Puzzlebrains

D'oh! That extra birthday has done me in!

Just in case anyone wanted the intended answers, here they are. ADAM 1. HE IS HELD BY A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS (FOUR) Hidden ALBERT 2. HE IS A JOLSON AND BACHARACH COLLABORATION (SIX) AL + BERT CHARLENE 3. KING CURTAILED RETURNING QUEEN – NOT THAT NICE FOR HER (EIGHT) CHARLE(s) + QUEEN reversed minus Fr...

Thank you all!

Happy birthday, Fishy Friend!

I think it just came up in my news feed for some reason.

It's not an official one, but it's quite good fun. People post walls they have made and other rounds ( some of which, like this one, are an extension of an idea based on the game.)

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Oh my gosh. I just posted these same clues on the Only Connect Questions Facebook page. It went MENTAL! It was even harder to keep up with than doing a quiz!

Here are all the answers and explanations, because otherwise I will forget. ADAM 1. HE IS HELD BY A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS (FOUR) Hidden ALBERT 2. HE IS A JOLSON AND BACHARACH COLLABORATION (SIX) AL + BERT CHARLENE 3. KING CURTAILED RETURNING QUEEN – NOT THAT NICE FOR HER (EIGHT) CHARLE(s) + QUEEN rever...

These are all good suggestions, thank you!

Happy birthday to the International Man of Mystery.

Oh, thank you, shall investigate!!

Anyone got any recommendations for a good book?

See, you really shouldn't encourage me.You never know what might come next.

SparkOut wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:37 pm

Oh, I hadn't noticed that. But yes, it must be. It's still the same answer.
Awkward tag -> hash (as in hashtag, #) anagrammed to SHAH & German agreed -> JA + HAN (Solo)

Indeed it is.

Thank you both for playing along and sorry for all the c**k ups!

LAT wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:05 pm

By the way, I assume it is still FR FV and not FV FR?

Yes, it has been long established that I can't count!

18 H HD WKWRD TG GRMN GRD WTH FRDS SL (FV FR I can't get away from AWKWARD, GERMAN and GUARD but can't make them work with what I want the answer to be :lol: He had awkward ?? German is all correct; the word you have as guard begins with a vowel TG just needs one vowel added to the middle.

Yes, was trying to come up with two that were convincing to go together without success. So have just rewritten that one! Sorry about that folks.

Oops,that one doesn't work as it should due to me being a numpty and making a spelling mistake (I thought it was JEhan)

So thank you for believing you could make my clue work! Sorry about that!

Right, I think I have them all now but haven't quite worked out the end of clues 3 and 18 3 I have ... not that nice for her Yes that's the clue. It might help if you had been given a capital N ? 18 I haven't worked out what Fred's Silo should be Think Star Wars character But I am fairly confident ...