IBS' cryptic quiz: name the Miller.

[CTMilller]

These are very good IBS. (I'd never have worked out the Davis part via the record - clever that - but I might have got it from the clue about his pianist Bill Evans. I only really know "A Kind of Blue" not being a great jazz fan .)

I'll leave the last one. Time for bed.

Many thanks for the pleasant diversion.

[the_idiotb_stardson]

As you have probably guessed the clues are more Ted Rodgers than the Guardian. Here is an updated list of those still to be completed and some more additional clues:

He only had half the faith to become the second Republican and even then he left something out.

This newspaper didn't take the p@ss but inserted a cup.

This compass point needed some Tetley and was joined by a Beatles narrator.

The one to be conned had a Brass main man next to him.

The irony: I had to lift the supporting device and I saw that the button wasn't off.

The first half of the mountain had a hooligan jumper on it.

The fifth Beatles wife was also a party goer.

Once Saul was very threadbare.

[wrinkly]

Next up: Chinese girls pay to remove them but this one got mixed up and only took half

Deleted, didn't play for Rotherham, doh![/quote]

Arthur Wharton

[great_fire]

This newspaper didn't take the p@ss but inserted a cup.

Kari Arnasson?

The one to be conned had a Brass main man next to him.

Miles Addison

The first half of the mountain had a hooligan jumper on it.

Ben Pringle

The fifth Beatles wife was also a party goer.

Alex Revell

[the_idiotb_stardson]

This newspaper didn't take the p@ss but inserted a cup.

Kari Arnasson?

The one to be conned had a Brass main man next to him.

Miles Addison

The first half of the mountain had a hooligan jumper on it.

Ben Pringle

The fifth Beatles wife was also a party goer.

Alex Revell

First two are wrong Great Fire, Second two correct. Well done.


Here is an updated list of those outstanding clues:

He only had half the faith to become the second Republican and even then he left something out.

This newspaper didn't take the p@ss but inserted a cup.

This compass point needed some Tetley and was joined by a Beatles narrator.

The one to be conned had a Brass main man next to him.

The irony: I had to lift the supporting device and I saw that the button wasn't off.


Once Saul was very threadbare.

[CTMilller]

The one to be conned had a Brass main man next to him.

Mark Bradley

(The one to be conned = mark + BRass. Not sure about 'main man' and the rest of the...)

[the_idiotb_stardson]

The one to be conned had a Brass main man next to him.

Mark Bradley

(The one to be conned = mark + BRass. Not sure about 'main man' and the rest of the...)

Very good CT.

You might not have been in the UK at the time but there was a comedy called BRASS which used to be on TV. The league character, played by Timothy West, was BRADLEY Hardacre.

[CTMilller]

The one to be conned had a Brass main man next to him.

Mark Bradley

(The one to be conned = mark + BRass. Not sure about 'main man' and the rest of the...)

Unless it's 'Adley' as in Canonball Adderly who was a 'main man' with Miles Davis and played a brass section instrument? (Just picking up on your earlier train of thought...)

[CTMilller]

The one to be conned had a Brass main man next to him.

Mark Bradley

(The one to be conned = mark + BRass. Not sure about 'main man' and the rest of the...)

Very good CT.

You might not have been in the UK at the time but there was a comedy called BRASS which used to be on TV. The league character, played by Timothy West, was BRADLEY Hardacre.[/quote]

Your reply came in before I wrote my stab at the Radley part above. No I didn't know the reference to Bradley Hardacre and Brass. My interpretation was obviously a bit obscure!

[CTMilller]

Once Saul was very threadbare.

Paul Warne