Alphabet associations - I

[Anna]

Cluette: anton hasn't spotted the spelling of the name of the monarch

Would that be Queen Elisabeth of Belgium then?

[amateur51]

Would that be Queen Elisabeth of Belgium then?

I knew you like Belgians, Anna

Tis she

[Anna]

I knew you like Belgians, Anna

I like their pommes frites with mayonnaise above all else! Those roadside wagons parked in laybys were a must-stop once you crossed the border! (I had relatives who lived in Belgium for a few years hence frequent visits) As to your puzzle, I don't know, haven't really looked, but maybe I have given others another teensy-weensy cluette?

[antongould]

I like their pommes frites with mayonnaise above all else! Those roadside wagons parked in laybys were a must-stop once you crossed the border! (I had relatives who lived in Belgium for a few years hence frequent visits) As to your puzzle, I don't know, haven't really looked, but maybe I have given others another teensy-weensy cluette?

Maybe not Oinkulle Poirot but Ousett and match?

[amateur51]

Maybe not Oinkulle Poirot but Ousett and match?

You got her, anton -

Cecille Ousset, one-time French pianist won prizes in the competitions named after the characters mentioned. She used to give wonderful perfomances of Rachmaninov piano concerto no. 3 and Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit but she has retired because of a back problem, sadly.

Ok anton - P please

[antongould]

You got her, anton -

Cecille Ousset, one-time French pianist won prizes in the competitions named after the characters mentioned. She used to give wonderful perfomances of Rachmaninov piano concerto no. 3 and Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit but she has retired because of a back problem, sadly.

Ok anton - P please

I love it when you get free coleslaw

A P to hopefully connect

Aloise
The Mystery of Time
The Falcon

[mercia]

completely off-topic but [unless there's something wrong with my computer] it looks as if the BBC has finally caught up with that Radio Downloader software that you introduced to us some time ago, Anton - it doesn't seem to work anymore

[amateur51]

I love it when you get free coleslaw

A P to hopefully connect

Aloise
The Mystery of Time
The Falcon

The Falcon? - not those smashing 1940s b&w films with the urbane George Sanders?

[antongould]

completely off-topic but [unless there's something wrong with my computer] it looks as if the BBC has finally caught up with that Radio Downloader software that you introduced to us some time ago, Anton - it doesn't seem to work anymore

Oh dear mercs

I managed to get the last of S Heffer on about Thursday ........I shall try again and let you know.

[antongould]

The Falcon? - not those smashing 1940s b&w films with the urbane George Sanders?

Sadly not but the P does I found have a cinema connection but it is not one of the clues....

[antongould]

Sadly not but the P does I found have a cinema connection but it is not one of the clues....

'tis a Place just in case there is someone out there........

[amateur51]

'tis a Place just in case there is someone out there........

Soooo.... is the answer to each clue a place beginning with P, then?

[antongould]

Soooo.... is the answer to each clue a place beginning with P, then?

Indeed

[amateur51]

Ooh some called Aloise choreographed Matilda the Musical - wow!

[amateur51]

Thüring Bräm: Aloïse - Paris, c'est le paradis !

Cornélie Falcon (28 January 1814[1] – 25 February 1897) was a French soprano who sang at the Opéra in Paris. Her greatest success was creating the role of Valentine in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots.