
I have made a cryptic artist quiz to keep your brains
ticking and to waste the working day away.
Sorry if they are too easy, I haven't really tried this before
EDIT :
21/11 - answer clues now added (number of letters)
23/11 - Anne is doing some cleaning up, 15 left
24/11 - Phil says "Hammertime" and sorts a tasty Gyro, Anne picks the Idol, 12 left!
830pm - reworded some for extra clues
25/11 - Phil and Anne battling the last few out
1. At the finish you wont be dead - Phil - The Living End
2. Hey! I cast out your mispellings - Phil - Outkast
3. Robert can be found inside some vans (3,5)
4. Nippon is the avarian capital - Phil - Birds of Tokyo
5. Religious belief? now empty (5,2,4) - Anne - Faith No More
6. Oz dog is famous in the dark continent - Phil - Toto
7. Wonderland visitor now shackled - Phil - Alice in Chains
8. Something odd about the aero's myth - Phil - Aerosmith
9. A cuppa coffee for our Inuit friend - Anne - Eskimo Joe
10. Mixed up dove has slang disappointment (4) - Anne - Devo
11. Simply 36 ebonies (3,5,4) - Anne - The Black Keys
12. Can you hear the icy rain in my truck? - Jemma - Van Halen
13. Letter between Y and I needs a double - Jemma - U2
14. Greek wrap at the end of the telescope (9) - Phil - Gyroscope
15. Little Fiona finds things difficult (4,2) - Anne - Hard-Fi
16. Adam uses UK prog rock for his inspiration (4) - Anne - Muse
17. Rests on his patellas whilst atop a shark (4,4) - Neil Finn
18. Theatrical award goes to popular herb - Phil - Toni Basil
19. An imitator? maybe a mixed up freak (5)
20. Hardware is found in mirrored loot - Phil - Tool
21. Sweet sunshine for fly singers - Phil - SugarRay
22. Bob's is in the middle of a palm error - Phil - Robert Palmer
23. No moss on short Michaels outfit (3,7,6) - Anne - The Rolling Stones
24. A most common surname for this last testimony (4,5) - Phil - Will Smith
25. Idol Aussie Ned has teamed up with Griswald's boy (5,8) - Anne - Kelly Clarkson
26. Had too much of being within the minx situation? (4)
27. This ocean mammal remains unopened (4) - Anne - Seal
28. Shuffled game in, from a return to innocence (6)
29. Look for the fruity centre of the common people - Phil - Pulp
30. Footy's Cousin's mixed messages re: harp (3,6) - Anne - Ben Harper
31. Finding out the number in a murder (8,5)
32. Motorcycle is initial transport for mallet (2,6) - Phil - MC Hammer
33. Number one card for military facility - Phil - Ace of Base
34. Star Trek's Patrick is handy for fishing (3,7) - Anne - Rod Stewart
35. Looks like a frog's seat for director Woody (4,5) - Anne - Lily Allen
36. Mends clothes at a rapid pace (6,5) - Anne - Taylor Swift
37. Look inside ; The Go-Go's sip coffee during idle chatter (6)
38. Fresh powder will maintain watch around here - Jemma - Snow Patrol
39. Evil is back, it continues its existence - Anne - Live
40. Puzzled harpists built this city - Phil - Starship
1. Living End
ReplyDelete4. Birds Of Tokyo
7. Alice In Chains
22. Robert Palmer
34. Greenday
8. eskimo joe
ReplyDeleteby 8. I obviously meant 9.
ReplyDeleteis 8 as simple as Aerosmith?
ReplyDelete25. Kelly Rusty :P
ReplyDelete12. Hail
ReplyDeleteare you taking the piss? or you just waiting til everyone else has a chance to have a go
ReplyDeletetheres a band called hail! no not taking the piss just remarkably stupid
ReplyDelete2 outkast
ReplyDelete39. Live?
ReplyDelete33. Ace of Base
ReplyDelete40. Starship
ReplyDelete21. SugarRay
ReplyDelete29. Pulp
ReplyDelete20. Tool
ReplyDelete18. Toni Basil - BOO YARRR
ReplyDeleteever get the feeling you're the only one playing :/
ReplyDeleteJemma
ReplyDelete12. Van Halen
38. Jemma - Snow Patrol
ReplyDeletelong shot but 6. Toto?
ReplyDeletewhy is that a long shot?
ReplyDelete5. Faith No More
ReplyDelete10. Devo
ReplyDelete15. Hard Fi
ReplyDelete23. The Rolling Stones
ReplyDelete36. Taylor Swift.
ReplyDelete34. Rod Stewart
ReplyDelete11. The Black Keys
ReplyDelete27. Moby?
ReplyDeletenope, its not that cryptic, think more literally
ReplyDelete32. MC Hammer
ReplyDelete14. Gyroscope?
ReplyDelete25. Kelly clarkson
ReplyDelete17. Neil Finn
ReplyDelete24. Will Smith
ReplyDelete16. muse
ReplyDelete17. Neil Finn
ReplyDelete27. Seal
ReplyDelete30. Ben Harper
ReplyDelete35. Lily Allen
ReplyDeleteCOME ON!!!! Tell us what the last ones are!! Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease.
ReplyDelete