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  • 42. Name dropping II

    From David Entwistle@qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz to rec.puzzles on Mon May 25 11:13:14 2026
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    Another Bank Holiday here in the UK, so no GCHQ puzzle online. Here is one from The GCHQ Puzzle Book I.

    42. Name dropping II

    The following words used to contain some famous names, before they became stars.

    For example, *et cho*ol = Mark Lester (MARKet choLESTERol)

    (a) undi*uished (music)
    (b) c*nge mul* (film)
    (c) con*e *w (sport)
    (d) heat* *nt (film)
    (e) de*d c*on (art)
    (f) si*n *ock (sport)
    (g) s*le t* (TV)
    (h) s*d f*k (music)
    (i) *ry g* (film)
    (j) *a*py (music)
    --
    David Entwistle
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  • From Ilan Mayer@user4643@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.puzzles on Mon May 25 21:39:53 2026
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    David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> posted:

    Another Bank Holiday here in the UK, so no GCHQ puzzle online. Here is one from The GCHQ Puzzle Book I.

    42. Name dropping II

    The following words used to contain some famous names, before they became stars.

    For example, *et cho*ol = Mark Lester (MARKet choLESTERol)

    (a) undi*uished (music)
    (b) c*nge mul* (film)
    (c) con*e *w (sport)
    (d) heat* *nt (film)
    (e) de*d c*on (art)
    (f) si*n *ock (sport)
    (g) s*le t* (TV)
    (h) s*d f*k (music)
    (i) *ry g* (film)
    (j) *a*py (music)


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    (a) undi*uished (music) Sting
    (b) c*nge mul* (film) Halle Berry
    (d) heat* *nt (film) Henry Fonda
    (f) si*n *ock (sport) Mia Hamm
    (g) s*le t* (TV) Teri Hatcher
    (i) *ry g* (film) Eve Arden
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  • From Ilan Mayer@user4643@newsgrouper.org.invalid to rec.puzzles on Tue May 26 16:45:39 2026
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    Ilan Mayer <user4643@newsgrouper.org.invalid> posted:


    David Entwistle <qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz> posted:

    Another Bank Holiday here in the UK, so no GCHQ puzzle online. Here is one from The GCHQ Puzzle Book I.

    42. Name dropping II

    The following words used to contain some famous names, before they became stars.

    For example, *et cho*ol = Mark Lester (MARKet choLESTERol)

    (a) undi*uished (music)
    (b) c*nge mul* (film)
    (c) con*e *w (sport)
    (d) heat* *nt (film)
    (e) de*d c*on (art)
    (f) si*n *ock (sport)
    (g) s*le t* (TV)
    (h) s*d f*k (music)
    (i) *ry g* (film)
    (j) *a*py (music)


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    (a) undi*uished (music) Sting
    (b) c*nge mul* (film) Halle Berry
    (d) heat* *nt (film) Henry Fonda
    (f) si*n *ock (sport) Mia Hamm
    (g) s*le t* (TV) Teri Hatcher
    (i) *ry g* (film) Eve Arden

    2 more:

    (e) de*d c*on (art) Man Ray
    (j) *a*py (music) J Lo
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  • From David Entwistle@qnivq.ragjvfgyr@ogvagrearg.pbz to rec.puzzles on Wed May 27 08:03:25 2026
    From Newsgroup: rec.puzzles

    On Mon, 25 May 2026 11:13:14 -0000 (UTC), David Entwistle wrote:

    42. Name dropping II

    Given answers (ROT13):

    (n) Fgvat
    (o) Unyyr Oreel
    (p) Qba Erivr
    (q) Urael Sbaqn
    (r) Zna Enl
    (s) Zvn Unzz
    (t) Grev Ungpure
    (u) Gbar Ybp
    (v) Nat Yrr
    (w) W Yb

    Inevnag nafjref (t) Ny ernq, (v) Han Yrr be Rir Neqra, (w) P Ab.

    Many of these are not well known to me. I prefer Ilan's answer for (i).

    Well done if you got any of those.
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    David Entwistle
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