Cryptic clues = station name

Zamracene749 · 2 Feb 2016

Bloody hell Gutfright- did you used to write the clues for the show 321 back in the 70s?

The answer is indeed Seaton Carew, the 'rumbled' does suggest the anagram, 'canoe star we', however the actual link was a bit simpler- Seaton Carew is noted as the place where the slightly infamous John Darwin did his Reggie Perrin act in a canoe, his wife claiming he was lost at sea whilst he lived in a cupboard in their house! They even deceived their own kids, but were eventually rumbled....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Darwin_disappearance_case

the town is now, predictably, known locally as Seaton Canoe......

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HMS Ark Royal · 2 Feb 2016

beermaddavep said:
Bloody hell Gutfright- did you used to write the clues for the show 321 back in the 70s?

The answer is indeed Seaton Carew, the 'rumbled' does suggest the anagram, however the actual link was a bit simpler- Seaton Carew is noted as the place where the slightly infamous John Darwin did his Reggie Perrin act in a canoe, his wife claiming he was lost at sea whilst he lived in a cupboard in their house! They even deceived their own kids, but were eventually rumbled....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Darwin_disappearance_case

the town is now, predictably, known locally as Seaton Canoe......

Which didn't work out well when they lived aboard for a while and were photographed in a house seller's guide!

Zamracene749 · 2 Feb 2016

That's when he got rumbled lol!

Gutfright · 2 Feb 2016

Nicely crafted clue, Beermaddavep!

Quick-fire clue from me, so fingers on buzzers...

Inside noble ice's terror

DaleCooper · 2 Feb 2016

Leicester?

Gutfright · 2 Feb 2016

Correct.

The noble ice is liquid helium, a superconductor with virtually zero resistance. Virtually no resistance = French war = guerre = nom de guerre = Marilyn Monroe, an American beauty. American Beauty is also the name of a book about a man named Lester, which is a homophone for Leicester.

DaleCooper · 2 Feb 2016

Gutfright said:
Correct.

The noble ice is liquid helium, a superconductor with virtually zero resistance. Virtually no resistance = French war = guerre = nom de guerre = Marilyn Monroe, an American beauty. American Beauty is also the name of a book about a man named Lester, which is a homophone for Leicester.

I got there by a slightly different route, also involving American Beauty of course:

Noble ice = cold and inert like outer space, Kevin Spacey starred in American Beauty with Mena Suvari who was also in the film Trauma with Colin Firth whose hand prints are in the pavement in Leicester Square.

Next clue:

Where carriages are brought to a standstill by sand, so it's said.

cadoxton · 2 Feb 2016

DaleCooper said:
Next clue:

Where carriages are brought to a standstill by sand, so it's said.

Carshalton Beeches

backontrack · 2 Feb 2016

Hold on, is this Cryptic Clues or General Knowledge? How are we meant to know about John Darwin or American Beauty?

Everyone should be able to do these clues by using logic not people of a certain age who know this kind of thing.

cadoxton · 2 Feb 2016

backontrack said:
Hold on, is this Cryptic Clues or General Knowledge? How are we meant to know about John Darwin or American Beauty?

Everyone should be able to do these clues by using logic not people of a certain age who know this kind of thing.

There is a small amount of jest in play here.
The answer is in the clue:

inside noble ice's terror

no general knowledge required.

DaleCooper · 2 Feb 2016

backontrack said:
Hold on, is this Cryptic Clues or General Knowledge? How are we meant to know about John Darwin or American Beauty?

Everyone should be able to do these clues by using logic not people of a certain age who know this kind of thing.

Calm down, the Seaton Carew clue was a simple anagram of canoe star we; Leicester came from "Inside noble ice's terror". No knowledge of John Darwin or American Beauty was required, Gutfright was merely being playful and I joined in.

Having said all that some general knowledge is always needed, isn't it?
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... and I should add that Cadoxton was correct with Carshalton Beeches.

cadoxton · 3 Feb 2016

Moving on:

provides the lie remastered
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24hr(ish) hint: the last word is a bit of misdirection, it's not a cryptic instruction

DaleCooper · 3 Feb 2016

St Helier?

cadoxton · 3 Feb 2016

DaleCooper said:
St Helier?

Yep, it is.

provides the lie remastered

Thought the 'St' would not stand out so much as it's not normal to read it as 'saint' when hidden.
Also, 'Provide' was pretty neat as a kind of pointer (?) and 'lie' with 'remastered' could also hint that it wasn't an anagram.
Of course, I could of chosen any word beginning with r for the last word. But through 'remastered' in for a red herring!

Well, I liked it anyway :lol:

Yours Mr Cooper

DaleCooper · 3 Feb 2016

Next clue:

The town in which Agnetha from Abba sings to Ken Livingstone.

Gutfright · 3 Feb 2016

Basingstoke?

DaleCooper · 3 Feb 2016

Gutfright said:
Basingstoke?

What, no convoluted and esoteric exposition?

Basingstoke is correct.

Gutfright · 4 Feb 2016

DaleCooper said:
What, no convoluted and esoteric exposition?

I thought it was so simple it needed no explanation.

ABBA = Money Money Money = rich
Ken Livingstone = prior mayor of London
Richard Pryor famously, after freebasing cocaine, doused himself in rum and decided to stoke a fire.

Next clue:

Cover the brightest part of a sniffer

DaleCooper · 4 Feb 2016

Coatbridge Sunnyside?

Gutfright · 4 Feb 2016

Coatbridge Sunnyside is correct.

Cover = coat
Brightest part = sunny side
Part of a sniffer (nose) = bridge

DaleCooper · 4 Feb 2016

Next clue:

There's a tree and fruits of the forest on this station.

Gutfright · 5 Feb 2016

More in hope than expectation...

Ashburys?

DaleCooper · 5 Feb 2016

Gutfright said:
More in hope than expectation...

Ashburys?

Not Ashburys but your thinking is along the right lines.

I confess there's a slightly obscure (well it was to me) reference in the clue but if you get the first, easier part the rest should follow.

Hint: "fruits of the forest" has nothing to do with confections.

cadoxton · 6 Feb 2016

it would have to be very obscure if it was: Elstree & Borehamwood

DaleCooper · 6 Feb 2016

cadoxton said:
it would have to be very obscure if it was: Elstree & Borehamwood

No, not Elstree & Borehamwood. Think types of tree.

cadoxton · 6 Feb 2016

DaleCooper said:
No, not Elstree & Borehamwood. Think types of tree.

You'll have to concede there was a tree in that last answer attempt, thought you may have tried to hide it in plain site.

Aldermaston?

DaleCooper · 6 Feb 2016

cadoxton said:
You'll have to concede there was a tree in that last answer attempt, thought you may have tried to hide it in plain site.

Aldermaston?

Aldermaston is correct.

There's a tree (Alder) and fruits of the forest (mast) on this station.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mast_(botany)

cadoxton · 6 Feb 2016

poor hospital department heads with heavy tail

Gutfright · 6 Feb 2016

Nafferton?

cadoxton · 6 Feb 2016

Gutfright said:
Nafferton?

indeed, your floor..

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