6 Rose Royce

1.  One of Dante's - THE DIVINE COMEDY
2.  Breakfast show host dresses formally? - CHRISTIE
3.  The Simpsons? - THE O'JAYS
4.  Were Charlotte & Anne impressive scorers? - SCISSOR SISTERS
5.  Rotten Rovers - JOHNNY BRISTOL

6.  Second-hand ghost (late 70s US R&B group with a female singer, had disco hits and ballads, maybe people think she is a solo singer and this is her name?, there is a brand/name of something here, second hand comes from an unrelated song title)

7.  A major share in the Woolpack - TORI AMOS

8.  Ex tennis player's mouldy old toe (the tennis player is a blonde UK female who has now had success in another sphere, early 70s group, one-hit wonder, think of mouldy as in bruised and the colour it might turn to get started, where is your toe?)

9.  Top award for Disney - TONY ORLANDO
10. Distant Dough - COLDPLAY
11. Pumpkin on the forecourt? PILOT
12. Scottish gangster in Seattle? - GEORGE McCRAE
13. Greats - THE PRETENDERS

14. Delicious leftovers (think of what delicious might refer to and what gets left behind, family band, not quite UK, there is a type of something here)

15. Black towels - TERRY JACKS
16. Decent drinks party - FAIRPORT CONVENTION
17. Not a massive achievement - LITTLE FEAT

18. The brandy diet? (70s one-hit wonder, thank goodness, female singer, if you are on a diet you would like to be ? followed by a brand, sort of novelty religious track)

19. More elite? - BOBBIE GENTRY
20. Today's date - MODERN ROMANCE

14 Musical Youth

14.

3 females, 1 male

18. LENA MARTELL wd NEC

cheatin' and stealin'
violence and crime
lord for my sake
teach me to take one day at a time

or something along those lines

14. THE CORRS NEC

Lena Martell vwd and corrs gotta be right. Nice one NEC.

8 let's break it down

colour your bruise might go
where is your toe
(one word, two syllables)

christian name of an ex UK female tennis player who is blonde and who has since carved out a good career in a different sphere (ie a TV career)
once associated with Cliff

I see ,Blackfoot Sue

8 let's break it down

colour your bruise might go
where is your toe
(one word, two syllables)

christian name of an ex UK female tennis player who is blonde and who has since carved out a good career in a different sphere (ie a TV career)
once associated with Cliff
(for the 2nd word)


UK band featuring twins

1.  One of Dante's - THE DIVINE COMEDY
2.  Breakfast show host dresses formally? - CHRISTIE
3.  The Simpsons? - THE O'JAYS
4.  Were Charlotte & Anne impressive scorers? - SCISSOR SISTERS
5.  Rotten Rovers - JOHNNY BRISTOL
6.  Second-hand ghost - ROSE ROYCE
7.  A major share in the Woolpack - TORI AMOS
8.  Ex tennis player's mouldy old toe - BLACKFOOT SUE
9.  Top award for Disney - TONY ORLANDO
10. Distant Dough - COLDPLAY
11. Pumpkin on the forecourt? PILOT
12. Scottish gangster in Seattle? - GEORGE McCRAE
13. Greats - THE PRETENDERS
14. Delicious leftovers - THE CORRS
15. Black towels - TERRY JACKS
16. Decent drinks party - FAIRPORT CONVENTION
17. Not a massive achievement - LITTLE FEAT
18. The brandy diet? - LENA MARTELL
19. More elite? - BOBBIE GENTRY
20. Today's date - MODERN ROMANCE

Wd otj. Would never have got the final answer. Wd all. Cheers squares. Enjoyable as ever.

Many thanks for your efforts Squares.

from the dim and distant past onthejim
although squares clue helped greatly!