Best Mate
Charlene St. Pierre
General method: Clues are for words which happen to be character names of some dogs in movies and TV shows. The first nmber given is the number of the letter to extract from each answer word. The second number given is the number of letters in that dog's REAL name.
Clue | #/# | Role (show) | Real name | Letter |
---|---|---|---|---|
bootleg liquor slang | 1/7 | Hooch (Turner & Hooch) | Beasley | B |
mousy Gonzales | 3/4 | Speedy (The Drew Carey show) | Ajax | A |
Goldman's 1992 Year | 3/5 | Comet (Full House) | Comet | M |
le mousquetaire vain | 1/6 | Porthos (Enterprise) | Breezy | B |
chopped up RHPS boyfriend | 2/5 | Eddie (Frasier) | Moose | O |
Shakin' Lewis | 5/5 | Jerry Lee (K-9) | Rando | O |
grade B mutant ants | 4/6 | Them (Addams Family) | Mayhem | H |
a young Scottish boy, diminutive | 2/3 | Laddie (Son of Lassie) | Pal | A |
famous diary writer Anne | 2/5 | Frank (Men In Black) | Frank | R |
spotted planet | 1/7 | Jupiter (The Patriot) | Vanilla | V |
mineral slang for diamonds | 7/8 | Rocks (Look Who's Talking Now) | Scrapper | E |
Swanky Teena | 1/5 | Brandon (Punky Brewster) | Sandy | S |
a car's igniting electrode | 1/3 | Spark Plug (The Royal Tenembaums) | Taz | T |
a shout of victory often heard in halls | 4/5 | Bingo (Bingo) | Lacey | E |
Oldman's famed '94 role | 2/4 | Beethoven (Beethoven) | Kris | R |
the real Boston Market | 2/5 | Quincy (Coach) | Isaac | S |
Dino's daddy | 1/7 | Fred (I Love Lucy) | Fremont | F |
potentially lucky thankgiving leftovers | 2/6 | Wishbone (Wishbone) | Soccer | O |
Caddyshack chain brothers | 3/4 | Murray (Mad About You) | Maui | U |
BtVS girl's directorial debut | 7/7 | Chance (Homeward Bound) | Rattler | R |
panini creator of the same name | 1/6 | Nunzio (Dharma & Greg) | Twiggy | T |
79th district rep Jackson | 2/4 | Verdell (As Good As It Gets) | Jill | I |
Fauvism leader | 1/4 | Matisse (Down And Out in Beverly Hills) | Mike | M |
Matthau and Serious shared role | 4/5 | Einstein (Back to the Future) | Tiger | E |
speedy Gaelic | 1/4 | Luath (Incredible Journey) | Rink | R |
romanticized saint | 4/4 | Valentine (The Cell) | Beau | U |
Romero does Kafka | 4/6 | Bruiser (Legally Blond) | Moonie | N |
You are supposed to take the Nth letter to spell out BAMBOO HARVESTERS FOUR TIME RUN. Bamboo Harvester was Mr. Ed's real name. He was a horse,of course, so a horse's four-time run is called a GALLOP, the answer.