14. The Shires

16. SADE NEC


1.  Somerset, Devon, Cornwall - GO WEST
2.  Suffolk town in bloom - BRANDON FLOWERS
3.  Up the wooden hill - STEPS
4.  I found Ben Nevis rather dull - MATT MONRO

5.  Compassionate in competition (Sheffield band most successful in the 80s, perhaps think of competitive football)
6.  Gemma Collins, Joey Essex, maybe those who watch it (North of the Border band most successful in the 80s, Joey Essex is best known for this, recently played on Pick of the Pops 1986)

7.  Alistair's mate feels the force - CRYSTAL GAYLE

8.  The split was inconsequential (split is not a break up here, what else could a split be?  perhaps it was a strawberry split, American male had a No 1 in 1990)

9.  Shocking sight - TERRORVISION
10. Pitt's plot - WHIGFIELD

11. A little bit lucky (distinctive female vocalist, think of something supposedly lucky, had some solo success but also fronted a band around 20 years ago)

12. The goose with rightly misinformed - PROPAGANDA
13. Bouncing at the bottom - BASEMENT JAXX

14. Somerset, Devon, Dorset? (think of how these might have been referred to in olden times, current duo)
15. Tony made it all up (Northern Tony sadly no longer with us, had his finger in a lot of {music industry} pies should lead you to this 80s one-hit wonder)

16. Depressing or what? - SADE
17. Loadsamoney - THE FORTUNES
18. One of Homer's? - ODYSSEY
19. The jockey delivers - VAN McCOY
20. Thank goodness it's time for bed - GLADYS KNIGHT
21. Swanny and Shane in Michigan - DETROIT SPINNERS

22. Old car in the Caribbean (the type of old car and the Caribbean are separate entities which form a one-word answer, male singer also fronted an 80s band)
23. Old Highbury stalwart feels at home in Red Square (early 80s female singer whose christian name is the name of a former Arsenal player and NI International, I'm surprised you have forgotten this one!)
24. Excited at an apple (think of different apples, late 70s band, one word, think of a slang way of saying you are excited followed by a type of apple)

25. Small part of a planet - MIDGE URE



CLUE - quite coincidentally MANCHESTER is associated with some of the remaining answers/clues

14. THE SHIRES LG

6.  SIMPLE MINDS LG, AT LAST

23, It involves Pat Rice, Pat Jennings or Sammy Nelson perhaps?

23 the only one I could think of was pat benatar but doesnt seem to fit clue

you're one of the lucky ones if those nonentities have passed you by PP

23.  correct with the first, now expand, you have obviously not forgotten

1.  Somerset, Devon, Cornwall - GO WEST
2.  Suffolk town in bloom - BRANDON FLOWERS
3.  Up the wooden hill - STEPS
4.  I found Ben Nevis rather dull - MATT MONRO
5.  Compassionate in competition - HUMAN LEAGUE
6.  Gemma Collins, Joey Essex, maybe those who watch it - SIMPLE MINDS
7.  Alistair's mate feels the force - CRYSTAL GAYLE

8.  The split was inconsequential (split is not a break up here, what else could a split be?  perhaps it was a strawberry split, American male had a No 1 in 1990)

9.  Shocking sight - TERRORVISION
10. Pitt's plot - WHIGFIELD

11. A little bit lucky (distinctive female vocalist, think of something supposedly lucky, had some solo success but also fronted a band around 20 years ago)

12. The goose with rightly misinformed - PROPAGANDA
13. Bouncing at the bottom - BASEMENT JAXX
14. Somerset, Devon, Dorset? - THE SHIRES

15. Tony made it all up (Northern Tony sadly no longer with us, had his finger in a lot of {music industry} pies, one of Tony Wilson's projects should lead you to this 80s one-hit wonder.  If you make something up, it is?)

16. Depressing or what? - SADE
17. Loadsamoney - THE FORTUNES
18. One of Homer's? - ODYSSEY
19. The jockey delivers - VAN McCOY
20. Thank goodness it's time for bed - GLADYS KNIGHT
21. Swanny and Shane in Michigan - DETROIT SPINNERS

22. Old car in the Caribbean (the type of old car and the Caribbean are separate entities which form a one-word answer, morose male singer also fronted an iconic 80s band)
23. Old Highbury stalwart feels at home in Red Square (early 80s female singer whose christian name is the name of a former Arsenal player and NI International, I'm surprised you have forgotten this one!, Patrice ?)
24. Excited at an apple (think of different apples, late 70s band, one word, think of a slang way of saying you are excited followed by a type of apple)

25. Small part of a planet - MIDGE URE



CLUE - quite coincidentally MANCHESTER is associated with some of the remaining answers/clues

23. PATRICE RUSHEN PP

24.  I suppose I could have used a bee clue rather excited

24 buzzcocks

15. Wonder Stuff

22 morrisey

Can't be many left now.

1.  Somerset, Devon, Cornwall - GO WEST
2.  Suffolk town in bloom - BRANDON FLOWERS
3.  Up the wooden hill - STEPS
4.  I found Ben Nevis rather dull - MATT MONRO
5.  Compassionate in competition - HUMAN LEAGUE
6.  Gemma Collins, Joey Essex, maybe those who watch it - SIMPLE MINDS
7.  Alistair's mate feels the force - CRYSTAL GAYLE
8.  The split was inconsequential - VANILLA ICE
9.  Shocking sight - TERRORVISION
10. Pitt's plot - WHIGFIELD
11. A little bit lucky - HEATHER SMALL
12. The goose with rightly misinformed - PROPAGANDA
13. Bouncing at the bottom - BASEMENT JAXX
14. Somerset, Devon, Dorset? - THE SHIRES

15. Tony made it all up

One of "Mr Manchester" Tony Wilson's projects should lead you to this 80s one-hit wonder.  If you make something up, it is not fact

16. Depressing or what? - SADE
17. Loadsamoney - THE FORTUNES
18. One of Homer's? - ODYSSEY
19. The jockey delivers - VAN McCOY
20. Thank goodness it's time for bed - GLADYS KNIGHT
21. Swanny and Shane in Michigan - DETROIT SPINNERS
22. Old car in the Caribbean - MORRISSEY
23. Old Highbury stalwart feels at home in Red Square - PATRICE RUSHEN
24. Excited at an apple - BUZZCOCKS
25. Small part of a planet - MIDGE URE

15. FICTION FACTORY WD Clifton

WD All

Aspro and timbuctooth will be disappointed to have missed all the fun

Thank you, some cracking clues there.

Cheers. Came to it late, but a bit of fun.

Thanks squares. Some nice clues there as pp said. Esp like 4,5,11 and 20 (among the acts I knew), but couldn't get brain in gear, as usual! Great stuff.

Know the feeling pp. It was a big 'doh!' for not seeing it earlier when that one got answered

Didn't know the act, but also liked "Swanny and Shane" for "Spinners".

I expect Aspro had tech problems logging on again, squares.

Apologies guys, but as you correctly predicted hfink, I just couldn't log on again or on Friday either, but strangely, straight on this morning with no issues. I can't work it out, but it has been getting progressively worse so I'm going to go through everything on my PC today and clean it all up. Hopefully that will help. It is another reason I am not committing to running another quiz myself until I can rectify the situation.