Colin's Cryptic Christmas Quiz

Here is hoping you had a Merry Christmas & a happy new year.

First of all we still are short of marshals for Albemarle on 19th January, if you are free that day and able to assist, please contact Ken Watson on kenewatson@talktalk.net.  We have a full entry of 40 cars so it should be a great day.

Here are the answers (in red) to Colin Fish‘s Cryptic Christmas quiz,

CRF's December 2024 Cryptic Motor Quiz.                    

Welcome to my 5th Christmas Motor Quiz. The format is similar to the previous ones so you should have a good idea what to expect. I have always made an effort to find an outright winner in all my events so this one is no different. Therefore, some of the answers are obscure so do not worry if you find some are too difficult and still send in your answers.

Please send your answers [even if not all 25] direct to me at colinrfish@gmail.com [note the "r"] by noon 3rd of January. You have plenty of time instead of watching all the repeat films on TV.

All answers are makes or models of cars or both. They are a mixture of ancient and modern. HINTS:- some are anagrams of one or more words within the clue. Some are consecutive [or a string of] letters.

MAKES:-

 1/ Pronto                                        Proton

 2/ Noise                                         Ineos

 3/ A acid                                        Dacia

 4/ Trams in reverse                     Smart

 5/ Do ask for the answer           Skoda

MODELS:-

 6/ Quick tempo                           Allegro

 7/ Caption                                     Picanto

 8/ Lone                                           Leon

 9/ Somebody from Tuscany     Tuscan

10/ A person who retaliates      Avenger

11/ In 1958 Frank Sinatra sang "Isle of Capri"

12/ Take care when fixing this Seat car on a jack            Arona

13/ You could also rent or buy this Kia                              Sorento

14/ An old Austin seen on it's way to Land's End            A30 or Devon

15/ A Seat salesman ate cake on his birthday                 Ateca

16/ Another one of my eXtra illogical clues?                    Xtrail

17/ A credit card made in France                                        Visa

18/ Sand erodes from coastline after a violent storm   Sandero

19/ Petals around the central part of a flower                 Corolla

20/ A competition license is needed for men to rally this Cupra              Formentor

MAKE & MODELS:-

21/ Neutral coil                                           Renault Clio

22/ I rely on Santa's helper                      Riley Elf

23/ A ray of sunshine / repair                   Sunbeam Rapier

24/ Peer over two Cs                                 Rover 200

25/ Looks like a chair with a carrot!       SEAT Tarraco

Please have a go, I don't expect anybody to get all my answers. It may be my last Christmas Quiz as I am running out of clues!

I hope you have a laugh and a moan when I reveal my answers to those who bother to take part.

Stay safe, Merry Christmas and a successful New Year.

Colin R Fish.

many thanks to those of you who entered the winners are:-

Positions where entrants had the same number of correct answers were decided by the furthest clean method.

1st Peter Metcalfe 24

2nd Gordon Bradford 23

3rd Peter Heatherington 23

4th Tony Chrisp 23

5th Ken Watson 20

6th Mac Cliff 19

7th Joshua Bailey 18

8th Jeff & Susan Ledger 17

9th Alan Graham 17

10th Stuart Bankier 15

11th Simon Jennings 13.

Thank you to everybody who took part.

Regards and all the best for 2025.

Colin R Fish.

Looking forward to seeing you on the 19th,