Tennis Player - Cryptic Clue Thread

[time please]

First topic message reminder :

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)

E.g. Delivered without Jay, a robot, without Cy = Bjorn Borg

[JuliusHMarx]

Sigh. Male.

[laverfan]

Agassi? (due to his duck-like walking style perhaps).

Nothing much I can derive out of Quack.

Old = Geriatric = Gerry or Jerry?

[JuliusHMarx]

Old? No!

[time please]

Not old = Young
Duck = Donald

et voila: Donald Young

[laverfan]

Very well done, TP.

Now your turn for the clue.

[time please]

Renaissance man a player? sounds like!

male active

[laverfan]

Can I start with Da Vinci? Argh, the current one is a woman.

There is also a movie by that name, IIRC.

Italian male?

[time please]

Starting with Da Vinci is a very good place to start (to coin a phrase!!)

tennis player is not Italian though

[laverfan]

Leonardo (Da Vinci) Mayer (sounds like a 'player')?

[time please]

you is right laver

[laverfan]

This thread 'wrapped' around.

Having a hard time picking a clue. Can you or JHM provide one?

[time please]

Oh - thought your first sentence was a clue

Brain hurts atm (probably too much red wine!!!!) and choccy biscuits.

Over to Julius????

[JuliusHMarx]

She sounds like a warrior princess, so she'll need some troops.

[time please]

Warrior princess = Xena or maybe Zina?

Garrison where she might find her troops???

Zina Garrison is my wine fuelled inspired guess, but if correct still can't think of another clue

[JuliusHMarx]

Zina Garrison is correct.
Clues (i.e. players we haven't already done) are harder to come by.

[laverfan]

Irk Ma and I, and Len will knock your teeth out!

Active Female.

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I don't know about 'active' - she sure sounds ferocious!!!

Is Irk Ma I Len an anagram?

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Not that I am much clearer if it is!!!

[laverfan]

Yes it is. You are missing two more 'words' which are also part of the anagram.

Fighting Wee Keira theorists on other threads.

[time please]

teeth out? Or should it be 'will knock' - I am trying to think of the rules Julius explained about cryptic puzzles - perhaps 'teeth out' means these letters definitely not needed?

Time for another coffee!

[lydian]

teeth, Len....Dental?

[JuliusHMarx]

Maria Kirilenko

[laverfan]

Maria Kirilenko

Ma(ria) Kir(reversed 'irk') 'I' Len 'KO' (knock out).

Very well done JHM. Your turn.

teeth, Len....Dental?

Great to 'see' you on here. Can we clone as you as couple more Nadal fans on 606v2?

[lydian]

Thanks LF
lol...not sure many on here would want a clone of me!

I like these cryptic threads, I'll try and have a go although I'm a novice.
Do like to think laterally though!

Well done on the composition of the clues BTW! (you and JHM)

[laverfan]

Well done on the composition of the clues BTW! (you and JHM)

JHM is much better at it. I am just learning from him as well. TP and I are in the same boat.

NewBalls has not been back for a while, but he is good too. Amritia and some others come and go.

Good place to hide when needed.

[JuliusHMarx]

Does the house flip the cow?

Female retired

[laverfan]

Flip the Cow? is it using the letters in 'cow' in an anagram or a 'house' (restaurant) that 'flips' cows meat (beef) like McDonalds?

Is it Wendy (with an 's' at the end, US fast food joint like McDonalds) Turn(flip)-bull(cow)?

[JuliusHMarx]

Wendy Turnbull is correct. Nothing to do with Wendy's fast food, just a Wendy House for kids.

[laverfan]

Clue - A big bat reels in a tennis player

Female retired.

[JuliusHMarx]

Do I need to google various types of flying mammal and then insert a different tennis player's name inside the result?

[laverfan]

No. It is an anagram. I should have mentioned it in my clue. You may be surprised with the answer.

[JuliusHMarx]

Sabatini. Not fair! Not fair! NOT FAIR!

[laverfan]

Sabatini. Not fair! Not fair! NOT FAIR!

Absolutely correct. My apologies for stealing your hint from the other thread. Hope you approve of the clue.

[JuliusHMarx]

Very good clue. Now do Slobodan Zivojinovic, Miss Smarty-Pants!

[laverfan]

Intravenous injected Dan and Vic are sleepy slobs.

Anagram - Retired male.

IV Inj(ected) Dan Vic Z(sleepy) Slob(s) = Slob (o) Dan Z Inj In (o) Vic

What do you think, JHM?

[laverfan]

New Clue - Heart pops sounding silly.

Active Male.

[JuliusHMarx]

Intravenous injected Dan and Vic are sleepy slobs.

Anagram - Retired male.

IV Inj(ected) Dan Vic Z(sleepy) Slob(s) = Slob (o) Dan Z Inj In (o) Vic

What do you think, JHM?

My one-word clue would be 'Clown' = Bobo the Clown. Slobodan was also called Bobo.

[laverfan]

My one-word clue would be 'Clown' = Bobo the Clown. Slobodan was also called Bobo.

Did not know that. Thanks.

[newballs]

Heart pops sounding silly?

Is there a guy on tour called Willy Coronary or something similar?

[laverfan]

NB... Thinks of medical terms for human systems which may sound like a tennis player's name.

[newballs]

digestive, circulatory, nervous, reproductive, skeletal, endocrine, immune, excretory...etc?

maybe by heart pops you're talking cardiovascular?

[laverfan]

maybe by heart pops you're talking cardiovascular?

Yes.

[time please]

Arterial? Fibrillation? Atrial?

off to look on ATP site for inspiration!

[laverfan]

TP... it sounds like cardiovascular.

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Aaaaaah I see

and silly?

I don't think I have enough encyclopedic knowledge of current tennis pros. I presume this guy plays singles?

[time please]

Okay my only idea is :

Vasek (the first syllable from vascular) Pospisil (last syllable from silly)

other than that I haven't a clue

[laverfan]

Okay my only idea is :

Vasek (the first syllable from vascular) Pospisil (last syllable from silly)

other than that I haven't a clue

Very well done, TP. Now your turn .

[time please]

Oh great, my wild stab in the dark (after perusing ATP rankings ) paid off


I'm going to hope for some inspiration over night - will get back to you laver on that, unless someone else (Lydian, Newballs, Jubbahey?) has idea??

[newballs]

Here's an easy one for the interim period (no need to check out on-line medical reference books for this!)

A Lard Ale Fan sounds disgusting but confusingly suggests the answer to this one.

[laverfan]

Here's an easy one for the interim period (no need to check out on-line medical reference books for this!)

I like your sense of humour.


Alejandro Falla?

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