People Of The Past

[habakkuk3]

Here are two the clues I'm having difficulty with. Any help please?


62. It could be lamb, batting at the keyboard. (6) 80. We hear a pipe used to draw off liquid.

[fiction-factory]

Is there a letter count for 80 please. Something to do with syphon ( Si something)?
First one- I thought of Alan Lamb the batsman (cricket) but can't build on that

[fiction-factory]

ewe in?
Ewan someone?

[emeritus]

62 Chop in

[fiction-factory]

Good one, emeritus.
A letter count would really help for 80 please, habakkuk

[habakkuk3]

Thanks emeritus. I'm sure Chopin is correct.
Sorry I forgot to include the letter count fot clue 80. There are 7 letters in the answer.

[Salty]

How far in the past are the people? Maybe Caprice Bourret (sounds like burette).

[fiction-factory]

Shame Dec&Ant? is the wrong way round

[Patsy33]

Strauss sounds like ( Straws) ?
I know, I'm clutching at straws! Lol

[scrunge999]

80 Fawcett?

[naomi24]

Something beginning with José, (Hosé)?

[mallyh]

I can only think of a 6 chanel.....sounds like channel

[habakkuk3]

Thanks to all of you for your suggestions. I think scrunge 999 probably has the right answer. It fits with others I've solved.
I've realised I need help with one more clue. 87. Three consecutive letters (6). Again, it must be a person of the Past.

[fiction-factory]

At a stretch, Eminem? (MNM-consecutive letters)

[Tilly2]

JKL... Jekyll ?

[fiction-factory]

Looks good, Tilly

[Tilly2]

Can the people be fictitious?

[Toorak]

Martin Luther king - three consecutive letters reversed?

He is widely referred to as MLK

[habakkuk3]

I'm not sure about either of these answers. Please keep trying. The people must be real people and I think the answer to the three consecutive letters will have lived sometime between 1930 and 1970

[Toorak]

Martin Luther king was born in 1929 and assassinated in 1968

[habakkuk3]

Toorak, though the question is "Three consecutive letters" the answer has to have 6 letters. Thanks anyway