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biggus
13-03-2004, 22:30
Some of these are quite hard but we managed to get 77 without looking at the answers (which I have and will pass on to anyone who wants it)

These are all crossword clues for pop bands. To get you going the first
one is Sister Sledge
1 Nun Toboggan
2 Get paste from tube
3 Elizabeth, Victoria, Mary
4 B.A, B.Sc, B.Eng
5 Stop Jock & Stop Jock
6 Dickie, Groucho, Harpo, Zeppo
7 Babies on the slab
8 Desert waterhole
9 East end revolutionary
10 Treacherous vicar
11Aircraft data recording unit
12 Insanity
13 Blokes grafting
14 Young men selling mice
15 Pale Serpent
16 Both of you
17 Merlin
18 I'm fanatical towards the girl
19 Disturbed vision
20 prosperous city vermin
21 Plasters
22 Desperate trouble
23 Rub out Midge
24 Preserve reflect on famous river
25 Gender arms
26 Silhouettes
27 Hamlet - a female relative
28 Greenhouse plants
29 Next command
30 Years quarters
31 corridor containing horse fodder
32 South American Indian instamatic
33 Picture House Tune
34 Dark Sunday
35 distribute equally
36 ham or beef sandwiches
37 A friendly prickly bush
38 very warm galaxy
39 bird of prey with colic
40 hard of hearing wildcat
41 Germany with coronary regulators
42 Raincoat bought near Blackpool
43 Dorothy's dog
44 Unemployment card
45 Several raincoats found in cemetery
46 Throttlers
47 Clergyman in long dress
48 Gorgeous but not northern
49 Revolvers and flowers
50 spinning rocks
51 First man and insect
52 Thunderbolt helps grass grow
53 In Wonderland - Just like that
54 Refinement association
55 Lunbar puncture
56 Upset over phobias
57 Queen of slimming world
58 Manweb bulb band
59 Willians vacation
60 Ol' blue eyes off to make a movie
61 Funpark, magnetic effect
62 Aviation strikers
63 uncomplicated primary colours
64 The cost of watching a comet
65 oxygen cylinder
66 Man Friday's partner in flames
67 Genuflect for a gem
68 Big Apple movement
69 Dances in Jerry built prison
70 Fashionable assembly
71 Wild urban evangelists
72 parents
73 moist, soaked, saturated
74 Not what the seem
75 Sent for porridge
76 Dickie at the precipice
77 Depressed Evertonians
78 Keep the horses in footwear
79 Spanish heavyweight in WC
80 Orleans Maid swaps her protective shield

mojoworking
13-03-2004, 23:52
Got them all except number 75

Give us a clue!

biggus
14-03-2004, 00:21
Yes we got stuck on thet,here goes then :-

"Norman Stanley Fletcher"


got it ?

mojoworking
14-03-2004, 01:07
Originally posted by biggus
Yes we got stuck on thet,here goes then :-

"Norman Stanley Fletcher"


got it ?

I guessed there was a jail reference, but I just can't think of the band/artist :confused:

biggus
14-03-2004, 09:17
you will kick yourself------SLADE!!!!

Rich
14-03-2004, 12:49
Yup, Norman Stanley Fletcher is Noddy Holder's real name, I think...

mojoworking
15-03-2004, 01:17
Originally posted by Rich
Yup, Norman Stanley Fletcher is Noddy Holder's real name, I think...

No, his name is Neville Holder

mojoworking
15-03-2004, 01:18
Originally posted by biggus
you will kick yourself------SLADE!!!!

I see - in the Porridge series Ronnie Barker was in Slade prison = Slade. Doh!

