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#21 Post by **LAT** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 9:41 am

All I can say is, if these are meant to be the more accessible puzzles I might as well give up puzzling now.

#22 Post by **chazzie** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 11:28 am

The answers I have are

for the ones without the numbers
A Flock of Seagulls
ABC
Blondie
Erasure
Europe
Heart
Journey
Men at Work
Queen
missing two, then
Whitesnake

for the ones with the numbers
Fry which links to ABC
Perry which links to Journey
coverdale which links to whitesnake
hay which links to men at work
smith? - dont know
tempest which links to Europe
harry which links to blondie
wilson - thanks Bunny! which links to heart
score which links to A Flock of Seagulls
bell which links to erasure
mercury which links to queen - this was the one that got me started on the theme
final picture no a scooby doo - it looks like palm trees so was thinking beach or lido - by why coloured in black?

#23 Post by **Bunnylump** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 4:37 pm

OK after Chazzie's message to me to say that Mercury was right...

I have now solved the puzzle. I think the ones you were missing (although one of them is absolutely ridiculous, if that is the intended answer) are
Starship Slick
The Cure Smith

Although how in God's name the people in the boat are supposed to be STARship I have no idea, and if that's meant to be a tanker with an oil slick then that's pretty awful too.

#24 Post by **chazzie** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 4:45 pm

Thanks Bunny for putting me out of my misery on the last two - I could have spent days and still not got there!

#25 Post by **Bunnylump** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 4:56 pm

So, Scurra, any more?

#26 Post by **Scurra** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 6:46 pm

I think the a-ha on this one is fantastic. Note that I have copied the clues to allow people to cut-and-paste them - you may well need to collaborate on getting the answers...
The intro text referring to the "Linguist" is part of the Hunt theme (which isn't relevant to solving the puzzle.)

Remember that this is from a US-based writer, so some references may be specifically American.

Clues:

Mountain pass on Interstate 90 (10)
City on the Nidelva (9)
Winter visitor (4 5)
1996 Natalie Merchant hit (8)
Disease usually contracted by children (7 3)
Not coniferous (9)
Louis Gossett Jr. boxing flop (9)
With “modern,” a design movement (3-7)
American Chinese pre-meal selection (3 4 4)
Bernd Brunnhofer game (5 3)
Tom who played Loki (10)
Hydrogen cyanide (7 4)
Catch-y team-building activity (5 4)
Pokémon #069 (10)
February subject of study (5 7)
Cavalier’s opponent (9)
Open to interpretation (9)
2010 Washington/Pine thriller (11)
Olympic racquet sport (9)
Family Ties actor (7 5)
Old receptacle for waste (7 3)
Cruise ship stop (4 2 4)
Four-ingredient dessert (traditionally) (5 4)

Answer (5)

#27 Post by **Bunnylump** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 10:23 pm

Well, I don't understand what to do with this but for what it's worth these are the answers I have so far...

Mountain pass on Interstate 90 (10) SNOQUALMIE
City on the Nidelva (9) TRONDHEIM
Winter visitor (4 5) COCK ROBIN
1996 Natalie Merchant hit (8) JEALOUSY
Disease usually contracted by children (7 3) CHICKEN POX
Not coniferous (9) DECIDUOUS
Louis Gossett Jr. boxing flop (9) DIGGSTOWN
With “modern,” a design movement (3-7)
American Chinese pre-meal selection (3 4 4) MOO SHU PORK
Bernd Brunnhofer game (5 3) STONE AGE
Tom who played Loki (10) HIDDLESTON
Hydrogen cyanide (7 4) PRUSSIC ACID
Catch-y team-building activity (5 4)
Pokémon #069 (10) BELLSPROUT
February subject of study (5 7)
Cavalier’s opponent (9) ROUNDHEAD
Open to interpretation (9)
2010 Washington/Pine thriller (11) UNSTOPPABLE
Olympic racquet sport (9) BADMINTON
Family Ties actor (7 5) MICHAEL GROSS
Old receptacle for waste (7 3) RUBBISH BIN
Cruise ship stop (4 2 4) PORT OF CALL
Four-ingredient dessert (traditionally) (5 4)

#28 Post by **Scurra** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 10:45 pm

All correct except for:
Winter visitor (4 5) COCK ROBIN
American Chinese pre-meal selection (3 4 4) MOO SHU PORK
Old receptacle for waste (7 3) RUBBISH BIN

#29 Post by **LAT** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 10:59 pm

Is Winter visitor Jack Frost?

And I wondered about Art-nouveau for the design movement. Except that it isn't usually hyphenated.

#30 Post by **Scurra** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 11:25 pm

Yes. And No. (In that order.

)

#31 Post by **LAT** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 11:47 pm

Neo-classic?

#32 Post by **Scurra** » Sat Jan 21, 2017 12:09 am

Still no.

(Don't waste too much time guessing more answers though! I'm not sure that one more or less will necessarily help.)

#33 Post by **Bunnylump** » Sat Jan 21, 2017 12:30 am

I'm afraid that (as usual) the a-ha moment is totally eluding me.

#34 Post by **Scurra** » Sat Jan 21, 2017 1:03 am

Don't forget that the puzzle isn't just the clues. I know that sounds patronising, but it's very easy to forget that there's other information given to you.

#35 Post by **Bunnylump** » Sat Jan 21, 2017 1:09 am

Well, yes, I can see that. I just don't understand what it means. I'm thinking I probably need to split the words up somehow, but I can't see how or why. And I don't understand what Sooner or Later has to do with anything.

#36 Post by **Scurra** » Sat Jan 21, 2017 1:29 am

Well, yes, obviously.

Maybe just start splitting them up (somewhere in the middle would be a good place to start) and see what happens? Note that Sooner or Later are in colour.

#37 Post by **chazzie** » Sat Jan 21, 2017 9:01 am

Having done a rough split of the words phrases...is it something to do with first column only contains vowels a and e ...possibly I. And second column just the vowels o and u

#38 Post by **Scurra** » Sat Jan 21, 2017 9:37 am

You're heading in the right direction.

#39 Post by **chazzie** » Sat Jan 21, 2017 10:13 am

Thanks going a bit further splitting between letters in first half of alphabet from those in second half

#40 Post by **chazzie** » Sat Jan 21, 2017 10:18 am

For open to interpretation I have ambiguous

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