Cryptic clues = station name

[Springs Branch]

Redcar British Steel

That's it.

(Subsequent research has revealed Noddy's car was yellow and red, but that didn't seem to hinder you!
For the second part, we don't know for sure that Noddy didn't have a VW or Renault, but it's hard to believe that Blyton would have one of her characters driving a car built by Johnny Foreigner)

Your Floor.

 

[DaleCooper]

For the second part, we don't know for sure that Noddy didn't have a VW or Renault, but it's hard to believe that Blyton would have one of her characters driving a car built by Johnny Foreigner)[/i]

Oh dear, apparently it was a Fiat!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/10182716/Noddy-Car-to-sell-for-25000.html

I hope that doesn't make my answer void, just in case I'll get my next clue in quick before there's a steward's enquiry:

I swear he's a backward idiot with no heart

 

[Springs Branch]

Well, cross my heart, that must be Crossmyloof!

 

[DaleCooper]

Well, cross my heart, that must be Crossmyloof!

Yes it must be, over to you.

 

[Springs Branch]

Here's a simple one (almost the same as declaring open floor) ........

Name the station:

There's a stop on the railway to Leeds
With a pub for your food and drink needs.
But a wait in the rain
For the Stockport train
Might be quite a long wait indeed.

 

[me123]

Stalybridge?

 

[Springs Branch]

Solved in about the time it took the electrons to travel from Australia to Scotland and back!

Stalybridge is the answer.

Your Floor

 

[me123]

I'll give you all an equally easy one then. Probably.

A long climb for Tony.

 

[Buttsy]

Blairhill

 

[me123]

Yes, your floor.

 

[Buttsy]

Mixed up bunnies sod city grades.

 

[DaleCooper]

I would have said Coatbridge Sunnyside but that leaves a spare "s".

Who would have thought you could get two different stations out of that anagram?

 

[Buttsy]

I would have said Coatbridge Sunnyside but that leaves a spare "s".

Who would have thought you could get two different stations out of that anagram?

Sorry, my error, the 's' on the end of grades shouldn't be there. It was Coatbridge Sunnyside that was supposed to be the answer.

 

[DaleCooper]

As it's the festival season the next clue has a musical theme:

That haggard woman with The Band will be followed by Meat Loaf who's half-cut.
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It looks like you might need some help so here's the important bits underlined and remember it's the clue that has a musical theme, not the answer.

That haggard woman with The Band will be followed by Meat Loaf who's half-cut.

 

[backontrack]

Rose Hill Marple?

 

[DaleCooper]

Rose Hill Marple?

No it's not that.

 

[Buttsy]

Hag Fold or Old Roan?

 

[DaleCooper]

Hag Fold or Old Roan?

Neither of them

 

[DasLunatic]

Sugar Loaf?

 

[DaleCooper]

Sugar Loaf?

No not that, remember Loaf wasn't one of the underlined words.

Would it help to know that this station is in an allegedly very flat county?

 

[DasLunatic]

Ah... Witham?

 

[DaleCooper]

Ah... Witham?

Ah...getting warm but wrong county

 

[Springs Branch]

Cromer ?

 

[DaleCooper]

Cromer ?

The right county and so close you'll kick yourself.

 

[Springs Branch]

So it must be She-Ring-Ham

(but why is the woman haggard?)

 

[DaleCooper]

So it must be She-Ring-Ham

You've got it.

(but why is the woman haggard?)

H. Rider Haggard's novel "She: A History of Adventure"

 

[Seacook]

You've got it.



H. Rider Haggard's novel "She: A History of Adventure"

The clue needs to have 'Haggard' rather than 'haggard' to be sound. Simply dropping "That" at the beginning would do it.

 

[DaleCooper]

The clue needs to have 'Haggard' rather than 'haggard' to be sound. Simply dropping "That" at the beginning would do it.

You might also have said that "The Band" and "Meat Loaf" should have been "the band" and "meat loaf" thus changing it from cryptic to obvious.

Or how about "Haggard novel with band and meat"?

Next time perhaps I'll just give the name of the station.

 

[Seacook]

You might also have said that "The Band" and "Meat Loaf" should have been "the band" and "meat loaf" thus changing it from cryptic to obvious.

Or how about "Haggard novel with band and meat"?

Next time perhaps I'll just give the name of the station.

Your idea is good. The implementation is not.

"We must expect the composer to play tricks, but we shall insist that he play fair. The Book of the Crossword lays this injunction upon him: "You need not mean what you say, but you must say what you mean." This is a superior way of saying that he can't have it both ways. He may attempt to mislead by employing a form of words which can be taken in more than one way, and it is your fault if you take it the wrong way, but it is his fault if you can't logically take it the right way."
from Armchair Crosswords

Ignoring the difference between common and proper nouns does not 'play fair'. My criticism is intended to be constructive. If you do not see it that way then there is nothing more to be said.

If you look back through this thread you will find over a hundred of my clues. If you can see that some are unfair/unsound then feel free to comment
on them. I don't mind if you are trying to help to improve the standard.

 

[DaleCooper]

Your idea is good. The implementation is not.

"We must expect the composer to play tricks, but we shall insist that he play fair. The Book of the Crossword lays this injunction upon him: "You need not mean what you say, but you must say what you mean." This is a superior way of saying that he can't have it both ways. He may attempt to mislead by employing a form of words which can be taken in more than one way, and it is your fault if you take it the wrong way, but it is his fault if you can't logically take it the right way."
from Armchair Crosswords

Ignoring the difference between common and proper nouns does not 'play fair'. My criticism is intended to be constructive. If you do not see it that way then there is nothing more to be said.

If you look back through this thread you will find over a hundred of my clues. If you can see that some are unfair/unsound then feel free to comment
on them. I don't mind if you are trying to help to improve the standard.

Let's agree to differ on this one because life is too short to argue over something as trivial as a cryptic clue, especially when I'm in the right (there would be a smiling face just here but I don't use emoticons).