Tennis Player - Cryptic Clue Thread

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:14 am

First topic message reminder :

Let's see how this pans out.

First person to get the confirmed correct answer gets to post the next clue. No need to give the number of characters in the name, but the clue must be for the first and last name (although variants of first name are allowed e.g. Andy or Andrew)

1. Delivered without Jay, a robot, without Cy.

by Guest Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:02 am

A wind blows my boy

by Simple_Analyst Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:03 am

The answer, Roger Federer. For a moment i feared it was Wawrinka.

by Guest Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:04 am

Simple_Analyst wrote:The answer, Roger Federer. For a moment i feared it was Wawrinka.

Are you playing your own little game?

Anyway,

A wind blows my boy

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:06 am

emancipator wrote:
Simple_Analyst wrote:The answer, Roger Federer. For a moment i feared it was Wawrinka.

Are you playing your own little game?

Anyway,

A wind blows my boy

Gael Monfils

by Guest Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:09 am

Yes, you win again.

Hmm, I can see why you devised this game now chin

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:12 am

OK - this one might be tough.

Brand, dick's soup is mixed up inside

by legendkillar Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:23 am

Mark Philippoussos?

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:25 am

legendkillar wrote:Mark Philippoussos?

Mark Philippoussis
Well done - the 'dick' being a private eye - Philip Marlowe, hence 'soup is' mixed up inside "Philips".

by legendkillar Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:27 am

I was literally like that. I thought it was Marcus Stewart Laugh

by legendkillar Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:34 am

My turn

Rovers boy Janes girl and parents rock band

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:39 am

Roy Emerson?

by legendkillar Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:23 pm

Correct

Rovers Boy (Roy) Jane Austen (Emma) Offpsring (Son)

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:35 pm

My Royal Lover - Not!

by legendkillar Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:36 pm

Billie Jean King

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:38 pm

legendkillar wrote:Billie Jean King

Correct - too quick!

by legendkillar Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:45 pm

Hmmmm need to outfox a fox. Laugh

Blow to the face by speedy mouse

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:04 pm

Pancho (Puncho) Gonzales

by **laverfan** Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:34 pm

Crossword puzzles (that I am not good at). Sad

by legendkillar Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:35 pm

Correct Julius.

Come on LF. Join the fray

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:43 pm

Conducts seaweed?

by legendkillar Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:47 pm

Craybass or Fish?

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:53 pm

legendkillar wrote:Craybass or Fish?

Nope

by Calder106 Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:08 pm

Rod Laver ?

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:09 pm

Calder106 wrote:Rod Laver ?

Correct - your turn

by Calder106 Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:11 pm

Thinking them up is the hard bit but here goes :

He's good at DIY with top off. Little Richard follows Sailing star.

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:15 pm

Andy Roddick

by Calder106 Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:19 pm

Yep back to you.

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Jan 11, 2012 2:21 pm

Prince of coffee

by **laverfan** Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:45 pm

Giraldo?

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:55 pm

laverfan wrote:Giraldo?

No. (The clue is for first and last name)

by Calder106 Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:04 pm

Alberto Costa ?

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:09 pm

Calder106 wrote:Alberto Costa ?

Correct!

by **laverfan** Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:11 pm

Costa Coffee. Doh

by Calder106 Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:17 pm

Novel sounds like found in monastery without a ring.

by **laverfan** Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:22 pm

Soderling?

by Calder106 Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:23 pm

by **laverfan** Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:37 pm

Bellucci?

by Calder106 Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:41 pm

Nope. Clue it's a female player

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:47 pm

Wow, this is tough one. Current or retired?

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:51 pm

Kim Clijsters!

by Calder106 Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:52 pm

Current. Top twenty.

Apologies took up doing Daily Mail crossword. They have some weird clues. Maybe it's rubbed off.

by Calder106 Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:53 pm

JuliusHMarx wrote:Kim Clijsters!

Correct.

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:02 pm

"Saint is faulty" he pipes out

by legendkillar Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:30 pm

Nicolas Almagro

by **laverfan** Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:33 pm

Can I suggest for us crossword-challenged to provide a bit of an explanation?

Saint is faulty = Saint Nick?

PS: I keep wanting to say Santiago Giraldo. Laugh

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Jan 11, 2012 5:41 pm

If the word 'out' or 'mixed up' or 'scrambled' etc is in the clue, it usually means there's an anagram close by (usually the nearby word or words).

by Calder106 Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:36 pm

Andreas Seppi

as in the St Andreas fault and an anagram of pipes.

by **laverfan** Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:54 pm

Thanks Calder106. thumbsup

Will try on the next clue.

by Calder106 Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:08 pm

Not so cryptic this one :

Actors first name follows the second of an actress.

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:12 pm

James Blake?

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