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  1. Taffvalerowdy

    Taffvalerowdy Well-Known Member

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    Did he rush to Jim? (3,9)
     
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    Clue - half football name half political name
     
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  3. surreyhoop

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    Ian Callaghan
     
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    Yep !

    Your go
     
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  5. surreyhoop

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    Is James on the American island? (4,5)
     
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    Dean Coney?
     
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    Correct! Your go...
     
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    Did he have ananas comosus atop his napper? 5,3
     
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    The well known pineapple head....

    Jason Lee
     
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    Tell me you knew the latin for Pineapple and didn't google it <laugh> (although I seem to remember you saying you worked in a kitchen?)

    All yours Surrey
     
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    Actually the wife's Swedish, so Ananas is pineapple in her language! Clue to follow...
     
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    Find your way to Cambridge college, using faulty GPS device, down to a T. (5,5)
     
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    Jesus Navas?
     
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    Off you go...
     
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    Nearly never made it north of the border to Old Smokey (6,9)

    Sorry for the delay in posting, had a busy day!...:emoticon-0107-sweat
     
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    Clue: Old Smokey translates as Auld Reekie
     
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    I'd thought of that .... and I'm still struggling!
     
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    So, presumably, you have the second word of the answer Taff?

    Another clue is that he was a full back in the 90s
     
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    Justin Edinburgh!

    Ah - good clue! I kept thinking of football clubs near Edinburgh, never linked it to a player<doh>
     
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    That's the man, now manager of Gillingham.

    Your go Taff!
     
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