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Much as I deem myself something of an expert on the magical year of Nineteen-Eightyone*, alas I'm none the wiser.
Some end of summer fatigue here, methinks. I need a (bank) holiday!




* in the style of Eric Arthur B.

OK Membs I'll help you. Apparently upon completion of the edifice, the band reportedly said to the architect "Zat buidink is nicht high enough, add another floor because vee vont ........

Argh! Cracked it! (I think)

"These chart-toppers just wouldn't settle for a six- storey building we hear (5 5)".

Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears

D'you see what Ivan did there? Grrrrr! That Ivan! Fiendish!

Right, now just the other two...don't hold your breath!

Ha! Nice! .. well done Rads, you seem to have cracked the code that allows you to make some sense of such fiendishness!

Seven Tears ... groan.

Being pedantic, that was Number One in 1982.

Meh...

What a clue. Absolute corker!

Pedants welcome here!

I suggest a penalty point for The Basso One...

Really ? I stand corrected . Not making any headway with yours Anagram involved ?

Here's a easy one

"Is she singing anbout an anesthetist who won Lottery two weeks on the trot ? " (5,6)

Easy tigers! There’s three on the go now!

1. "Is this sub par band singing about Cliff Richard, Steve Redgrave or Alan Sugar? " (3, 2, 5, 6)

2. Greenwich suburb meets similar from Hounslow in Hollywood hall of fame. That'll baffle 'em... (Band 5, Song 8, 6)

3. "Is she singing anbout an anesthetist who won Lottery two weeks on the trot ? " (5,6)

From that fount of knowledge Wikipedia


Seven Tears" is a popular song by the Goombay Dance Band, released in 1981. It was released as the only single from their third studio album, Holiday in Paradise, and was subsequently featured on the UK-only compilation Seven Tears.

Written by Wolff-Ekkehardt Stein and Wolfgang Jass, and produced by Jochen Peterson, "Seven Tears" was a major hit across Europe in the winter and spring of 1982. The song spent three weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart,[1] being only the second time a German act had topped the UK chart, six weeks after Kraftwerk had achieved that feat with "The Model".[2]


OK Released in 1981 but bit like my clues (anfd yours) slow burners !

Goombay Schmoombay .. .we've got clues to solve!

Now then, 64 Across....