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Nearly three months in and we are no nearer solving it !

In the meantime

Fat goth likes the odd onion we hear (9 ,9)

I'd forgotten all about this!


Er...90s techno?


I can guess the artist but not the song. Anyone else?

While I rack my brains re 90's techno Dave , you do some Sherlock Holmes work re The Onion Family Minor hit but great toon !

As I'm in a good mood from the weekend I'm making it really easy with this pictorial clue

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shallot

Ah, I wasn't familiar with the synonym used in the song title. Thank you for broadening my botanical and culinary horizons. (I'd also scanned the discography looking for a title that matched the letter count, but that's cheating, so I can't claim credit! But here's the answer if some of you can't bear the curiosity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wih15YiH9UY)

Here's the Ms. Bailey I was referring to, although the song isn't hers: http://www.biography.com/imported/images/Biography/Images/Profiles/B/Pearl-Bailey-9195451-1-402.jpg

Well done on mine SHALLOT SOMETIMES I suspected it was Pearl Bailey from the off i'll have to do some googling
Anyway for everyone if you are still playing

Is it pure folly singing about a Danish town ? (3,5)

If you'll cross the border into Germany I can find you a match, but no luck yet in Denmark. Hmmm...(scans map). God, these all look like Autechre titles!

Hahahahahaha! Brilliant comment!

Thank you, that must have been my one brief flash of inspiration per decade!

Should I spill the beans on Ms. Bailey's daughter?

Still stumped on cities in Denmark. Copenhagen doesn't fit the letter count.

Mad Skive? *gives up*