Colourful Quiz

[FoxLee]

These are cryptic clues and the answers contain a colour or shade:

Sounds like you make a loud noise but a popular item with kids (3,5)

Did this young outlaw have a real soft spot for Joan? (7,5)

[slaney]

2. William Brown ...of the Just William books

[Arabesque]

Ice cream

Have you solved No.3 basically - blushing? please

[frankleigh]

Ice Cream

[FoxLee]

many thanks Slaney, I was thinking of the wrong sort of outlaw. I'm not familiar with the Just William stories, so who is Joan?

[FoxLee]

Thanks so much arabesque -again completely on the wrong track.

No.3 - Simply Red

[Arabesque]

Many thanks FoxLee - been puzzling over that one for days. Still have quite a few to work out.

[slaney]

William had a soft spot for a girl called Joan

http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:SaOMgORYs T8J:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_William+william +brown+Just+william+joan&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl =uk

[julesy]

Anyone got no 8?
One bloom that Cilla might have got confused with?

Thanks
Julie.

[frankleigh]

Lilac

[julesy]

Thank you frank, I can see it's an anagram now, DOH!