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  • #211
    Can you check 41 down? Do you usually start a word in the middle of nowhere like that?
    "I'll be back next year." --Jimmy White

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    • #212
      Originally Posted by elvaago
      Since I personally have no way of checking every single name I am going to assume chasmmi hasn't cheated and therefore wins with a very impressive 51. :-)
      I might query whether all of chasmmi's players were really around when ranking tournaments were being played, but of course if he and I were each to be awarded a point I wouldn't query a thing!
      "If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
      David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.

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      • #213
        Originally Posted by elvaago
        Can you check 41 down? Do you usually start a word in the middle of nowhere like that?
        Ooops - I've got my numbering wrong and there are two 41s - sorry! .... give me 5 minutes and I'll correct it...
        "If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
        David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.

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        • #214
          Should be OK now! I've changed the numbering of the last three across clues, so there is now only one 41!
          "If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
          David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.

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          • #215
            Is 39 a special expression???? I can't fit anything making sense there

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            • #216
              Originally Posted by snookersfun
              Is 39 a special expression???? I can't fit anything making sense there
              It is a common English word - but not specific to snooker.
              "If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
              David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.

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              • #217
                as I am running out of time for now, here is my solution... feel free to snatch it up

                1 You'll get this if you strike bottom -backspin
                8 Play on this baize -cloth
                9 Don't do this to 8 Across or it will end in tears -rip
                10 Applaud this break -ton
                11 This Dubliner won UK Championship (2 words) – Patsy Fagan
                13 Did he go slowly to Dubai? Ebdon
                16 Get your safety behind this half of 17 Across (2 words)-baulk line
                17 Let's 30 Down from here! D
                18 Made a skeleton from mixing 13 Across -boned
                19 Three for this, so is 8 Across -green
                20 Win this if you want to 30 Down!-toss
                21 Worth taking on, it's 12 Down if it doesn't pay off (3 words)- shot to nothing
                24 Useful for resting 41 Down on! (2 words) –bridge hand
                29 Be sure to hit this thin! sneak
                32 15 Down carried this air in the '80s –Aura
                33 Is Williams or Robertson the better one? (2 words) long potter
                35 This finish when 6 Down goes 3 Down- end
                36 Challenging pot –******
                38 Romford man wears his crown -King
                39 Get yours in before the tournament! matey
                40 Before 31 Down means 6 Down comes back up!-re
                41 Can this curve result from lifting the 35 Across of the 41 Down?-swerve
                42 Won a frame against Hendry after losing the first nine, when Hendry won 3rd world title-Fowler
                43 Theatre hosted Grand Prix with 15 Down's world titles' sides-Hexagon

                Down
                1 Does Alfie have to carry this? -Burden
                2 Lost 10-6 in Crucible first round to the 15 down, sleeping in his Mondeo? (2 words)-Simon Bedford
                3 Where it is when it enters the pocket -in
                4 This pot from distance can be a 36 Across!- long
                5 Does Ding play this to leave it awkward? (2 words) –Chinese snooker
                6 18.5 million watched 14 Down and the final one well after midnight -black
                7 Playing 15 Down gives you practice in playing from this feather-filled resting place-cushion
                10 preposition sandwiched in 21 Across -to
                12 No charge for this ball when snookered -free
                14 Does this Irishman come dancing?- Dennis
                15 Is this golden one the greatest ever? -Nugget
                17 This miner used to dig till he won the Masters -Doug
                18 Willie felt this after missing that easy one -blue
                22 his whispers were low -Ted
                23 Pot a red for this after 28 Down (2 words) -ninetyseven
                25 Doing this to words in the town with 43 Across -reading
                26 Whingeing dynamo champ -Graham
                27 This commentator wasn't the master from 7 up -Hallet
                28 After the 12th 6 Down when on for the max! (2 words)-ninety six
                30 Get underway (2 words) –break off
                31 The 18 Down one is in the centre of 8 Across -spot
                34 Sandwiched between Clive and 10 Across for always -ever
                37 Is Jimmy good with this X break? Rest
                41 No matter how many pieces, must have at least 1 more foot than its wielder!-Cue

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                • #218
                  snookersfun, 27 Down is spelt Hallett.

                  Apart from that, I make it that you have all but 4 of the other answers correct.
                  "If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
                  David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.

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                  • #219
                    Originally Posted by davis_greatest
                    snookersfun, 27 Down is spelt Hallett.
                    just typo, I had that in the crossword of course

                    Apart from that, I make it that you have all but 4 of the other answers correct.
                    aha- I bet I know where 2 of them are... but the rest?

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                    • #220
                      OK 29 Across and 26 Down are wrong...

                      I won't say yet which the other two wrong ones are
                      "If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
                      David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.

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                      • #221
                        Incidentally, to avoid confusion, these three are of course now 42-44 Across, since I corrected the numbering...

                        Originally Posted by snookersfun
                        41 Can this curve result from lifting the 35 Across of the 41 Down?-swerve
                        42 Won a frame against Hendry after losing the first nine, when Hendry won 3rd world title-Fowler
                        43 Theatre hosted Grand Prix with 15 Down's world titles' sides-Hexagon
                        are now

                        42 Can this curve result from lifting the 35 Across of the 41 Down?-swerve
                        43 Won a frame against Hendry after losing the first nine, when Hendry won 3rd world title-Fowler
                        44 Theatre hosted Grand Prix with 15 Down's world titles' sides-Hexagon
                        "If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
                        David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.

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                        • #222
                          Originally Posted by davis_greatest
                          OK 29 Across and 26 Down are wrong...

                          I won't say yet which the other two wrong ones are
                          OK, so these are 26-Graeme and 39-entry then (makes sense at last)

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                          • #223
                            29 Snick....

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                            • #224
                              Originally Posted by snookersfun
                              29 Snick....
                              Correct!
                              "If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
                              David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.

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                              • #225
                                Originally Posted by snookersfun
                                OK, so these are 26-Graeme and 39-entry then (makes sense at last)
                                Correct! So just one to correct now!
                                "If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
                                David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.

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