Tennis Player - Cryptic Clue Thread

by time please Fri 24 Feb 2012 - 0:39

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

by time please Mon 27 Feb 2012 - 13:11

laver - I don't think I quite 'got' the setting clues bit!! Wink

in the end refers to h(as).

Then think saint and 'without' separately.

by **laverfan** Mon 27 Feb 2012 - 13:50

Let me know if I misinterpret your directions.

Saint as = usually Santi... or Stas...?

One I can think of is Stakhovsky?

Is this even 'warm', TP?

by time please Mon 27 Feb 2012 - 14:16

Saint as in name of a particular one, plus don't forget the in the end business

Second name = without (plus exclamation!)

by time please Mon 27 Feb 2012 - 14:54

further clue - saint in question is one of the 'main men'

Hope that helps, or should I put all out of misery? Laugh

by time please Mon 27 Feb 2012 - 15:08

........and playing Dubai this week like your suggestion above laver Smile

by **laverfan** Mon 27 Feb 2012 - 16:47

Saint specific = Nicolas or Nikolay, Tomas, Lukas (Luke - Lacko and Rosol)?

Exclamation is perhaps an 'I'.

You are doing fine, TP. It is the reader who needs to think like you. Hug

by time please Mon 27 Feb 2012 - 16:49

Yes you have it in one of your answers on top line.........you are so warm you are positively bubbling Hug

by **laverfan** Mon 27 Feb 2012 - 17:06

It would be Tom-has Berd-Ich?

Is that correct, TP? (or is it back to the drawing board for me? Laugh

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by time please Mon 27 Feb 2012 - 17:18

Nooooooo - OH just think 'without' and tack a saint on in front Wink

by time please Mon 27 Feb 2012 - 17:32

The OH is the exclamation btw Very Happy

by **laverfan** Mon 27 Feb 2012 - 18:07

Lukas Lack-o?

by time please Mon 27 Feb 2012 - 18:10

yep!!

sorry, it wasn't the best of clues.

by **laverfan** Mon 27 Feb 2012 - 18:34

time please wrote: yep!!

sorry, it wasn't the best of clues.

No need for apologies, TP. Sorry

My bad, being so slow.

by **laverfan** Mon 27 Feb 2012 - 21:13

Clue - The King axes the head.

Active Male.

by newballs Mon 27 Feb 2012 - 22:28

The King - Elvis? or a real King

axes - cuts, executes?

by **laverfan** Tue 28 Feb 2012 - 9:28

newballs wrote:The King - Elvis? or a real King

Literally the King, not a specific person.

newballs wrote:axes - cuts, executes?

Correct. A specific word will give you the last name of this player.

The name could literally mean 'king of cutters'.

by time please Tue 28 Feb 2012 - 10:28

king= rex?

This one had me tossing and turning last night Laugh

Does axes head mean to divide letters in head?????

'tis hard Headscratch

by time please Tue 28 Feb 2012 - 10:36

Carlos Rexach-Itoiz or something like that - I haven't a clue who he is, or was but if you type Rex into player search it produces his name.........

........or is that cheating??? Laugh

Either way, it is a desperate clutching at straws Wink

by **laverfan** Tue 28 Feb 2012 - 10:52

King = Rex is correct, but think of other European languages.

Axe is the 'verb' or 'noun' in the same language as the language for the 'Rex' equivalent.

by **laverfan** Tue 28 Feb 2012 - 10:55

Also, he is currently playing in one of the tournaments in progress.

by **JuliusHMarx** Tue 28 Feb 2012 - 11:06

Just been through the draw, singles and doubles, of all 3 tournaments. No idea. I need to know the words for 'King' and 'Axe' in French or Spanish or something?

by time please Tue 28 Feb 2012 - 11:33

French for king = roi, Spanish = rey and German = konig, or are we sticking with Rex

If so, axe in latin is securis

back to ATP Run

by **laverfan** Tue 28 Feb 2012 - 11:38

What is King in Portugese, or the equivalent of Roi (French)? Wink

by **laverfan** Tue 28 Feb 2012 - 11:39

JuliusHMarx wrote:Just been through the draw, singles and doubles, of all 3 tournaments. No idea. I need to know the words for 'King' and 'Axe' in French or Spanish or something?

Did you look at Dubai, Delray Beach and Acapulco? He is in one of them. Wink

by **JuliusHMarx** Tue 28 Feb 2012 - 11:43

Of course, King in Portuguese. It's so obvious! Why didn't I think of that from the initial clue?!

Is it Rei Machado?
No, it's Rui Machado.

