Guess the players!

[stringertom]

Delicious deli sandwich written about and illustrated for kids by a Carlyle Hotel resident

???

 

[ojo rojo]

Florentine sculpture, leave, dorsal appendage

???

Daveeed Gofffiin

 

[stringertom]

Nick Kyrgios? Stab in the dark - not sure I get the fruity computer bit.. Thieve/nick -cocktail/kir - data processing/ios ?

Apple iOS. I'm on version 10.3.3 now.

 

[stringertom]

Early Beatles adjective, last two Old McDonald's letters, dense marine layer, mother's teat.

???

 

[stringertom]

A ball game, granulated SiO2, big smile

???

 

[ojo rojo]

Early Beatles adjective, last two Old McDonald's letters, dense marine layer, mother's teat.

???

Fabio Fognini

 

[Rubens]

A ball game, granulated SiO2, big smile

???

Tennys Sandgren

 

[Rubens]

Delicious deli sandwich written about and illustrated for kids by a Carlyle Hotel resident

???

Ruben Bemelmans

 

[stringertom]

Negative, diminutive Dyson, funny story, Irish local Protestant cleric.

???

 

[Avles]

Negative, diminutive Dyson, funny story, Irish local Protestant cleric.

???

Novak Djokovic

 

[Avles]

A few more:

Trample some vertebrae

John prepared the ground

Holy golden air freshener

Know a blooming barrier

Ursine collective

 

[Avles]

Island neckwear weighs a lot before lumberjack's order to fell a tree

???

Leighton Hewitt!

 

[Avles]

Toilet, Biblical sex, grooming tool

???

Potty Sodomyrazor!

No wait, John Newcombe...

 

[Avles]

Ruby messenger

???

Gem courier?

 

[stringertom]

Gem courier?

A gem at AO and RG, Jim was.

 

[stringertom]

Mine are too easy. @Avles dishes out the hard ones. I haven't a single clue about those five.

 

[stringertom]

Leighton Hewitt!

I think he spells it "Lleyton."

 

[Avles]

I think he spells it "Lleyton."

Whoops, of course he does!

Still trying to figure out that lovers in the surf one....

 

[Avles]

Da Vinci portrait subject everybody loves

???

Lisa Raymond

 

[stringertom]

A few more:

Trample some vertebrae

John prepared the ground

Holy golden air freshener

Know a blooming barrier

Ursine collective

# 2: Tommy Ho ???

I was close: Lew Hoad!

 

[Avles]

# 2: Tommy Ho ???

No, but you're on the right track!

 

[Avles]

# 2: Tommy Ho ???

I was close: Lew Hoad!

Bingo... as long as we're on the subject of toilets, here's another:

Fecal mariner

 

[stringertom]

No, but you're on the right track!

Got it.

 

[stringertom]

Precipice, laundry cycles after wash and rinse, broad valley.

???

 

[stringertom]

Bingo... as long as we're on the subject of toilets, here's another:

Fecal mariner

We're not supposed to mention him in every thread but this sure(shs) sounds like SexiSuri the Sailor!

 

[stringertom]

Jarhead, British miler, dull paper finish, 15th letter, Latino seafood dish.

???

 

[ojo rojo]

Jarhead, British miler, dull paper finish, 15th letter, Latino seafood dish.

???

Marinko Matosevic

 

[ojo rojo]

Know a blooming barrier: Ken Rosewall

 

[stringertom]

Ursine collective...all I get is Barry Cowan but a Cowan is a Freemason term for a sneak, one who attempts to masquerade himself as initiated into their brotherhood. Did you mean Coven, a collective of witches??? @Avles

 

[ojo rojo]

Precipice, laundry cycles after wash and rinse, broad valley.

???

Cliff Drysdale

 

[Avles]

Ursine collective...all I get is Barry Cowan but a Cowan is a Freemason term for a sneak, one who attempts to masquerade himself as initiated into their brotherhood. Did you mean Coven, a collective of witches??? @Avles

Nope! But that's ingenious. And you're going the right direction with "ursine."

These may have been a little obscure.... if nobody guesses by the end of the day I'll try to add a little more detail.

 

[Avles]

A bit of sunshine and a chip/crisp with ridges

???

Ray Ruffels (tbh I'd never heard of him, thank you Google...)

 

[Avles]

A state for lovers who walk in the surf

???

Virginia Wade

 

[Avles]

Ludlum character, Belushi zit target, Broadway money man


???

I feel like this should be Borna Coric but I can't figure the middle part out...

 

[stringertom]

I feel like this should be Borna Coric but I can't figure the middle part out...

A slightly slurred pronunciation of the first name will get you on the right track.

The last part...sub in Ali's corner man for Broadway money man.

 

[stringertom]

Nope! But that's ingenious. And you're going the right direction with "ursine."

These may have been a little obscure.... if nobody guesses by the end of the day I'll try to add a little more detail.

So if it's Barry for ursine, the only one I can remember is Barry McKay but his surname derives from the Celtic for Son of Fire???

 

[stringertom]

Spanish Dadaist, Balkan, exclamation of ennui, very dry and withered.

???

 

[Avles]

So if it's Barry for ursine, the only one I can remember is Barry McKay but his surname derives from the Celtic for Son of Fire???

The name is bear-y, but not Barry....

 

[Avles]

A slightly slurred pronunciation of the first name will get you on the right track.

The last part...sub in Ali's corner man for Broadway money man.

Bjorn Fratangelo!

 

[stringertom]

The name is bear-y, but not Barry....

Grizzly Adams didn't play tennis!!!

 

[Avles]

Revised clues!

1. Trample the cervical vertebrae

2 Ursine cosmic Collective

3. Fecal mariner with a Boston accent

 

[stringertom]

Revised clues!

1. Trample the cervical vertebrae

2 Ursine cosmic Collective

3. Fecal mariner with a Boston accent

3. Dudi Sela

 

[ojo rojo]

Revised clues!

1. Trample the cervical vertebrae

Stepanek

 

[stringertom]

Revised clues!

1. Trample the cervical vertebrae

2 Ursine cosmic Collective

3. Fecal mariner with a Boston accent

#1, if you had included "Thor Heyerdahl's vessel floor" I would have gotten "Radek."

Ursine memory flash card collective is Berankis, no???

 

[Avles]

#1, if you had included "Thor Heyerdahl's vessel floor" I would have gotten "Radek."

Wish I'd thought of that! But I only knew about the Kon -Tiki

Ursine memory flash card collective is Berankis, no???

I'm futilely trying to resist the urge to give another hint on this one...

 

[ojo rojo]

Wish I'd thought of that! But I only knew about the Kon -Tiki



I'm futilely trying to resist the urge to give another hint on this one...

2. Ursine cosmic Collective

This has me stumped. As does *holy golden air freshener*

Perhaps @Rubens can crack it. He did well with the first batch

 

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[stringertom]

Spanish Dadaist, Balkan, exclamation of ennui, very dry and withered.

???

FFW FTW!

 

[Deleted member 743561]

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[ojo rojo]

Been scanning thread for more “unsolved mysteries.” Glad I wasn’t duplicating an answer on that last one.

Hooker client, burger, 14th letter, caviar.

???

Jmac