Off season trivia quiz

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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    TheBigBean wrote:
    Another one:

    Bag of balls - dig into this in a commentating emergency (8,2,7)

    *cheers*

    It's the Suitcase of Courage!
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    OCDuPalais wrote:
    Cardiff is reprezenting on the crossword front (is it part of the curriculum there?)!

    Thanks for the partial tutorials everyone - I couldn't be @rsed to learn the tricks before; but having it cycling related makes all the difference.

    It's a bit like in The Wire when Pryzbylewski realises that the street hoppers in his class become keen to learn "math" once he uses drug terminology with the metric rather than just numbers...

    Stringer's strategic marketing workshop comes to mind when Rich schools us.
    I think we have a clip - robust language:
    the-wire-time-after-time-stringer-bell.jpg
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPS9YKGaKQE
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    PBo wrote:
    Expressive fighter makes announcement before beheading challenger. (5, 8 )

    Struggling with this one
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • andytee87
    andytee87 Posts: 414
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    PBo wrote:
    Expressive fighter makes announcement before beheading challenger. (5, 8 )

    Struggling with this one

    Yeh, if it just said Expressive Fighter I'd go Tommy Voeckler, but I'm struggling to link it to the clue
  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    andytee87 wrote:
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    PBo wrote:
    Expressive fighter makes announcement before beheading challenger. (5, 8 )

    Struggling with this one

    Yeh, if it just said Expressive Fighter I'd go Tommy Voeckler, but I'm struggling to link it to the clue
    You got it!

    Expressive-describes tv
    Fighter- tommy- a British soldier.
    Makes announcement - voice over - vo
    Challenger - heckler. Beheaded is eckler.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Far too slow
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    PBo wrote:
    andytee87 wrote:
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    PBo wrote:
    Expressive fighter makes announcement before beheading challenger. (5, 8 )

    Struggling with this one

    Yeh, if it just said Expressive Fighter I'd go Tommy Voeckler, but I'm struggling to link it to the clue
    You got it!

    Expressive-describes tv
    Fighter- tommy- a British soldier.
    Makes announcement - voice over - vo
    Challenger - heckler. Beheaded is eckler.

    Brilliant!
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    TV star removing tail of horse box drives one mad? (6)

    Tough one!
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    edited January 2014
    Delete
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    PBo wrote:
    TV star removing tail of horse box drives one mad? (6)

    Tough one!

    *Stares down the barrel of a lifetime ban*
    ...a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.
  • andytee87
    andytee87 Posts: 414
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    PBo wrote:
    andytee87 wrote:
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    PBo wrote:
    Expressive fighter makes announcement before beheading challenger. (5, 8 )

    Struggling with this one

    Yeh, if it just said Expressive Fighter I'd go Tommy Voeckler, but I'm struggling to link it to the clue
    You got it!

    Expressive-describes tv
    Fighter- tommy- a British soldier.
    Makes announcement - voice over - vo
    Challenger - heckler. Beheaded is eckler.

    Brilliant!

    Really good clue! I had tommy, but couldn't get the other bits
  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    Principled saviour confuses hope with deep analysts.
    (10, 7)
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    oh god these clues are fiendish

    :twisted:
  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    Macaloon wrote:
    PBo wrote:
    TV star removing tail of horse box drives one mad? (6)

    Tough one!

    *Stares down the barrel of a lifetime ban*
    No ban for a toughie.

    But woe betide if it breaks the rulez...

    Anyone else getting anywhere with this?
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    PBo wrote:
    Principled saviour confuses hope with deep analysts.
    (10, 7)
    Christophe Bassons
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    RichN95 wrote:
    PBo wrote:
    Principled saviour confuses hope with deep analysts.
    (10, 7)
    Christophe Bassons

    Another beauty, fantastic
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    As you may have guessed I'm not at work today!!!
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    The people used to love this race, now the journalists do (6,3,10)
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    PBo wrote:
    As you may have guessed I'm not at work today!!!

    I am, and if I carry on with this might not be for much longer :lol:
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    PBo wrote:
    Principled saviour confuses hope with deep analysts.
    (10, 7)
    Christophe Bassons

    Another beauty, fantastic
    +1
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  • andytee87
    andytee87 Posts: 414
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    The people used to love this race, now the journalists do (6,3,10)

    Omloop het nieuwsblad
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    andytee87 wrote:
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    The people used to love this race, now the journalists do (6,3,10)

    Omloop het nieuwsblad

    Correct
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    PBo wrote:
    Macaloon wrote:
    PBo wrote:
    TV star removing tail of horse box drives one mad? (6)

    Tough one!

    *Stares down the barrel of a lifetime ban*
    No ban for a toughie.

    But woe betide if it breaks the rulez...

    Anyone else getting anywhere with this?

    I fear "drives one" is in the Illegal Feed category. Complacently compliant, otherwise.
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  • andytee87
    andytee87 Posts: 414
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    andytee87 wrote:
    Salsiccia1 wrote:
    The people used to love this race, now the journalists do (6,3,10)

    Omloop het nieuwsblad

    Correct

    It's not very cryptic so it was easier haha
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    No antiquarian upset for youngster (5,8)
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,907
    RichN95 wrote:
    No antiquarian upset for youngster (5,8)

    Nairo Quintana
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    edited January 2014
    No need for it.
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  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    Easy one to make up for the still outstanding toughies.

    Rough ride reverses shortened water loss. (4)
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    TheBigBean wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    No antiquarian upset for youngster (5,8)

    Nairo Quintana
    Yep.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    PBo wrote:
    Easy one to make up for the still outstanding toughies.

    Rough ride reverses shortened water loss. (4)

    Pavé
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