*burp*



Time to put you all out of your misery (and to get another helping of pie):

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1. What the Spirits were doing to Scrooge? [HAUNTING HYMN]



2. Ponder? Ruminate? [THINK TWICE]



3. Judas’ Eggs [TRAITORS CLUTCH]



4. Boo! [SUDDEN SHOCK]



5. Mad in Ale [BE-WILD-ER]



6. A period in jail [DETAINMENT SPELL]



7. Cabernet’s flavour of the month [GRAPES-HOT]



8. Painless “Plow Under”? [PLUNDER - that's with the Ow! removed!]



9. Truro student [anagram of RETURN TO DUST]



10. He wrote “In Search Of Lost Time” (around about) [Proust = SPROUT]



11. One Power Nine [STRENGTH IN NUMBERS ie. power in between 1 and 9]



12. Crime devils us! [anagram of VISCID LEMURES]



13. Time for Mr Murphy? [TEMPORAL EDDY]



14. He wrote “In Search Of Lost Time” (around about) [Proust = STUPOR]



15. Her one goat? [anagram of EARTHEN GOO]



16. The Ninth Root [anagram of INTO THE NORTH]



17. Pale and Lace? [both are BAD MOONs - sorry :-(]



18. The Black Pearl [GHOST SHIP]



19. Biggles, Algy and Ginger [FLYING MEN]



20. Clans of Legend [anagram of CANDLES OF LENG]



21. Salve tempestas [HAIL STORM - alright, so it should've been Ave...smart-arses!]



22. “What’s that between your hip & your knee, bruv?” “Why, that’s my…” ["thigh, sis" ie. PHTHISIS]



23. Keeping the peas (fresh!) [FLASHFREEZE]



24. Spring for bears [HIBERNATION’S END]



25. Small to Medium [RESIZE]



26. Oars & feet first, kid! [anagram of SAFFI ERIKSDOTTER]



27. Bea! You are resty [SPELL B-U-R-S-T]



28. Horsemen you can’t get enough of [MOORISH CAVALRY]



29. Schmoozing at a Wake [FUNERAL CHARM]



30. “Charge!” covers them both, doesn’t it? [ASSAULT / BATTERY]



31. Swollen body [CORPULENT CORPSE]



32. Mer-man (K. Amis) [anagram of MANA SKIMMER]



33. Bond’s aging boss [M-OLDER]



34. Concerning scale [RESIZE, again]



35. Tori Amos on a white horse! [on the COVER OF WINTER, her CD single, she's on a white horse!]



36. Use flying jar [anagram of URSINE FYLGJA]



37. 144 inches [12 feet = DODECAPOD]



38. What’s this about? “SLIT NERD” [CORRUPTION OF TENDRILS – “about”]



39. Aeon before (French) [CHRONOS-AVANT, Aeon is another name for the God Chronos...]



40. Deep inside, moTHER ACKnowledges [THE RACK]



41. sdnaseht [REVERSE THE SANDS]



42. Beaufort Eight [GALE FORCE]



43. Hit-maker? Ah! [anagram of HEARTH KAMI]



44. Ending in robe [anagram of NINE-RINGED BO]



45. A starving man? [HE WHO HUNGERS]



46. Mastering… [anagram of GNAT MISER]



47. Shout “A-B-O!” [CALL FOR BLOOD]



48. …Love isn’t always on time! [HOLD THE LINE]



49. Bored of Mars [anagram of ORB OF DREAMS]



50. Santa’s sack isn’t quite empty! [GIFTS UNGIVEN]

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Happy New Year!



Tony Boydell



P.S A special, if brief, mention for Lee Carter - the only person to actually e-mail me any answers! He scored 30 out of 50!