Alphabet associations - I

[cloughie]

surely cloughie doesn't want to bowl another googly so soon
flay?

Got the message, merc!

[mercia]

Got the message, merc!

sorry I wasn't being rude, you seem to have an endless supply of questions

and we're here to (try and) answer them

[Flay]

Got the message, merc!

It's all so stressful isn't it? I too should be doing other things on a Bank Holiday....

But can we have a Z to link:

A brainwashed hairy insect
A home shared by two composers
Ben invariably needs another pair of hands for this piece

[Nick Armstrong]

It's all so stressful isn't it? I too should be doing other things on a Bank Holiday....

But can we have a Z to link:

A brainwashed hairy insect
A home shared by two composers
Ben invariably needs another pair of hands for this piece

Intriguing... Are the shared home / Ben supposed to make us think of Britten and Pears, and if so, is that a ish misdirection?

(Rather more available today than I thought - before setting out, got messages that the relative I was supposed to be going to visit died in the night, so services are not required... )

[Flay]

Intriguing... Are the shared home / Ben supposed to make us think of Britten and Pears, and if so, is that a ish misdirection?

(Rather more available today than I thought - before setting out, got messages that the relative I was supposed to be going to visit died in the night, so services are not required... )

Sorry to hear that, Calibs.

I don't think Pears was composer, was he? But the two I have in mind were same-sex. (I was going to put but I don't want to be accused of being homophobic )

But the Ben bit in the third clue is correct

[Anna]

Intriguing... Are the shared home / Ben supposed to make us think of Britten and Pears, and if so, is that a ish misdirection?

(Rather more available today than I thought - before setting out, got messages that the relative I was supposed to be going to visit died in the night, so services are not required... )

Sorry to hear that Caliban, I hope you're not too upset at missing the chance to say goodbye
I cannot get anywhere with Flay's latest, my first thought also was of Ben Britten but then I wondered, is heavy metal involved again with the hairy brainwashed insect (Flay seems very knowledgeable about HM)

[mercia]

Warlock and Moeran shared a house that I used to live near but I can't think of an associated Z

[Flay]

Warlock and Moeran shared a house that I used to live near but I can't think of an associated Z

No, not those two. Mine lived further west. Not heavy metal, Anna, quieter than that, although of the same era.

[mercia]

Mine lived further west.

looks as if Barber and Menotti might fall into this category

[Flay]

looks as if Barber and Menotti might fall into this category

Them and a special piano [why was that?] all happily together. It will all fall into place now....

[Nick Armstrong]

Sorry to hear that Caliban, I hope you're not too upset at missing the chance to say goodbye

Sorry to hear that, Calibs.

Thanks both... No, not upset, I think he was pretty unaware of things - would have gone for aunt-support but she is with friends and then will sleep I think having been up most of the night. It's one of those "merciful release" situations, I think.

I don't think Pears was composer, was he?

DOH!! No wonder I struggle sometimes. I was thinking Barber Menotti, too, and meant to type that...

Doesn't get me closer to a Z though...

EDIT: mercia got to the Barber's before I'd finished typing...

[Flay]

I do enjoy a race on a Bank Holiday Monday. Will Calibs or Mercs get to the line first? What was the house called????

[Nick Armstrong]

It will all fall into place now....

You're 'avin' a larff aintcha?

[Nick Armstrong]

I do enjoy a race on a Bank Holiday Monday. Will Calibs or Mercs get to the line first? What was the house called????

There's a good Y going there - GCM lived in Yester House in East Lothian, I've been there (my mate owns the next-door castle )

[mercia]

Will Calibs or Mercs get to the line first?

mercs has decided to pull up at the second fence