Puzzles with words and things

[davis_greatest]

Round 19

First to give complete solution gets the point.

Across
1 Received a free of charge masterclass from Davis a week ago
5 £1000 for this in the Premier League
6 This one was Davis's in the '80s, and Hendry's in the '90s
7 Leave this till last
9 First name of player turned commentator
10 Was this ball Jimmy's name?
13 Get on this for a 72 total clearance
14 One from 12 Down can be nice, but put 1 Down first and it could cause problems (2 words)



Down
1 Taylor kept trying to get one in '85
2 A free ball becomes this
3 If this happens, 7 Across will come out
4 Would you bet he gave his best against Jimmy?
8 Caused perhaps the greatest ever upset
10 A big one is nice but you need one to get things underway
11 In the words of the great Clive Everton, "King of the 80's against King of the 90's, but this is the here and …"
12 Many like watching her respot the balls

[elvaago]

1. Doherty
5. Ton
6. Era
7. Black
9. Neal (Neil?) That Foulds guy.
10. Brown
13. Yellow
14. Double kiss

1. Double
2. On
3. Top?
4. Fransisco (Francisco?)
8. Knowles
10. Break
11. Now
12. Tabb

[elvaago]

Obviously, I am stuck on 3 down. but I got all the rest I think!

[davis_greatest]

Apart from 3 down, they are indeed all correct (the spellings you queried are Neal and Francisco)!

[elvaago]

I can't for the life of me figure out what can be "If t . . happens, black will come out" could be.

Oh. TIE!

[davis_greatest]

Hooray, elvaago!

Well done! And it puts you at the top spot!

So here is the table after Round 19:

Pos. . . . . . . . Points . . . . . . Person
1 . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . elvaago
2 . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . The Statman
3 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . hegeland
4 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . snookersfun
5 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . Mitsuko
6 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . rambon
7 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . Sarmu
8 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . davis_greatest

[elvaago]

I love crosswords. :-)

[davis_greatest]

I love crosswords. :-)

Then try another!

Round 20

First to get all the answers will get the point!

Across
1 Hendry has made the most
4 can be useful for position
7 Playing 2 Down could take a while
8 Useful 4 Across to follow through
10 A ball can do this on an uneven table - so frustrating! (2 words)
12 Davis's UK titles


Down
1 2 Down did it here
2 Made history in 1983
3 Who Geoff Foulds beat 4-3 on the final black in the London championships final
5 as many balls as you can
6 results from careless cue ball control (2 words)
9 this for a red?
11 Was David silver?

[davis_greatest]

Sorry - I'm in a bit of a rush and forgot to add one of the down numbers and clues.

It is "2½ down" - should be obvious where it goes:


2½ down: useful implement when needing a break

[snookersfun]

this is ugly, but hopefully readable. Don't know 3 down, sorry.

[elvaago]

3 down must be 'son' because he beat his son Neil.

[snookersfun]

3 down must be 'son' because he beat his son Neil.

Ahhhhh was trying to think indian or chinese

[davis_greatest]

I'm not sure how to score this. I said the first to get all the answers scores a point - snookersfun got all answers but one, and elvaago got the last one. I think it would be unfair on snookersfun to give elvaago the whole point, but then snookersfun can't get the point either. So I'll split it...

So here is the table after Round 20:

Pos. . . . . . . . Points . . . . . . Person
1 . . . . . . . . . . . 4½ . . . . . . elvaago
2 . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . The Statman
3 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . hegeland
4 . . . . . . . . . . . 2½. . . . . . snookersfun
5 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . Mitsuko
6 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . rambon
7 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . Sarmu
8 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . davis_greatest

[Sarmu]

there is only few letter you can sub into S and N which makes sence, could've guessed that!

[davis_greatest]

Shall we have another?

Last one for now, I promise - then I'll let The Statman have his thread back!

Round 21

First complete solution to these snooker-related clues for the point...


Across
1 hooray, done 5 Across!
3 useful spin for changing angle off cushion; dangerous when put on unintentionally
5 the aim of the game!
6 this body is in charge!
10 South African long-potter (2 words)
12 infringement with 21 Down
13 congratulatory acknowledgement on the table
15 where you want the ball 2 Down
16 this domestic animal adult male person was a 10-2 first round loser in 2004 to 18 Across (2 words)
17 better raise the butt of your cue if you want to go on a bender
18 would he marry a Tart?
20 better have 2 straight ones if you want a good game!
22 play away (2 words)
26 former no.3 has appeared in these crosswords before (2 words)
27 the last thing you need, on the table or with a foot!
28 with 22 Across, then this is the danger (2 words)

Down
1 Cliff was quite a potter
2 a colour is after potting a red
3 snooker is a Across one
4 it wasn't Ryan's when Davis beat him 10-8 in the World qualifiers
6 come to see the Masters
7 licence to win the respotted black
8 need to do this to win the frame in one visit (3 words)
9 advice to chalk it!
11 beware his fangs in Tredegar (2 words)
12 Kelly or Allison?
14 the Irishman's are upside down
17 had to qualify all season after Murphy won title
19 does this Canadian need a chaperone?
21 fine when played on its own; bad with 12 Across
23 comes before 17 Down
24 do this to one of the 20 Across, so you have it firmly in hand
25 Tony Knowles 10-1 Steve Davis. Marcus Campbell 9-0 Stephen Hendry - don't be sad!