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Re: 2 Word Clue

Postby chengdufan

Indeed.
Any of the Iqbals would do :-)

Re: 2 Word Clue

Postby chengdufan

Ali Carter?

Cartier without the I

Re: 2 Word Clue

Postby chengdufan

Great clue, that. Took me a while :-)

Re: 2 Word Clue

Postby chengdufan

Tetley's Yorkshire

Re: 2 Word Clue

Postby chengdufan

McManusFan wrote:Terry Griffiths?

Show us your working

Re: 2 Word Clue

Postby McManusFan

chengdufan wrote:
McManusFan wrote:Terry Griffiths?

Show us your working


Yorkshire Terrier -> Terry.

No idea about the tetley bit.

Re: 2 Word Clue

Postby chengdufan

I see.
Sorry, it's not Terry. We're looking for a current pro

Re: 2 Word Clue

Postby McManusFan

Current pro? That rules out Bagley (Teabag + Leyburn)

Re: 2 Word Clue

Postby chengdufan

LDS wrote:Dominic Dale?

Not Dom.

Re: 2 Word Clue

Postby chengdufan

LDS wrote:I'll try a more convoluted one:

Tetley's > Tea > Pot
Yorkshire > Terrier > Jack Russel

To make the Jackpot Jack Lisowski.

Oh, I like it! This is better than the actual answer, which is much simpler :-)

We're looking for a player's family name only.

Re: 2 Word Clue

Postby chengdufan

Not Ding.

Change the pronunciation of one syllable into two.

Re: 2 Word Clue

Postby chengdufan

It's good, but it's not right. There's a verb in the answer

Re: 2 Word Clue

Postby chengdufan

LDS wrote:Jordan Broon (Brewn)

Oh, this is good. Close.
But those companies don't brew 'n'

Re: 2 Word Clue

Postby chengdufan

Well, yes, they Do tea, that's true. But is there a more precise verb to describe what they do?

Re: 2 Word Clue

Postby chengdufan

LDS wrote:I think I've got it...

They Matthew Sel T!

Oh, dear god. You can feel the relief!
A bit like pulling teeth that one, but we got there eventually :-D

Re: 2 Word Clue

Postby chengdufan

I'll kick off with a simple guess. Rod Lawler
Christmas time
High ast

Re: 2 Word Clue

Postby Prop

Zhou Yuelong?

Yule / Yuel

Long / tall / high

Tenuous at best, but worth a go.