Whats in a name

[TonyGribben]

belated bridegroom(8)
he was in the office rather than the trench(8)

[tanmarsh]

tony I can't help with either of those two, my original train of thought for the second one was some sort of officer in the first world war, i am now going down a different road (probably get totally lost) i am thinking of the programme 'the office' and also a film called 'the trench' and am trying to find a link there, if i manage to crack it will let you know.

[roadh]

Benidick

[pajema]

Burberry made the original trenchcoat, but that's not a forename? Any ideas for tinned meat down under (7,4)?

[TonyGribben]

I am thinking Gervaise but cannot find a link to "THE TRENCH". Sorry no luck with TINNED MEAT

[wonderval]

thought I'd given you Benedict for belated bridegroom?

[Ont-ice]

wonderval is correct with Benedict. See this definition:

ben�e�dict (bn-dkt)
n.
A newly married man who was previously considered a confirmed bachelor.

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[After Benedick, a character in Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare.]

[Ont-ice]

Clutching at straws here, but if you read this article you will find a MONTAGUE who signed up for army service only to spend the war writing propaganda in an office. (Montague is a forename as well as a surname is it not?)

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jmontague .htm

[TonyGribben]

Thanks ont-ice maks more sense than anything I have been able to come upwith. This years quiz is certainly proving to be a tough one.

[Ont-ice]

Well, I don't have access to the quiz itself so have to go on what clues you give and with not knowing what went before etc., I am sometimes out in left field.

[TonyGribben]

Thanks again ont-ice, can I be cheeky and ask for your help with the following
THE REAL THING(5,4)
TINNED MEAT DOWN UNDER(7,4)
SENIOR SERVICE(6,6)
SMOOTH TALKING NEW ENGLANDER(3,5)
OLD CHESTNUT(3,6)

[wonderval]

Old chestmut is Joe Miller who was an actor b 1684 d 1738
quote "any time-worn jest came to be called a "joe Miller"

[wonderval]

I still require female advisor (6)

[TonyGribben]

Hi wonderval I was pointed towards EGERIA for female advisor hope this helps

[Ont-ice]

I've probably left the field altogether with this guess.
Eddie Amoo was the lead singer for the Liverpool group The Real Thing.

[wonderval]

thanks I'll look it up: I haven't got the Real Thing either will look into it

[Baldric]

bendick