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Suspence
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:00 pm    Post subject: 1 Reply with quote

Quite a few difficult puzzles in VSP at the moment. This should be a bit easier.

Actor Asner
Cartoonist Avery
Comedian Skelton
Cyclist Armstrong
Gangster Capone
Jazz musician Baker
Pitcher Young
Serial killer Bundy
TV carpenter Pennington

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:08 pm    Post subject: 2 Reply with quote

Let's start with:
Cartoonist TEX Avery
Cyclist LANCE Armstrong
Gangster AL Capone
Pitcher CY Young
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:26 pm    Post subject: 3 Reply with quote

IIRC
ED Asner
RED Skelton
TED Bundy
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:33 pm    Post subject: 4 Reply with quote

Actor Asner - ED
Cartoonist Avery - TEX
Comedian Skelton - RED
Cyclist Armstrong - LANCE
Gangster Capone - AL
Jazz musician Baker - CHET
Pitcher Young - CY
Serial killer Bundy - TED
TV carpenter Pennington - TY
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Suspence
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:31 am    Post subject: 5 Reply with quote

All good so far. That said,there are a few I'm not happy with:

Replace Jazz musician Baker with British TV presenter Morgan.
Replace Actor Asner with NFL quarterback Rosenfels
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:36 am    Post subject: 6 Reply with quote

Ok, so that's SAGE Rosenfeld and probably PIERS Morgan.

So we have
ED/SAGE, TEX, RED, LANCE, AL, CHET/PIERS, CY, TED, TY.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:19 am    Post subject: 7 Reply with quote

maybe ...

RA chet/piers cy ted
COR ed/sage tex al
PAR red lance ty
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:23 am    Post subject: 8 Reply with quote

Is his name DON?
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:13 pm    Post subject: 9 Reply with quote

Indeed. Nicely solved, Vagrant.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:17 pm    Post subject: 10 Reply with quote

Nice and clean puzzle, Suspence.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 3:56 pm    Post subject: 11 Reply with quote

Nice...
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Suspence
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:44 pm    Post subject: 12 Reply with quote

Glad you enjoyed it. Another list then:

Baseball player Griffey Jr.
NASCAR legend Earnhardt
Swedish director Bergman
Producer Welles
Cowboy Singer Autrey
Media mogul Turner
Actor Asner
Actor Hopkins
Author Vidal
Actor Kutcher
Media mogul Murdoch

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 8:47 pm    Post subject: 13 Reply with quote

Baseball player Griffey Jr. KEN
NASCAR legend Earnhardt DALE
Swedish director Bergman INGMAR
Producer Welles ORSON
Cowboy Singer Autrey GENE
Media mogul Turner TED
Actor Asner ED
Actor Hopkins BOB
Author Vidal GORE
Actor Kutcher ASHTON
Media mogul Murdoch RUPERT
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:16 pm    Post subject: 14 Reply with quote

Bob Hopkins? Never heard of him.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:21 pm    Post subject: 15 Reply with quote

Bah, got him mixed up with Bob Hoskins.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:24 pm    Post subject: 16 Reply with quote

Ah, Bob Hoskins. Good actor, but less accomplished than Mr. Hopkins.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:58 pm    Post subject: 17 Reply with quote

Suspence wrote:
Ah, Bob Hoskins. Good actor, but less accomplished than Mr. Hopkins.
Isn't that Sir Hopkins? (Actually no, because you always use the first name with knighthoods. So he'd be Sir Anthony.)
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 11:00 pm    Post subject: 18 Reply with quote

Nicely done, but you've got every one wrong.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:57 pm    Post subject: 19 Reply with quote

Is his name ELDRED?
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 8:58 pm    Post subject: 20 Reply with quote

Indeed. Nicely solved again.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:06 pm    Post subject: 21 Reply with quote

Just curious, where does the Y come from? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g97HNjwfR7k
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Suspence
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 9:16 pm    Post subject: 22 Reply with quote

Hmm. The list I was working from and a few other sites suggest a Y:

http://www.nndb.com/people/313/000023244/
http://movies.nytimes.com/person/2608/Ed-Asner
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Edward+Asner
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