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Cryptic NAMES Quiz - please can anyone help me with the answers?

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Janaih · 24/04/2020 19:15

A friend of mine forwarded me this quiz, however she annoyingly doesn't have the answers. Any help would be most welcome please! I've got about half, dont think I'll get any more now.

I've pasted in full to credit the original author

Sarah Firth’s
Quarantine Quiz
All the answers in this quiz are boys’ or girls’ names.
The clues may be straightforward or cryptic.
Sometimes the clue will lead directly to a name, but some might be sound-alikes.

No prizes this time – just for fun and to stave off the isolation blues!
Please feel free to e-mail onwards to friends and family.

1 Plain-spoken (5)
2 Two magpies (3)
3 Knife (7)
4 High street saint (7)
5 Scottish peak (3)
6 Apparently, the happiest person (5)
7 Welsh port (5)
8 Savings plan (5)
9 Exists as a chiming object (6)
10 Stirred rice (4)
11 Patron saint of travellers (11)
12 Daybreak (4)
13 Haystack (4)
14 April in Paris (5)
15 Daily round (5)
16 She falls in Africa (8)
17 Culinary herbs (5) and (8)
18 Goddess of the hunt (5)
19 City in Italy (8)
20 Colour of the rainbow (6)
21 Brain teaser (5)
22 Occupation (3)
23 Nottinghamshire town (6)
24 Message received (5)
25 Baked dessert, often in layers (9)
26 One not wanted in hair (5)
27 Circumspection (8)
28 Merciful (7)
29 Disturbed limey (5)
30 Breed of sheep (5)
31 Take something illegally (4)
32 Emerald (5)
33 Liquid measure (4)
34 European Lake (9)
35 The Spanish weight (5)
36 Musical or biscuit from Aquae Sulis (6)
37 Worry or ravage (5)
38 Australian Lake (6)
39 Little house (5)
40 A mother he never had (4)
41 Strong wind (4)
42 Pick one up for luck (5)
43 Puppet island (6)
44 Take it when teasing (5)
45 Winner (6)
46 One easily cheated (5)
47 Heard his hair was closely cut (4 or 5)
48 Unit of electrical inductance (5)
49 Code word for the 10th letter (6)
50 Sound of silk or dried leaves (7)
51 Small ball to aid mechanic (4)
52 City, 34ºS 152ºE (6)
53 Sincere (6)
54 Browbeat or torment (6)
55 She has all the accessories (6)
56 Perennial grass (7)
57 It’s heartless to be without her (4)
58 Royally thrash cereal crop? (8)
59 Young kangaroo (4)
60 Female donkey in a spin (5)
61 Hear a name (6)
62 See gentle scarlet, hear fear of factory (7)
63 Cold war check point ( 7)
64 Smile about the distance (5)
65 Superhero’s sidekick (5)
66 An oil rig, I hear (5)
67 Musical girl twice refused (7)
68 Manx capital (7)
69 Soccer team (7)
70 Utter happiness (8)
71 Strata exposed (5)
72 Bestow on student (5)
73 US theatre award (4)
74 Female palindrome (6)
75 Wander about (6)
76 Small shell-shaped sponge cake (9)
77 Suffix (3)
78 Statuette (5)
79 American toilet (4)
80 Fruit (10)
81 The sound of genuflection (4)
82 Type of impure quartz (6)
83 Martial arts grade (3)
84 Obsolete German currency (4)
85 Jug (4)
86 Two hedgerow trees (5) and (5)
87 Road roundabout (4)
88 Skateboard trick (5)
89 To run out (5)
90 Effigy (3)
91 Burst forth into battle (5)
92 Beam of light (3)
93 Short kind of watch chain (6)
94 English folk dance (8)
95 Christmas song (5)
96 Elegance of movement (5)
97 A pool of money (5)
98 Place to exercise (3)
99 Coloured part of the eye (4)
100 ABCDEFGHIJKMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ (4)

OP posts:
AdaColeman · 24/04/2020 21:28

39 (little house) Laura?

Unescorted · 24/04/2020 21:29

52 - Sydney (name is Sidney)

AdaColeman · 24/04/2020 21:29

94 Virginia (Reel)

AristotleAteMyHamster · 24/04/2020 21:30

Someone said upthread that 94 is Virginia

Unescorted · 24/04/2020 21:31

75 - Andrew

iklboo · 24/04/2020 21:32

91 might be Blais?

