Urban Alabama

Cache

Shortened, a fine slogan

A former president's sole legitimate issue

Mentholated confection

Which is the London borough with only one F?

These look like Premiership teams to me:
Urban Alabama = Birmingham
Cache = Arsenal
Shortened, a fine slogan = Man United? (A communist slogan?)
A former president's sole legitimate issue = Chelsea
Mentholated confection = Everton (Mints)

Which is the London borough with only one F? Fulham.

(Zack)

Fulham's Fanzine is called "There's Only One F in Fulham". Which I think is pretty funny.

I don't see Man United as a Communist sentiment. I have heard of the moment of disillusionment that many migrants to Britain have when they discover that the "Man United" slogans they see everywhere refer to just a football team.

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Where on Earth is this? Click for a more detailed view.

Helsinki

What do the following people have in common? Can you continue the theme?

Eric Erlandson

Simon Toulson-Clarke

Palmolive

June Millington

 

They all played in a band with a name that is a euphemism
for the vagina (whether or not they were all named with that
intent, although it seems likely):
Eric Erlandson - Hole
Simon Toulson-Clarke - Red Box
Palmolive - The Slits
June Millington - Fanny
(all except Palmolive played guitar)

How about:

Billy Swan - The Muffins
Roel Schoenmakers - Beaver
and of course one I couldn't make up in my wildest dreams:
Asechiah "Cleetus LeRoque" Bogden - Alabama Thunder Pussy

(Zack)

Which is the odd one out?

DUBLIN

SAIGON

SEOUL

LUSAKA

NICOSIA

RICHMOND

All these cities are/were capitals of divided lands -
Dublin, Ireland [southern portion of the island]
Saigon, South Vietnam
Seoul, South Korea
Lusaka, Zambia [formerly Northern Rhodesia]
Nicosia, Cyprus [not Northern Cyprus, southern portion of the island]
Richmond, USA [capital of the Confederacy, or "The South"]

I'll go with Lusaka being the only capital of a northern region.

(Zack)

Lusaka was also not really a capital of a divided land as there never was a unified whole Rhodesia either before or after the "division".

Link the King James Bible, Thomas Paine's Rights of Man, Cadillacs and money for old rope.

Hemp. The King James version of the Bible, along with most other Bibles, was printed on hemp paper, as were most books and pamphlets before the middle of the nineteenth century, including the Declaration of Independence and Tom Paine's Rights of Man. Recently some parts of Cadilacs have been made with hemp fibres. Hemp fibres were the material that paupers and prisoners used to recycle from old hemp ropes, picking oakum, a very labourious process that was quite lucretive for organizations that didn't need to pay for the labour: it was money for old rope.

I was playing SCRABBLE the other day with Death, I thought I had done well by scoring 16 for JIHAD when Death claims 26 for WEEKEND. There was no cheating and no bonus points, blank tiles or multiple word or letter scores involved. Explain how he did it.

He was playing with a French tileset, so the letters had different values:

W(10),E(1),E(1),K(10),E(1),N(1),D(2)

(lovely puzzle btw)

(David Brain)

Which is the odd one out, and why?

A catarrhal inflammation

A declaration of universal mortality

A fatal tie

A lame eagle

A strong espresso

The clues lead to titles of (non Fleming) James Bond novels; in order: Cold, Nobody Lives Forever, Win Lose Or Die, Brokenclaw, and Doubleshot. The first four are by John Gardner, the last by Raymond Benson.

Alan

What is wrong with the following sequence?

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A for Gardner
C forth Highlanders
E for Peron
I for the Engine
R for Daley
O for the wings of a dove.

The dove is out of alphabetical sequence.

Still mystified?

http://www.flin.demon.co.uk/humour/alphabet.htm

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/vivian.c/CockneyAlphabet.htm

http://www.satiche.org.uk/satiche/sat-0195.htm

http://thinks.com/words/cockneya.htm

Peter Morris

In my trusty old dictionary between a remainder and a toady I find some art of the subconscious; a French overcoat (not to be confused with the English version); relic of the past; a feudal lord; lithe; country lad; avatar of Zeus; Hindu good luck charm; gamble devoid of skill; offal; pigs' soup and one leading a life of ease and luxury.

Did you spot anything that a pervert may keep in his special cupboard?

Isn't that an evil question? How many is enough to show you're imaginative without raising suspicions you are a pervert? ;-)

Between SURPLUS and SYCOPHANT you found SURREALISM, SURTOUT, SURVIVAL, SUZERAIN, SVELTE, SWAIN, SWAN, SWASTIKA, SWEEPSTAKE, SWEETBREAD, SWILL and SYBARITE. Um, a Suspender belt? a (kama) Sutra?, a Swatter and/or a Switch? (David Brain)

Likeness of an uncle?

Dead god’s pronouncer wrote about him

Craig of a Roman victory

Diamond turned his work to ashes

Duke William was one

Sounds like a detergent manufacturer

A soft porn series catering to females??

Hamlet composer

Mucker

What weight?

Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac (Newton) Norman Henkle Emmanuel Ambroise (Thomas) Diggs (from Tom Brown's Schooldays) The weight you obviously know by now..... Says Venky. (Obviously?)

The full names of the Wizard of Oz.

Oz: - ounce.

Venky

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