Tennis Player - Cryptic Clue Thread

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:14 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 newballs Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:02 pm

Yep.

Think I'll defer to your cryptic clue making abilities

by **JuliusHMarx** Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:05 pm

He may be a prostitute's customer, but at least now he has neat hair.

by **laverfan** Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:14 pm

Customer = John? Tom?

Neat Hair=Coiffed? Erm

Thomas Beard-itch?

by newballs Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:18 pm

Neat hair?

Crew cut, trimmed, short back & sides?

by **JuliusHMarx** Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:20 pm

LF, one of those for 'Customer' is correct.

What would you have bought if you now had neat hair?

by newballs Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:21 pm

John Newcombe?

by **JuliusHMarx** Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:26 pm

newballs wrote:John Newcombe?

by newballs Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:31 pm

OK after a little bit of meditation -

Someone who sounds like an enlightened Buddhist has a place for flowers

by **laverfan** Thu Feb 02, 2012 8:13 pm

Vase-K Pospisil (sounds like pupli)?

by newballs Thu Feb 02, 2012 8:52 pm

Nope think zen

by **laverfan** Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:18 pm

Wild guess... Yen-Hsun Lu?

by newballs Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:27 pm

OK his first name sounds rather like an enlightened Buddhist (or for the nit-picking type a form of Buddhism actually)

by **laverfan** Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:56 pm

The two sects of Buddhism that I know of are Mahayana and Hinyana and some variants.

JHM needs to assist or I need more hints.

by newballs Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:25 pm

OK Laverfan take your mouse cursor and place it over this symbol zen

After that you're on your own

by **laverfan** Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:55 pm

Zen? Vase?

Horacio Zeballos?

Augustin Gensse?

by **laverfan** Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:39 am

Active or Retired? Male or Female?

by newballs Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:44 am

Definitely retired and sounds like the kind of Buddhism you get anywhere near Japanese gardens zen

Mind you his surname is more connected by what might be around their edges

by **laverfan** Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:27 pm

Paradorn Srichaphan?

by newballs Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:42 pm

Stick with the Zen (or something sounding similar) and it should come up smelling of something

by **laverfan** Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:46 pm

Tim Henman?

by newballs Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:52 pm

Here's a reminder

Someone who sounds like an enlightened Buddhist has a place for flowers

OK he's retired and isn't oriental(well strictly speaking not our idea of the orient anyway)

by **laverfan** Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:56 pm

Fab-r-ice Sant-oro?

by Josiah Maiestas Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:02 pm

zen clue hasn't helped... Crying or Very sad

by newballs Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:05 pm

OK fill in the blanks to get you started

I beg your pardon
I never promised you a ---- garden

by Josiah Maiestas Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:06 pm

Bill Tilzen?

William Zenshaw?

by Josiah Maiestas Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:07 pm

Ken Rosewall? Very Happy

by newballs Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:10 pm

JM you're the man

by Josiah Maiestas Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:12 pm

why thankyou randy

by newballs Fri Feb 03, 2012 3:27 pm

I used to live in Japan and Ken's picture adorned the walls of the expats tennis club there from an earlier visit. "Muscles" by nickname but not a Nadal like physique by any stretch of the imagination.

by **laverfan** Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:37 pm

Josiah Maiestas wrote:why thankyou

Your turn to provide a clue, JM. Wink

by newballs Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:40 pm

JM you're welcome.

Bit of a poisoned chalice unless you've got the A-Z of obscure tennis players as we seem to have gone through everyone else!

by Josiah Maiestas Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:46 pm

A turkey brand and a cat and mouse duo.

by newballs Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:48 pm

Bernard Matthews?

Itchy & Scratchy
Tom & Jerry?

by **JuliusHMarx** Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:50 pm

NB, you've got the answer, without getting the answer!
Bernard Tom-Itch(y)

by newballs Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:52 pm

Ah, all that hard work!

Never mind at least I liked the clue this team round!

by **JuliusHMarx** Fri Feb 03, 2012 7:00 pm

Uncle's legend, we hear.

by **laverfan** Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:26 pm

Uncle = Tom?
Legend = Story, Saga, Epic, Fiction?

Tom [something]? Erm

by **JuliusHMarx** Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:41 pm

Not Tom something.
Legend = another word, not those (and it sounds like that word i.e. 'we hear'.)
And there is an 's' in between the Uncle's name and the word for legend.

by **laverfan** Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:52 pm

(Uncle)Stan Smith (sounds like myth=legend)?

by **JuliusHMarx** Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:05 pm

Smith - yes, Uncle - no. I used Uncle recently - same first name as the male player before, but this is a retired woman

by **laverfan** Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:35 pm

Margaret Court Smith?

Sorry

JHM, old age is catching up with me. Sad

by **JuliusHMarx** Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:51 pm

It's a lesser known British woman who now commentates - looks a bit like Tim Henman!

by **laverfan** Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:17 am

Samantha Smith?

by **JuliusHMarx** Sat Feb 04, 2012 1:22 am

yes - Sam's myth

by **laverfan** Sat Feb 04, 2012 1:43 pm

Clue - Confused angry man burns my tongue

Active, Male.

by Josiah Maiestas Sat Feb 04, 2012 1:51 pm

Cilic? burns tongue - chilli... Laugh

by **laverfan** Sat Feb 04, 2012 7:55 pm

JM... Correct. clap

been a bit busy to pay attention to this. Glad to see it took you only 8+ minutes to solve it. :hatoff:

Your turn to provide a clue.

by newballs Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:19 am

Time to resurrect this thread:

Affectionately touch someone as they travel downstream

by **laverfan** Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:10 pm

Caress? so Kara, Karel?

Travel Downstream? (Hint please).

by newballs Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:16 pm

travel downstream as in someone who uses a craft to float on the water

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