Alresford Cryptic Quiz

[megfitz]

Please could someone explain to me how the answer to 'Ticket to ride ' (7,6 ' ) in A Phew Prases is Hobson's Choice. Thanks.

[scorpiojo]

Pass :(

[fiction-factory]

I need to pass to. The phrase used by The Beatles was said by someto have been used to a prostitute's clean bill of health. Some say it was a drug reference. I can't relate either to Hobson's Choice which I thought meant No Choice

[fiction-factory]

^"too"

[Mamyalynne]

Well the saying relates to Hobson choosing your horse but no mention of ticks or even tickets.

[Calibax]

I think the clue was "His ticket to ride"
Hobson was a stable master who gave you no choice as to which horse you got. You got the one nearest the door.
i think I tentatively suggested this as an answer on another thread.
Doesn't really fit with ticket but was the best I could come up with.

[megfitz]

I saw the play "Hobson's Choice "in London last year but in that he was a shoemaker ? !! I'm still baffled.

[scorpiojo]

From Wikipedia

//The phrase is said to have originated with Thomas Hobson (1544–1631), a livery stable owner in Cambridge, England, who offered customers the choice of either taking the horse in his stall nearest the door or taking none at all.//


..still don't understand :((

[fiction-factory]

I think it works- just- but it seems a weak clue to me.

[Calibax]

The play's title was just a pun on the phrase and not based on the original Thomas Hobson

[Calibax]

I'm not saying it's right. If it is then it's a poor clue but I couldn't come up with anything better. the male possessive pronoun in the clue suggested the answer contained a man's name.