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greedy kite

28th September 2012, 13:40
3. malapropism?
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joan

28th September 2012, 13:43
Second half of 2, Picketline?
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ixion

28th September 2012, 13:43
Correct GK...

5.Mad [crone] astride a [childs horse] cried [“a terrible cat's after me”](7)

Childs horse - geegee - GG(cried)

eGGcorn - one of the answers not in Chambers(in Collins)
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aristophanes

28th September 2012, 13:45
Just checking in. So is "The bowler's Holding the batsman's Willey" the Freudian slip?
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ixion

28th September 2012, 13:47
...and again GK...

3.After much angst surrounding [rugby player] married [a shining wit](11)

angst(much)=malais(e)
RU player=prop
married=M

malaPROPisM

"a shining wit" being the extra bit
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chrise

28th September 2012, 13:48
Not a slip, aristo - it was in fact what was happening on the field. It was just at a radio commentary handover, and the leaving commentator (Viv Richards, I think) said it then passed over the mike.
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aristophanes

28th September 2012, 13:49
Teehee.
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ab

28th September 2012, 13:50
Bit late - almost too late.

Is 2 M on de green?
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ixion

28th September 2012, 13:50
Not picketline Joan...the boundaries between some of these are a bit blurred Aristo - looking for something quite specific for Holding/Willey.
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joan

28th September 2012, 13:51
A new thought on the second half of 2 - Spoonerism?
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