Atten-shun!
Sergeant Ernie is here to give you all this week's answers and I want you all to march in time while you listen to him. Left right, left right, left right...
15. The store just before the T-junction
Department store. S is just before T.
Department S - Going Left Right
A smaller version of a department store might be a corner shop.
Cornershop - Sleep On The Left Side
13. Tear sleeve to reveal this record.
‘Tear sleeve’ is an anagram of Steve Earle
Steve Earle - Devil's Right Hand
12. What happens when you put a duck in a microwave?
What happens when you put a duck in a microwave? Its bill withers. I knew that terrible joke would come in handy one day.
Bill Withers - I Can’t Write Left Handed
11. Losing their tails makes crustaceans bob.
A crayfish is a crustacean. Without its tail its just a Cray. Bob is short for Robert.
Robert Cray - Right Next Door (Because Of Me)
Leonard Cohen wrote songs for Suzanne; Alan Vega was in Suicide.
9. From girls’ magazine to women’s movement.
Alyson can vouch that Jackie was a girls’ magazine. Mittoo sounds a bit like #MeToo.
8. A consumer of stallions.
She’s a sire eater. A twisted sire eater. Although it is considered acceptable in France and Belgium.
7. This will get you barred.
“Any Trouble and you’re barred” is a phrase used by publicans the world over.
Any Trouble - Girls Are Always Right
6. The Tate? I’m a fan!
Tate & Lyle Golden Syrup? Love it!
5. Pale in Wales.
Barry is a town in Wales and at least according to Procol Harum white is a shade of pale.
Or you could have had...
4. Thrower puts off batsman.
Percy Thrower was an old school gardener and broadcaster. Sledging in cricket is trying to put the batsman off by insulting them as they prepare to face a delivery. Also found in other sports e.g. the behaviour of the dastardly American fans in the recent Ryder Cup.
Percy Sledge - Out Of Left Field
3. Sweet, sticky styling tools.
Combs made of honey would be sticky (as would combs made of Tate & Lyle Golden Syrup but that doesn’t work in this clue).
The Honeycombs - Have I The Right?
2. Just the job for an unhappy renter.
Unhappy renter = low tenant. Chris Lowe + Neil Tennant = Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices
(And yes, I'm convinced Ernie only included the Pet Shop Boys because knows George hates them!)
1. Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim’rous lads.
Scottish readers will instantly recognise the quote from the opening lines of ‘To A Mouse’ by Robert Burns: “Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim’rous beastie, O, what a panic’s in thy breastie”. With this and Jackie magazine I’m virtually handing the prize to Alyson.
Beatie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)
