that I quoted and complete it, basically.
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by chengdufan » 19 Sep 2021 Read
Big Bill Werbeniuk
Deary me, I do feel like an idiot sometimes!
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by Iranu » 19 Sep 2021 Read
Correct!
Big bills are of course a characteristic of pelicans, and Werbeniuk was from “Whinnie”peg in Canada.
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by chengdufan » 20 Sep 2021 Read
An easier one:
Grinder Relatives
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by McManusFan » 20 Sep 2021 Read
Cliff Wilson?
Cliff from Cliff Thorburn (the Grinder), and Wilson is a surname shared by a few players on the tour. None of the Wilson's are related though... worth a punt though.
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by Prop » 20 Sep 2021 Read
Rob Milkins?
A mill is a grinder
And kin are relatives
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by chengdufan » 20 Sep 2021 Read
McManusFan wrote:Cliff Wilson?
Cliff from Cliff Thorburn (the Grinder), and Wilson is a surname shared by a few players on the tour. None of the Wilson's are related though... worth a punt though.
Ooh, good thinking. Not Cliff though
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by chengdufan » 20 Sep 2021 Read
Prop wrote:Rob Milkins?
A mill is a grinder
And kin are relatives
Yes, Milkins it is!
Over to you Prop
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by Prop » 20 Sep 2021 Read
This one should also be pretty straightforward:
XY operating.
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by Iranu » 20 Sep 2021 Read
Iulian Boiko?
XY chromosome = Boy
Operating: you would knock someone out/KO them before performing surgery on them
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by Prop » 20 Sep 2021 Read
Iranu wrote:Iulian Boiko?
XY chromosome = Boy
Operating: you would knock someone out/KO them before performing surgery on them
Good logic, but not right. You won’t land directly at a player by deciphering the clue. But once you do it should only take a pinch of general knowledge to crack it.
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by AlfGit » 21 Sep 2021 Read
Terry Griffiths.
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by Prop » 21 Sep 2021 Read
AlfGit wrote:Terry Griffiths.
Not Terry Griffiths. I thought this one was quite easy
Ok, a big clue. Early 80s pop music knowledge will help.
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by chengdufan » 21 Sep 2021 Read
I'll try Jackson Page
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by AlfGit » 21 Sep 2021 Read
Neil Robertson.
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by Prop » 21 Sep 2021 Read
AlfGit wrote:Neil Robertson.
Go on…
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by AlfGit » 21 Sep 2021 Read
The original clue plus the music reference clearly pointed to Men At Work, whose biggest hit was Down Under. Neil Robertson is the 'Thunder From Down Under', and I believe has used the track for his walk-on music in the past. He is also from Melbourne, as was the band.
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