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[Arthurwilliam]

Answers are Tom, Dick or Harry. Fact or fiction.
16) Patient person, 3,5
66) Radio detective, 4,6. I have Dick Tracy, but the letter count is wrong.
100) Had a close encounter, 7,7 . I have Richard Dreyfuss, but the letter count is wrong.

[Toorak]

66 dick Barton

[dannyk13]

Dick Barton

[elliemay1]

100 Richard Hawkins??

[Peasblossom]

I have richard dreyfuss I queried with setter

[roopower]

I want 85, Avian umpire, to be Dickie Bird but letter count is 5,4. and 14, Murdered in a cathedral, to be Thomas Becket but letter count is 6,7. Anyone have any other ideas, please?

[elliemay1]

It looks as if the wrong letter count has been given, roopower

[bluebell56]

No.14 known as Thomas A Beckett (with a mark above the A don't what they are called!)
No.85 Must be Dickie Bird - probably a setter error.
I still have a few left to do.

[elliemay1]

^ Maybe setter thought they were: Dicky and Beckett??

[Arthurwilliam]

Thank you.

[woodcote1]

16. Think this might be Tom Waite. Anyone got any other ideas? Do agree that the letter counts must be wrong for the other questions

[roopower]

Sounds good, woodcote, I hadnt got that one. I tend to go through with the ones I know first, then the ones I can get with a bit of thought before the ones that need research.

[roopower]

This setter often does make mistakes on letter count, so it is possible. Would have thought if it was Thomas A Becket, the letter count would have been 6,1,7, Becket only has one t.

[roopower]

Woodcote, there is a Tom Waits as well, american singer/ songwriter. We'll have to take our pick.

[JJ109]

16 Tom Waits (rather than Waite)

[Tuvok]

This quiz has only been out a few days! I've barely looked at it, but my neighbour is nearly finished it!

[elliemay1]

I would go with Tom Waits

[woodcote1]

Thanks for that jj109. Think I will go with Tom Waits.

[CricDram]

I checked with the setter and he came back with the following:
14, 85 and 100 (should be 6,6 and 6,4 and 7,8 respectively) and 74 (should be 7,12).
He said answers would be accepted with both spellings.
Hope this helps

[Mamyalynne]

Thank you CricDram