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Cryptic QPR

Redskin
Redskin Posts: 3,112
edited August 2015 in Fun, Jokes & Captions
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.

Comments

  • EpsomAddick
    EpsomAddick Posts: 2,555
    2) Charlie Austin
  • 4) R's
  • addick1965
    addick1965 Posts: 5,092
    1 Hoops
  • 1905
    1905 Posts: 2,751
    1. The Hoops
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,841
    6 Jail Chicken

    (am I missing something here - was never any good at cryptic crosswords)
  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,112
    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
    IA Posts: 6,103
    6. Harry Redknapp
  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,112
    IA said:

    6. Harry Redknapp

    Nope.

    The remaining clues are all past players.

  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,217
    Is 3. Dexter, i.e. Blackstock?
  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,112
    iaitch said:

    Is 3. Dexter, i.e. Blackstock?

    'fraid not. Think Biblical.
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  • Swerve
    Swerve Posts: 1,238
    6. Clive Allen
  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,112
    Swerve said:

    6. Clive Allen

    Well done!

  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,217
    3, Jerome Thomas? Doubting Thomas?
  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,112
    iaitch said:

    3, Jerome Thomas? Doubting Thomas?

    Half-way there; but which half...?
  • 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
    iaitch Posts: 10,217
    The only other Thomas I can remember for QPR was Dave Thomas.
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,217
    Got it, there's a TV channel called Dave.

    Oh well it took a while but got there....I hope?
  • rikofold
    rikofold Posts: 4,051
    edited August 2015
    3 Dave Thomas

    EDIT: cah, too slow
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,217
    This number 5 is stumping me, did they have a player called Open Barrier?
  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,112
    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.

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  • Swerve
    Swerve Posts: 1,238
    Is 5 Phil Parkes?
  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,112
    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.

  • 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