Tel GK/Herculis Links Game : December Week 2

[sarumite]

Yes it's already week 2 of the December links game, where it is hoped (and expected) that entries will achieve higher scores than those notched up in week 1, when the recondite pairing "Journal Bearing" had us thinking that perhaps Michael Mepham was having a mischievous chuckle at our expense! �. Surely not, but can we be certain??

Top scorers last week were "brizzer", "Phil7" and "twosearch" with two correct hits each; they were joined on two points by "crofter", "gen2" and "yelsel" who all scored bonus points for being the first entrants to submit correct guesses on one of the pairings.

For newcomers to our weekly addiction, (and they are most welcome), the object of the game is to predict Monday's Herculis link words (from The Daily Telegraph) with Saturday's link words which will be given at the end of this thread.

Rules of the game and details of how points are awarded are fully explained in the riddles section and can be reached by clicking on the link below.

As usual, our resident statistician "crofter" will slave tirelessly away in his counting house once Monday's link words are known, to determine who the high flyers are and then provide his expert analysis!

Saturday's link words need to be posted on this thread before entries can be accepted, so if any early riser has them available before I return from the newsagents with my paper, I would be grateful if they could be posted below.

Thanks and good luck to you all (S). ☺♫♫☺

[Arabesque]

vanity unit
dutch uncle
sluice valve
urban legend

[crofter]

I'm back on line (Thank Goodness) - and special thanks to burgess who lodged my predictions for me to ensure that i didn't lose too much headway!

Now I have some idea how ontarioice musr feel every single week!

[brizzer]

Joint top scorer - Wow!
Not many options this week - here goes

Vanity Fair
Living Legend
Safety Valve
Double Dutch

Good luck everyone!

[Grenmus]

My selection:
Vanity Fair
Escape Valve
Double Dutch
Living Legend

[Magyar]

Vanity Fair
Butterfly Valve
Dutch Courage
Arthurian Legend

[masterchef]

My thanks to all the organisers of this competition your work is greatly appreciated.
If only I could get a point!!

Vanity fair
Safety valve
Dutch courage
Living legend

[johnalex]

Pressure Valve
Vanity Mirror
Dutch Courage
Greek Legend

[GK Fanatic]

Vanity Unit
Heart Valve
Dutch Barn
Folk Legend

[pixiecarta]

Clack valve
Dutch clover
Vanity Fair
Arthurian legend

[crofter]

There are some shrewd predictions coming in!

Let me just declare in advance that if on Monday, the link word for "legend" is simply "Arthur" then the entry from pixiecarta (a "plucky" little creature) of "Arthurian" would be accepted by the Rule of Equivalence.

Keep those entries acoming!

[dwil]

Arthurian legend
heart valve
vanity fair
ditch water

[dwil]

Whoops!
Dutch courage

[gillwil]

dutch rabbit
vanity fair
safety valve
map legend

[ontarioice]

Good luck to all.

Vanity Fair
Choke Valve
Dutch Oven
Elvis Legend

Note to Crofter and Sarumite We will be away next weekend from Friday morning until Monday night. Don't think any computers will be available unless someone brings a laptop. Considering our showing, so far, this month it hardly matters. Just wanted to let you both know that when you don't hear from us (and if we get no points this week) it's not because we are sulking. :)

[sally259]

Vanity Fair
Release Valve
Dutch Auction
Black Legend

[Dizzy Lizzie]

vanity - fair
double - dutch
arthurian - legend
aortic - valve

[Lipsiot]

Here's my crack at it,

Vanity FAIR
SAFETY Valve
Dutch UNCLE
URBAN Legend

[pinpoint]

Vanity case
steam valve
double dutch
norse legend

[lysander]

VANITY FAIR
GOLDEN LEGEND
AORTIC VALVE
DUTCH AUCTION

Trying a mixture of obvious and not so obvious this week.
Good luck to all!