Cryptic QPR

Redskin

Some QPR related clues to welcome the new season.

Tip: Anagrams are often denoted by a word that suggests change/disruption.

Good luck...


1) Article on type of spaghetti favoured by children.

2) Botched A-line haircuts.

3) Suspicious character on TV channel.

4) The start of Red, Red Robin.

5) Flood Charlton and Greenwich, say.

6) Cooked in cell, meat is eaten.

EpsomAddick

2) Charlie Austin

No.1 in South London

4) R's

addick1965

1 Hoops

1905

1. The Hoops

bobmunro

6 Jail Chicken

(am I missing something here - was never any good at cryptic crosswords)

Redskin

All correct, save Bob's. Bob, you chose the hardest one, probably:the clues aren't literal,you need to think 'outside the box'.
Not much help without giving it away, I know.

IA

6. Harry Redknapp

Redskin

IA said:

6. Harry Redknapp

Nope.

The remaining clues are all past players.

iaitch

Is 3. Dexter, i.e. Blackstock?

Redskin

iaitch said:

Is 3. Dexter, i.e. Blackstock?

'fraid not. Think Biblical.

Swerve

6. Clive Allen

Redskin

Swerve said:

6. Clive Allen

Well done!

iaitch

3, Jerome Thomas? Doubting Thomas?

Redskin

iaitch said:

3, Jerome Thomas? Doubting Thomas?

Half-way there; but which half...?

Powell Is Pleasant

Redskin said:

iaitch said:

3, Jerome Thomas? Doubting Thomas?

Half-way there; but which half...?

I'm going to assume the Doubting Thomas part is right.
The other part of your clue said TV channel...

So.... Thomas BBCNews24?

iaitch

The only other Thomas I can remember for QPR was Dave Thomas.

iaitch

Got it, there's a TV channel called Dave.

Oh well it took a while but got there....I hope?

rikofold

3 Dave Thomas

EDIT: cah, too slow

iaitch

This number 5 is stumping me, did they have a player called Open Barrier?

Redskin

iaitch said:

Got it, there's a TV channel called Dave.

Oh well it took a while but got there....I hope?

You did!

If anyone's wondering about the Clive Allen one: veal is a meat that was 'eaten' in an anagram (cooked) of in cell.

Clive Allen.

Swerve

Is 5 Phil Parkes?

Redskin

Swerve said:

Is 5 Phil Parkes?

He shoots,he scores!

Flood-fill-Phil; Charlton and Greenwich are both parks.
In cryptic clues,say can mean a word sounds like another word but is spelt differently, or it can be an example of something.Here, it covers both definitions.

nth_london_addick

Redskin said:

iaitch said:

Got it, there's a TV channel called Dave.

Oh well it took a while but got there....I hope?

You did!

If anyone's wondering about the Clive Allen one: veal is a meat that was 'eaten' in an anagram (cooked) of in cell.

Clive Allen.

Glad you explained it as I am now even more confused