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That explains it then, as I'm not any kind of a bloke! Have got one more

Looks like I may have been a bit too self indulgent and obscure with this one...back soon to see if anyone has the answers.

Feel free to submit answers even if you don't have them all...

been out all day so not much time to do these but i have,

This is Spinal Tap, for the final clue (30th anniversary of the movie). - can't parse it.

1.Promising percussionist fried...bootiful!(6,7) Turkey Drummer??? not sure about parsing.

2.Single bird gets lost going round ancient monument(10) Stonehenge.(the tiny onstage prop that was built to the wrong scale)

3.Choking on rising vomit shock...not one's own(6) ??????

4.Cacti danger ending tragically?(7,9,8) Bizarre Gardening Accident.(how they lost one of their drummers).

5.70's style speaker...not quiet...goes up to eleven(4) Maxi.

6.Give a daft Ozzie a gun love, it may frighten girls in tight pants(9) Armadillo (a boast about what they have down their trousers onstage and supposed reason/excuse why very few girls turn up to the gigs).

7.Gee, I dig chub wool awfully, how could I leave this behind?(3,6) Big Bottom?? Gee is last letter of big?

would've liked a bit more time but enjoyed that. i might dig out the film later.
favourite quote offhand is - "they were still booing him while we came on".

Just home from work, and haven't had time to look at it again. I too have turkey drummer, Stonehenge, and maxi- and PERUKE for 3.

Oh, yeah, and I'd written big bottom, but wasn't sure of the parse.

It's funny I've never seen this; I'm a Christopher Guest fan. "Best in Show" is hilarious- perhaps especially so if you're acquainted with doggy types.

By the way, great job, trevor (you showoff). You too, of course, ixion.

Well done guys...the first one was actually golden drummer, one of the three "dead drummer" clues, the others being 3 and 4 as mentioned by Trevor...back in a few minutes with the parsing...

of course 'golden drummer', did Bernard Matthews ever sell in America?
i kept trying to parse Merkin instead of Peruke (new word for me). obviously got the wrong end there.
thanks again ixion.

1.Promising percussionist fried...bootiful!(6,7)

golden(promising) drummer a Bernard Matthews special.

2.Single bird gets lost going round ancient monument(10)

ST-one hen-GE

3.Choking on rising vomit shock...not one's own(6)

On(re) rising inside puke..defn. shock(hair)..not one's own

4.Cacti danger ending tragically?(7,9,8)

cactidangerending is an anagram of [bizarre] gardening accident

5.70's style speaker...not quiet...goes up to eleven(4)

am[p] reversed with xi

6.Give a daft Ozzie a gun love, it may frighten girls in tight pants(9)

arm a dill(daft ozzie) - o(love), ref to quote from the film

7.Gee, I dig chub wool awfully, how could I leave this behind?(3,6)

Gee(g) - big bottom
Anag(awfully) - idigchubwool minus howcouldi leaves big and behind=bottom



Is this a Scots chimney[LUM] without[BAR] a hole[PUNCTURE]? No...

an English flower[isis] species[SP] (hard to believe)[THIN] holds the key[alt] apparently[AP](4,2,6,3)

TH-is is SP-IN-al t-AP

ap. is in Chambers as short for apparent(ly) though I don't remember seeing it used before.

...and the prize, possibly the most remembered bit of the movie(resisting the temptation to post the "big bottom" clip"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xgx4k83zzc