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Hi jono
Middle letters of
wHy tURn gRIm aCt zANy sEe

Very clever, couldn’t see it, thanks Chris

Well done Aristo - a Grand Central ? Thanks Jafo.

Well done, Aristo, and thanks for the like and the hosting, jafo.

Nostalgic clip with the Hurricane not as quick as I expected, though speeding up considerably for the final six-shot colour clearance. We've been spoilt by Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Such a difficult game. I once spent a rainy morning in solitary practice on a full size table during a golf holiday. Thought I could get the angles worked out. No improvement whatsoever.

Inspired Aristo!
Cheers Jafo

Well done, Aristo, and thanks to Jafo.

Congrats to Aristophanes. Very clever.

I’ve never seen snooker before, and I was fascinated by the man in the white gloves. Why was Alex Higgins called Hurricane though?

Congratulations Aristo
Cheers Jafo for hosting and the mention

A nice surprise! Thanks so much, jafo. A nifty clip too- quite the nail-biter, even though one knows he'll pull it off. I enjoyed reading all of the clues and look forward to next week's contest.

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Without looking up wikipedia I would imagine the main reason Alex got his name was the speed of his play. This was during a time when most of his contemporaries were hardened professionals that would wear you down by attrition. Matches that nowadays would last a few hours would during that time become marathon epics running on forever. It was in a large part due to the Hurricane that snooker gained the popularity that it did during its heyday in the eighties.

Alex though was also a wild man by nature so that no doubt had some influence. I had a work colleague that ran into Alex in Bangkok when we used to use it as a leave centre. He was a real party animal, going on days' long drug and alcohol fuelled binges, leaving everyone and everything reeling in his wake. A true character.