Music Acts - Cryptic

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8. New Kids on the Block (kind of ashamed I got that one)
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I've seen these before they were doing the rounds a few years ago, I pinched a couple for my own Quizzes as I have cryptic stuff in every week. One of my favourites is no 5 that's Womack and Womack. Nun on a toboggan is a good one that's Sister Sledge.
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Emley White wrote:I've seen these before they were doing the rounds a few years ago, I pinched a couple for my own Quizzes as I have cryptic stuff in every week. One of my favourites is no 5 that's Womack and Womack. Nun on a toboggan is a good one that's Sister Sledge.
That's right Emley did this (well attempted) a long time ago. Came across it yesterday so thought good idea to post, I know a few of us on here enjoy this sort of thing.
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Emley White wrote:I've seen these before they were doing the rounds a few years ago, I pinched a couple for my own Quizzes as I have cryptic stuff in every week. One of my favourites is no 5 that's Womack and Womack. Nun on a toboggan is a good one that's Sister Sledge.
Womack and Womack. Damn! I could picture them in my mind but couldn't remember their name. It didn't help that I had Haltscot and Haltscot firmly lodged there as well. :lol:
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Good show but still a few gaps to fill in.
Think I've filled in all those people have got right.



1. A nun on a toboggan. = Sister Sledge
2. Get paste from tube. = Squeeze
3. Elizabeth, Victoria, Mary.... = Queen
4. B.A., B.Sc, B.Eng = The 3 Degrees
5. Stop Jock and Stop Jock = Womack and Womack
6. Dickie, Groucho, Harpo & Zeppo = Richard Marx
7. Babies on the slab = New Kids on the Block
8. In the desert? Open and pour. = Oasis
9. East end revolutionary = The Cockney Rebel
10. Treacherous vicar.=

11. Down below on a peroxide blonde? =
12. Insanity.= Madness
13. Blokes earning a crust.= Men at Work
14. Young men selling animals.= Pet Shop Boys
15. Pale serpent. = Whitesnake
16. Both of you. = U2
17. Merlin. = Wizard
18. Fanatical about the girl.=
19. Disturb vision. = Blur
20. Prosperous city vermin. = Boomtown Rats

21. Plasters = Band Aid
22. In deep trouble =
23. Rub out Mary and Mungos' friend = Erasure
24. Preserve reflect on jetty =
25. Gender arms =
26. Dark area caused by Cliff = Shadows
27. Hamlet - a female relative = Shakespears Sister
28. Greenhouse plants = Hothouse Flowers
29. Latest command = New Order
30. spring summer autumn winter! = 4 Seasons

31. Passageway containing horse feed =
32. South American Indian Polaroid = Aztec Camera
33. Picture house tune =
34. Dark Sunday = Black Sabbath
35. Distribute equally =
36. Ham or beef sandwiches = Meatloaf
37. Best pal is a prickly bush =
38. Very warm galaxy = Hot Chocolate
39. Bird of prey with colic =
40. Hard of hearing wildcat = Def Leppard

41. German with coronary regulators = Gerry and the Pacemakers
42. Raincoat bought near Blackpool = Fleetwood Mac
43. Dorothy's dog = Toto
44. Unemployment Card = UB40
45. Several raincoats found in cemetry = Max Bygraves
46. Throttlers = Stranglers
47. Clergyman in long dress = Maxi Priest
48. Georgeous but not Northern = Beautiful South
49. Dangerous flowers =
50. Small avalanche =

51. First man and insect = Adam Ant
52. Thunderbolt from which grass grows = Lightnening Seeds
53. Through the mirror - splash it all over = Alice Cooper
54. Refinement association = Culture Club
55. Back faucet = Spinal Tap
56. Crying over phobias = Tears for Fears
57. Queen of slimming world = Thin Lizzy
58. Seeboard bulb band = Electric Light Orchestra
59. William's vacation = Billy Holiday
60. Ol' blue eyes of to make a movie = Frankie goes to Hollywood

61. Funpark magnetic effect = Fairground Attraction
62. Aviation strikers =
63. Uncomplicated Russian = Simpley Red
64. Charge this man for watching a celestial body =
65. Oxygen cylinder =
66. Man Friday's partner smouldering = Smokey Robinson
67. Genuflect for a gem = Neil Diamond
68. Headgear not for woman on loan pending sale =
69. Posh dance in German prison = Spandau Ballet
70. Fashionable assembly =

71. Wild urban evangelists = Manic Street Preachers
72. Parents = Mama's and Papa's
73. What you get going out in the rain three times = Wet Wet Wet
74. Not what they seem = The Pretenders
75. Sent for porrige =
76. Tough well to do mountain face = Cliff Richard
77. Depressed Evertonians =
78. They are black and work with metal =
79. Spanish heavyweight in WC =
80. Orleans maid swaps her protective shield = Joan Armatrading
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25. Gender arms = Sex Pistols
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11. Velvet Underground (?)
22. Dire Straits
62. Flying Pickets
65. Air Supply
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Sniffer wrote:25. Gender arms = Sex Pistols
:thumbup:
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BrighouseWhite wrote:11. Velvet Underground (?)
22. Dire Straits
62. Flying Pickets
65. Air Supply
11. Velvet Underground (?) :thumbdown:

22. Dire Straits :thumbup:
62. Flying Pickets :thumbup:
65. Air Supply :thumbup:
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10. Treacherous vicar.=
11. Down below on a peroxide blonde? =
18. Fanatical about the girl.=
24. Preserve reflect on jetty =
31. Passageway containing horse feed =
33. Picture house tune =
35. Distribute equally =
37. Best pal is a prickly bush =
39. Bird of prey with colic =
49. Dangerous flowers =
50. Small avalanche =
64. Charge this man for watching a celestial body =
68. Headgear not for woman on loan pending sale =
70. Fashionable assembly =
75. Sent for porrige =
77. Depressed Evertonians =
78. They are black and work with metal =
79. Spanish heavyweight in WC =
Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.
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