They all had Number 1's

[granny grump]

Really down to the wire with this one - please can you help me?

The clues are cryptic and the answers are provided - and they all had number ones

Clues left:
39. Good man, what happens if I bale out of a blimp
45. It could be blue and it could be brown
65. Name of a famous of Castle or Animal?
66. Note the streets are about level
77. R..... and white lines
80. She moves in many directions when on board
84. Spinning Jersey Jumper Trumps
87. Taken back to an Irish flower
89. The 1st Mao (sorry the 'o' should be a degree sign)

Answers left:

Del Shannon
Enya
Peter and Gordon
Ray Stevens
Roy Orbison
Slade
Starship
The Four Tops
The Three Degrees

[factor-fiction]

Could be blue/brown- Blue Peter/ Gordon Brown

[factor-fiction]

^ so Peter & Gordon

[wrongtupelo]

66. Ray Stevens

[boxtops]

87 is Del Shannon - led backwards - Del, Irish flower = Shannon (flow-er as in river, not a flower in the garden)

[factor-fiction]

89 is three degrees- a first, an Ma and a degree

[Fibonacci]

66. Note the streets are about level - Ray Stevens ?
ray (note) + sts (streets) + even (level)

[boxtops]

84 - the spinning clue suggests a top, Four Tops, but I can't get the wordplay.

[factor-fiction]

80 may be STARSHIP , but other than the on board reference I don't see teh wordplay

[boxtops]

39 - starship
St (good man, saint) + airship with out the I (bale out) - st + a(i)rship

[Fibonacci]

85 Roy Orbison - roy (Castle) + or + bison(animal) ?

[bigbadmarty]

84 4 different "tops"

[factor-fiction]

84 is Four Tops- Spinning Top, Top Trumps, a jumper is a top and so is a jersey

[boxtops]

what have we got left then

77
80

Enya
Three Degrees

I think?

[factor-fiction]

Three degrees has already been used- number 89, boxtops

[factor-fiction]

I think SLade and ENYA are left

[granny grump]

Thank you all - and thank you for the explanations

If you can think of any other answers that might fit the clues it may be that I have linked the wrong answer to anothe clue

[factor-fiction]

slade might be the castle (slade prison)?

[mazie]

80. She moves in many directions when on board ..... Could be Queen

[granny grump]

I've got Queen for 'stamp on a letter'

[factor-fiction]

Here's the full quiz (list of Qs and As) if anyone wants to see if they can see any alternative answers for the remaining ones
http://www.hammondhar...20-%20All%20Pages.pdf