That's probably the most cryptic one of the lot, though

Craig7777
21-07-2006, 07:38
Is number two squeeze?:confused:

Jillybabes
21-07-2006, 09:25
My God this gets you thinking doesnt it, its good though!

r_e_c_less
02-04-2007, 15:35
Any chance of a hand with question 32 South American Indian Instamatic???
Thanks

carcrash
02-04-2007, 15:48
Aztec camera for 32 I think

sezemeseeds
02-04-2007, 16:24
please give us the answers. then i can check how many i got wrong

Ann*
02-04-2007, 16:30
Any chance of a hand with question 32 South American Indian Instamatic???
Thanks

Aztec Camera!

Have you been worrying about this for nearly three years?:huh:

sezemeseeds
02-04-2007, 16:46
god I have just seen the original date on here. Hope it doesn't take me three years to get spanish heavyweight in WC!!

koenigsinger
02-04-2007, 18:47
1 Nun Toboggan- sister sledge
2 Get paste from tube- squeeze
3 Elizabeth, Victoria, Mary- queen
4 B.A, B.Sc, B.Eng- three degrees
5 Stop Jock & Stop Jock- womack and womack
6 Dickie, Groucho, Harpo, Zeppo- Richard Marx
7 Babies on the slab- new kids on the block
8 Desert waterhole- oasis
9 East end revolutionary- cockney rebel
10 Treacherous vicar- judas priest
11Aircraft data recording unit- black box
12 Insanity- madness
13 Blokes grafting- men at work
14 Young men selling mice- pet shop boys
15 Pale Serpent- whitesnake
16 Both of you- U2
17 Merlin- Wizzard
18 I'm fanatical towards the girl-
19 Disturbed vision- altered images
20 prosperous city vermin- boomtown rats
21 Plasters- band aid
22 Desperate trouble- dire straits
23 Rub out Midge- erasure
24 Preserve reflect on famous river- jamiroquai
25 Gender arms- sex pistols
26 Silhouettes-shadows
27 Hamlet - a female relative
28 Greenhouse plants- hothouse flowers
29 Next command- new order
30 Years quarters- four seasons
31 corridor containing horse fodder- hall and oates
32 South American Indian instamatic- aztec camera
33 Picture House Tune- roxy music
34 Dark Sunday- black sabbath
35 distribute equally
36 ham or beef sandwiches- meatloaf
37 A friendly prickly bush
38 very warm galaxy- hot chocolate
39 bird of prey with colic- hawkwind
40 hard of hearing wildcat- def leppard
41 Germany with coronary regulators- gerry and the pacemakers
42 Raincoat bought near Blackpool- fleetwood mac
43 Dorothy's dog- toto
44 Unemployment card- UB40
45 Several raincoats found in cemetery
46 Throttlers- stranglers
47 Clergyman in long dress-
48 Gorgeous but not northern- the beautiful south
49 Revolvers and flowers- guns and roses
50 spinning rocks- rolling stones
51 First man and insect- adam and the ants
52 Thunderbolt helps grass grow-
53 In Wonderland - Just like that- alice cooper
54 Refinement association- culture club
55 Lunbar puncture- spinal tap
56 Upset over phobias-tears for fears
57 Queen of slimming world- thin lizzy
58 Manweb bulb band-electric light orchestra
59 Willians vacation
60 Ol' blue eyes off to make a movie- frankie goes to hollywood
61 Funpark, magnetic effect- fairground attraction
62 Aviation strikers- flying pickets
63 uncomplicated primary colours- simply red
64 The cost of watching a comet
65 oxygen cylinder
66 Man Friday's partner in flames
67 Genuflect for a gem
68 Big Apple movement
69 Dances in Jerry built prison- spandau ballet
70 Fashionable assembly-
71 Wild urban evangelists-manic street preachers
72 parents-mamas and papas
73 moist, soaked, saturated- wet wet wet
74 Not what the seem
75 Sent for porridge- slade
76 Dickie at the precipice- cliff richard
77 Depressed Evertonians- moody blues
78 Keep the horses in footwear
79 Spanish heavyweight in WC- elton john
80 Orleans Maid swaps her protective shield- joan armatrading

thats all I could get off the top of my head, are they all bands or are some songs?