Oh boy, you're going to suffer with my next one!

by time please Tue 28 Feb 2012 - 11:45

by **laverfan** Tue 28 Feb 2012 - 11:55

JuliusHMarx wrote:Of course, King in Portuguese. It's so obvious! Why didn't I think of that from the initial clue?!

Is it Rei Machado?
No, it's Rui Machado.

Correct.

JuliusHMarx wrote:Oh boy, you're going to suffer with my next one!

Looking forward to my 20 lashes under the desert sun. Laugh

by **JuliusHMarx** Tue 28 Feb 2012 - 12:03

Geller's confused - about speed or about nothing?

Ooops, that's Rui Machado again.

Try this one -
We heard he turns the lady to liquid after the huge truck misses anything.

by **JuliusHMarx** Tue 28 Feb 2012 - 13:13

Please note the edited clue above - just corrected it.

by newballs Tue 28 Feb 2012 - 13:57

OK how about some ground rules? Just because someone got an ATP point from a walkover in the Timbuktu classic and therefore appears on their website shouldn't really make them eligible or should it?

I can think of many interesting clues describing players down at my local club for instance!

by **laverfan** Tue 28 Feb 2012 - 14:20

We heard - sounds like.

turns the lady to liquid - weak knees, wee keira, gel, jello, shiver, tremble and some other choice words? or is it a specific fictional reference - James Bond, Casanova (Et Tu, JHM!), Don Juan, ....

'after' = add the result from above to...

'huge truck misses anything'? chin

by **JuliusHMarx** Tue 28 Feb 2012 - 14:24

laverfan wrote:We heard - sounds like.

turns the lady to liquid - weak knees, wee keira, gel, jello, shiver, tremble and some other choice words? or is it a specific fictional reference - James Bond, Casanova (Et Tu, JHM!), Don Juan, ....

'after' = add the result from above to...

'huge truck misses anything'?

Did I mention it's in an obscure dialect of Arabic Laugh

Just kidding.
Sounds like - yes
turns the lady to liquid - it's more of a literal interpretation of those words
after - yes
huge truck misses anything - yeah, that's a puzzler, isn't it?

by **laverfan** Tue 28 Feb 2012 - 14:46

Melts-her Jurgen (big truck manufacturer)?

by **JuliusHMarx** Tue 28 Feb 2012 - 14:53

Jurgen Melzer is correct, but you haven't worked out the Jurgen part

(huge truck - juggernaut) minus (anything - aught) = juggern which sounds sort of like Jurgen.

I knew the 'melts her' part would give it away.

by **laverfan** Tue 28 Feb 2012 - 23:10

Apologies for such a late clue...

Er! She raved that dingo took her daughter.

Anagram, Male Active.

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed 29 Feb 2012 - 16:54

First name and anagram of 'ershe'?
A dingo took Lindy Chamberlain's daughter, unless dingo is also part of the anagram?

by **laverfan** Wed 29 Feb 2012 - 20:02

er and dingo are part of the anagram. Smile

'she' is not.

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed 29 Feb 2012 - 20:34

Diego someone?

by **laverfan** Wed 29 Feb 2012 - 21:31

There is another word in the clue which is part of the anagram. Wink

You have two words, er and dingo, there is another one.

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed 29 Feb 2012 - 21:39

So the player's two names are an exact anagram of er, dingo and one other word e.g. raved or daughter?

by **laverfan** Wed 29 Feb 2012 - 22:04

Correct. Er, Raved and Dingo.

You can always blame me for not provide a good clue. Wink

by **JuliusHMarx** Thu 1 Mar 2012 - 19:03

Igor Andreev

by **laverfan** Thu 1 Mar 2012 - 19:04

JuliusHMarx wrote:Igor Andreev

Very good, JHM. Cool

. Your turn now.

by **JuliusHMarx** Thu 1 Mar 2012 - 19:09

Old duck? No.

by **laverfan** Thu 1 Mar 2012 - 19:15

Anagram?

Old Duck = Donald?

No = No 'o'?

by **JuliusHMarx** Thu 1 Mar 2012 - 19:18

Not an anagram.

by **laverfan** Thu 1 Mar 2012 - 19:38

Is 'Old Duck' a cartoon character, if so, it could be Daffy.

by **JuliusHMarx** Thu 1 Mar 2012 - 19:45

I'm not telling, you'll have to work it out!

by time please Thu 1 Mar 2012 - 19:58

male or female tennis player? Retired or active? should we be translating duck into mandarin?

Any little clue at all...........pretty please! Smile

by **laverfan** Thu 1 Mar 2012 - 20:47

JuliusHMarx wrote:I'm not telling, you'll have to work it out!

Hopefully answers to TP's questions would be sufficient to help both of us.

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