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Ancient Colin
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Dannie Bulman

It's gospel! Sounds like Wallace and a tale teller are joining - or are they? (7, 6, 6)

edit. damn. I defer to Boogie.

edit 2, although I note that he can't spell Master Bulman's given name.
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&quotBoogie&quot wrote:Danny Bullman

French saint with cognac (10,4)
Christophe Remy

Bad tempered Saint (4,5)
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&quotAncient Colin&quot wrote:Dannie Bulman

It's gospel! Sounds like Wallace and a tale teller are joining - or are they? (7, 6, 6)

edit. damn. I defer to Boogie.

edit 2, although I note that he can't spell Master Bulman's given name.
Are you sure you spelt the answer to the above correctly either, would (7,6-5) be more correct?
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&quotMooro&quot wrote:
&quotAncient Colin&quot wrote:Dannie Bulman

It's gospel! Sounds like Wallace and a tale teller are joining - or are they? (7, 6, 6)

edit. damn. I defer to Boogie.

edit 2, although I note that he can't spell Master Bulman's given name.
Are you sure you spelt the answer to the above correctly either, would (7,6-5) be more correct?
(7,6-6) Shirley.
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Post by Ancient Colin »

I don't think you'd normally see the hyphen there in the clue. And I stand by my final six.
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charlie farnes-barnes :?:
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&quotA-Ro&quot wrote:
&quotMooro&quot wrote:
&quotAncient Colin&quot wrote:Dannie Bulman

It's gospel! Sounds like Wallace and a tale teller are joining - or are they? (7, 6, 6)

edit. damn. I defer to Boogie.

edit 2, although I note that he can't spell Master Bulman's given name.
Are you sure you spelt the answer to the above correctly either, would (7,6-5) be more correct?
(7,6-6) Shirley.
Uh?
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&quotMooro&quot wrote:
&quotA-Ro&quot wrote:
&quotMooro&quot wrote: Are you sure you spelt the answer to the above correctly either, would (7,6-5) be more correct?
(7,6-6) Shirley.
Uh?
Another thread has pointed out that it is Homer not Holmer as previously described.

As you were men - jog on.
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&quotA-Ro&quot wrote:
&quotBoogie&quot wrote:Danny Bullman

French saint with cognac (10,4)
Christophe Remy

Bad tempered Saint (4,5)
Saint (bad tempered) (4,5)
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&quotA-Ro&quot wrote:
&quotA-Ro&quot wrote:
&quotBoogie&quot wrote:Danny Bullman

French saint with cognac (10,4)
Christophe Remy

Bad tempered Saint (4,5)
Saint (bad tempered) (4,5)
The obvious answer is John Cross but there's no definition.
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&quotMally&quot wrote:
&quotA-Ro&quot wrote:
&quotA-Ro&quot wrote: Christophe Remy

Bad tempered Saint (4,5)
Saint (bad tempered) (4,5)
The obvious answer is John Cross but there's no definition.
I found a Jack Cross from 1927 in the RageOnline archive but no, the answer is from a much later era.
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&quotA-Ro&quot wrote:
&quotMally&quot wrote:
&quotA-Ro&quot wrote: Saint (bad tempered) (4,5)
The obvious answer is John Cross but there's no definition.
I found a Jack Cross from 1927 in the RageOnline archive but no, the answer is from a much later era.
Has to be Paul Moody then.

Change of gear before one-nil debacle here. (4,6)
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Rage Online

Big Ron's epithet. (3,4)
Last edited by A-Ro on Thu May 28, 2009 10:00 am, edited 1 time in total.
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rage online!

am working on next clue...

edit: d'oh.
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New first man's a man bloke (4, 7)
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