AdaColeman · 24/04/2020 21:32

91 Sally!

notchickenagain · 24/04/2020 21:34

We did it! 🤣

iklboo · 24/04/2020 22:06

YAY!!!!

wheresmyhairytoe · 24/04/2020 22:26

2 Joy
5 Tor?
11 Christopher
12 Dawn
14 Avril
19 Florence
20 Violet
31 Nick
41 Gail
42 Penny
44 Micky
Victor
50 Russell
55 Claire
56 Heather
59 Joey
60 Jenny
64 Miles
65 Robin
69 Chelsea
73 Emmy
84 Marc
90 Guy
92 Ray
95 Carol
96 Grace
97 Kitty
98 Jim
99 Iris
100 Noel

MyNameHasBeenTaken · 24/04/2020 22:26

Apologies for duplicates, I'm not a fast type
5 ben
8 tessa
10 Eric
11 Christopher
11 dawn
14 avril
15 lydia
17 basil
19 florence
20 violet
21 Brian
22 job

MyNameHasBeenTaken · 24/04/2020 22:32

Sorry. Not finished
24 roger
26 Louis?
29 miley
31 nick
35 Elton
41 gale
45 victor
47 Sean or Shaun
48 Henry
49 juliet
50 Russel
55 claire
57 ruth
59 Joey
60 Jenny
64 miles
65 Robin
66 piper
68 Douglas
74 hannah
76 Madeleine
79 John
83 dan
84 mark
85 ewan
86 Rowan
88 ollie
92 ray
93 Albert
95 carol
97 grace
98 Jim
99 iris
100 noel

MyNameHasBeenTaken · 24/04/2020 22:41

61 monica

Zisforstripyoss · 24/04/2020 22:41

7 Barry
18 Artemis
36 Minerva
65 Lois
63 Charlie
85 Toby
94 Morris

Janaih · 24/04/2020 22:49

WOW! thanks so much all who posted answers:)
I forwarded it to my df hes been pestering me for the answers. So glad I thought to ask on here Star

OP posts:
Graphista · 24/04/2020 23:21

I challenged myself to answer before seeing others answers

1 frank
2 joy

4 Michael (m&s)
5 Ben

11 Christopher
12 dawn
13 bale?
14 Avril
16 Victoria
17 rosemary and
18 Diana
20 violet
22 job
27 prudence
49 Juliet
53 Ernest
59 joey
60 Jenny
63 Charlie
65 robin
73 tony
76 Madeline
78 Oscar
84 mark
95 carol
96 grace
98 jim
99 Iris

Not done that well only got 28! Not got my crossword head on clearly

Graphista · 24/04/2020 23:26

@vampirethriller I thought Morris too but it's not enough letters

@BBBear Emmy's are for filmed product and too many letters. Tony is the theatre award.

@Alarae yes Ben Nevis here in Scotland a Ben is a hill or mountain.

Definitely need a spreadsheet op to collate answers

Janaih · 25/04/2020 08:50

How do I add a spreadsheet? Does it need to be done on a PC? I'm on mobile, its only allowing me to add photo files

OP posts:
81Byerley · 26/04/2020 10:34

94 Maurice (Morris)

81Byerley · 26/04/2020 11:11

If mine are all correct, I think I have them all. Thanks to my husband and a couple of very clever people on here. In other words, I didn't get them, we did!

iklboo · 26/04/2020 18:46

@81Byerley - we've got them all now. There's a list a bit further down Smile

hurraypotter · 20/05/2020 13:54

Hello, bit late to the party but I have had a look through and I'm probably just not reading it right but could someone help me with the following three:

51 small ball to aid mechanic
53 sincere (I saw two answers - Ernest & Verity)
77 suffix (I think I saw an answer of Ian)

Many thanks, and thanks for the quiz - it has been enjoyable :)

hurraypotter · 20/05/2020 14:00

Oh actually two others which had two answers listed:

66 an oil rig I hear - there was two answers listed - Derek & Piper
56 perennial grass - Heather & Savanna listed

Thanks!

forgivemeimnew · 20/05/2020 17:01

26 One not wanted in hair - I thought it was biddy Blush

Gazia · 21/03/2023 19:04

Does anyone know the answers to. 39.51.58.61.75 and 91 please. ? I
thought this would be a great quiz for local seniors club. Thank you.

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