In the film, before he goes up against Rocky Balboa, Mr.
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His catch phrase comes from the movie “Rocky III”. It was also as a bouncer that he adopted the name Mr. He started this habit when he was working as a bouncer, wearing jewelry items that had been left behind by customers at a nightclub so that the items might be recognized and claimed. T is famous for many things, including the wearing of excessive amounts of jewelry. Tuba - A BUT, rev.Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Acrossġ0 Portrayer of the boxer Clubber Lang in “Rocky III” : MR T "the part of a church near the altar, reserved for the clergy and choir, and typically separated from the nave by steps or a screen." ODO being "baking outfit."Ĭhancel - CHANCE + L. Rocket range has a rather fifties, Boys Own Paper sound about it, like aerodrome.īrickworks - reliable person = BRICK + WORK + S, the clever def. Rocket range - "ROCK ETRANGE" to produce reagent. What says it is time for a drink when the sun is over it I hadn't heard of it but it didn't hold me up Non-standard - ON + STAND (of trees) in NARD, which the ODO defines as Spikenard, and then rather more helpfully says it is a Himalayan plant formerly used in perfumery. Possibly by a lapidary, in a lapping shop. Opal - polish = LAP + round = O, all rev. Graven images nowadays much less popular than once they were. I thought this was another nautical reference at first but it just means electric lead/cable I think A fine clue this, I thought, neatly avoiding several cliché possibilitiesĬapable - PA in CABLE.
Messmate - jam or pickle = MESS + tea = MATE. Leeway - L( EARNER) + not great = WEE, rev., + AY = yes = certainly I was about to make some sarcastic comment but on reflection I think it is a fair description of modern cars and most white goods The ODO gives cars and household appliances as examples.
That seems a very easy clue now, but I spent ages thinking it was an anagram of avoid + relictĬonsumer durable - study = CON (as in conning tower) + problem = SUM + queen = ER + *(BAD RULE).
It could be taken as a piece in the game of Chinese Chequers, I suppose.īlack widow - avoid = BLACK + relict = WIDOW. and rare"), and as regards draughts it is a pure Americanism, moreover usually spelt checker. The OED has it as meaning a chessman ("obs. I would regard chequer as a rather doubtful word in this meaning. nimby is of course an acronym, very frequently employed nowadaysĬhequer - CHE, the setter's revolutionary of choice, + QUER( Y). Barb on a fish hook, as in "barbarous"Īcronym - friend = CRONY in A M( OTORWAY). I dare say there will be some fast times today.Ĭd = cryptic definition, dd = double definition, rev = reversed, anagrams are *(-), homophones indicated in ""Ĭatfight - about = CA + F( EMALE) in drunk = TIGHTīounty - a dd, one of them being a reference to the ship of that name, captained by the much maligned William Bligh but taken by the mutineers, headed by the first lieutenant, Fletcher Christian.īarbary ape - unknown = Y in BARB + A RAPE. A number of deft touches (eg 5 & 28ac, 14dn) made it a pleasure to solve. Solving Time: Quick one this, somewhat under 15 mins, but none the worse for that.
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