Tennis Player - Cryptic Clue Thread

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed 11 Jan 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 11 Jan 2012, 11:02 am

A wind blows my boy

by Simple_Analyst Wed 11 Jan 2012, 11:03 am

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

by Guest Wed 11 Jan 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 11 Jan 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 11 Jan 2012, 11:09 am

Yes, you win again.

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

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

OK - this one might be tough.

Brand, dick's soup is mixed up inside

by legendkillar Wed 11 Jan 2012, 11:23 am

Mark Philippoussos?

by **JuliusHMarx** Wed 11 Jan 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 11 Jan 2012, 11:27 am

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

by legendkillar Wed 11 Jan 2012, 11:34 am

My turn

Rovers boy Janes girl and parents rock band

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

Roy Emerson?

by legendkillar Wed 11 Jan 2012, 12:23 pm

Correct

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

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

My Royal Lover - Not!

by legendkillar Wed 11 Jan 2012, 12:36 pm

Billie Jean King

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

legendkillar wrote:Billie Jean King

Correct - too quick!

by legendkillar Wed 11 Jan 2012, 12:45 pm

Hmmmm need to outfox a fox. Laugh

Blow to the face by speedy mouse

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

Pancho (Puncho) Gonzales

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

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

by legendkillar Wed 11 Jan 2012, 1:35 pm

Correct Julius.

Come on LF. Join the fray

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

Conducts seaweed?

by legendkillar Wed 11 Jan 2012, 1:47 pm

Craybass or Fish?

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

legendkillar wrote:Craybass or Fish?

Nope

by Calder106 Wed 11 Jan 2012, 2:08 pm

Rod Laver ?

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

Calder106 wrote:Rod Laver ?

Correct - your turn

by Calder106 Wed 11 Jan 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 11 Jan 2012, 2:15 pm

Andy Roddick

by Calder106 Wed 11 Jan 2012, 2:19 pm

Yep back to you.

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

Prince of coffee

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

Giraldo?

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

laverfan wrote:Giraldo?

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

by Calder106 Wed 11 Jan 2012, 4:04 pm

Alberto Costa ?

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

Calder106 wrote:Alberto Costa ?

Correct!

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

Costa Coffee. Doh

by Calder106 Wed 11 Jan 2012, 4:17 pm

Novel sounds like found in monastery without a ring.

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

Soderling?

by Calder106 Wed 11 Jan 2012, 4:23 pm

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

Bellucci?

by Calder106 Wed 11 Jan 2012, 4:41 pm

Nope. Clue it's a female player

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

Wow, this is tough one. Current or retired?

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

Kim Clijsters!

by Calder106 Wed 11 Jan 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 11 Jan 2012, 4:53 pm

JuliusHMarx wrote:Kim Clijsters!

Correct.

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

"Saint is faulty" he pipes out

by legendkillar Wed 11 Jan 2012, 5:30 pm

Nicolas Almagro

by **laverfan** Wed 11 Jan 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 11 Jan 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 11 Jan 2012, 6:36 pm

Andreas Seppi

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

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

Thanks Calder106. thumbsup

Will try on the next clue.

by Calder106 Wed 11 Jan 2012, 7:08 pm

Not so cryptic this one :

Actors first name follows the second of an actress.

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

James Blake?

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