Cockney Slang Crossword

Cockney Rhyming Slang is built on a somewhat tenuous sound-alike game.

So fill in the name of the object/person (etc.) from its rhyming description.

e.g. Trouble & Strife - Wife.

ALONG

1. Trick Cyclist. ( 12 )

5. Cream cookies. ( 7 )

8. Pineapple Chunk. ( 4 )

9. Big Dippers. ( 8 )

11. Cock Linnet. ( 7 )

12. Dr Crippen. ( 8 )

14. Spanish Archer. ( 5 )

15. Wallace & Grommit. ( 5 )

17. Ice-cream freezer. ( 6 )

18. Raspberry (Ripple). ( 7 )

20. Ronnie Barker. ( 6 )

21. Pinky & Perky. ( 6 )

24. Scapa Flow. ( 2 )

25. Lemon & Lime. ( 5 )

26. Weasel & Stoat. ( 4 )

29. Oliver Twist. ( 4 )

31. Adam & Eve. ( 7 )

33. Stammer & Stutter. ( 6 )

35. Lemon Squeesy / Ham & Cheesy. ( 4 )

37. Cream Crackered. ( 9 )

39. Bird Lime. ( 4 )

41. Snout. ( 9 )

43. Fine & Dandy. ( 6 )

44. I Suppose / Bugle. ( 4 )

46. Mince Pies. ( 4 )

47. Abergavenny. ( 5 )

49. Eighteen Pence. ( 5 )

51. Holy Ghost. ( 5 )

54. Hank Marvin. ( 8 )

57. Lionels (Blair). ( 6 )

59. Salmon & Trout. ( 5 )

60. Ding Dong. ( 4 )

62. Tom Thumb. ( 3 )

64. Elsie Tanner. ( 7 )

67. Canal Boat. ( 4 )

70. Hot Cross Bun. ( 3 )

71. Peckham Rye. ( 3 )

73. Glasgow Rangers. ( 9 )

75. Sexton Blake. ( 4 )

76. Frog & Toad. ( 4 )

78. Country Cousin. ( 5 )

79. John Cleese. ( 6 )

81. Christian Slater / Alligator. ( 5 )

82. Khyber Pass. ( 4 )

84. Weeping Willow. ( 6 )

87. Chop Sticks. ( 3 )

88. Jam Tart. ( 5 )

89. Tick-Tock. ( 5 )

91. Dicky Dirt / Uncle Bert. ( 5 )

94. Currant Bun. ( 3 )

95. Salford Docks. ( 5 )

97. Cat and Mouse. ( 5 )

101. Ah, I dunno. Just put in the word ‘special’. I gave it a space in the grid, and then found myself unable to remember the rhyming slang for it. If you know it, do let me know – that would tidy up this section of the clues, for a start…

103. Cash & Carried. ( 7 )

105. Bricks & Mortar. ( 8 )

107. April Showers. ( 7 )

111. Cocoa. ( 3.2 )

See 137 Down for 2.

112. Roast Pork. ( 4 )

113. Joe Blake. ( 5 )

115. Gay & Frisky. ( 6 )

117. Mrs. Chant. ( 4 ) aunt

120. Danny La Rue. ( 4 )

121. Hampstead Heath. ( 5 )

123. Paraffin Lamp. ( 5 )

125. Turtle doves. ( 6 )

126. Dog & Bone. ( 5 )

127. Hillman Hunters. ( 7 )

130. God Forbids / Dustbin Lids. ( 4 )

133. Rabbit & Pork. ( 4 )

134. Cock Sparrow. ( 6 )

136. Harry Dash. ( 5 )

138. Forsyte Saga. ( 5 )

139. April Fools. ( 8.5 )

140. Bread & Butter. ( 6 )

DOWN

1. Brahms and Lizst. ( 6 )

2. Mother Hubbard. ( 8 )

3. White Mice. ( 3 ) 4. Rick Witter / Gary Glitter. ( 7 )

5. Tony Slattery. ( 7 )

6. Sydney. ( 6 )

7. Tommy Tucker. ( 6 )

8. Conan Doyle. ( 4 )

10. Shake and Shiver. ( 5 )

13. Twist and Twirl. ( 4 )

16. Haddock & Bloater. ( 5 )

18. Goose's Neck / Nervous Wreck. ( 6 )

19. Lucy Locket. ( 6 )

20. China Plate. ( 4 )

22. Alan Whickers. ( 8 )

23. Hampton Wick. ( 5 )

27. Tea Leafing. ( 8 )

28. Ken Smee. ( 3 )

30. Claires (Raynor). ( 8 )

31. Ascot Races. ( 6 )

32. Bubble bath / Steffi (Graff). ( 5 )

33. Hearts of Oak. ( 5 )

34. Charlie Pride. ( 4 )

36. Bread & Cheese. ( 5 )

38. John Skinner. ( 6 )

40. Round the Houses. ( 8 )

42. Chipmunks. ( 6 )

43. Stoke on Trent. ( 4 )

45. Apples & Pears. ( 6 )

47. Arthur Bliss. ( 4 )

48. Frank Bough. ( 3 )

52. Alan Border. ( 3.2.5 )

53. Thri'penny Bits. ( 4 )

55. Jack Jones / Pat Malone. ( 5 )

56. Vera Lynn. ( 3 )

58. How's your father? ( 6 )

61. Frying Pan. ( 3.3 )

62. Highland Fling. ( 4 )

63. Cuddle & Kiss. ( 4 )

65. Far East. ( 6 )

66. Bull & Cow. ( 3 )

68. Saucepan Handle. ( 6 )

69. Porky Pies. ( 4 )

71. Round the Houses. ( 8 )

72. Cuts & Scratches. ( 7 )

74. Grasshopper. ( 6 )

75. Flowery Dell. ( 4 )

77. Mae West. ( 4 )

79. Cockroach. ( 5 )

80. Rocking Horse. ( 5 )

83. Ones & Twos / Rhythm & Blues. ( 5 )

85. Kate Mossed It. ( 4.2 )

86. Merchant Banker / Kuwaity Tanker. ( 6 )

90. Biscuits & Cheese. ( 5 )

92. Crust of Bread. ( 4 )

93. Earwig. ( 4 )

96. Top Hat. ( 4 )

98. Daffadown Dilly. ( 5 )

99. Mork & Mindy. ( 5 )

102. Bushey Park. ( 4 )

104. Lord Mayor. ( 5 )

106. Peas in the Pot. ( 3 )

107. Drum & Bass / Chevy Chase. ( 4 )

108. Burton on Trent. ( 4 )

109. Aristotle. ( 6 )

110. Doug McClure. ( 5 )

114. Hit & Miss. ( 4 )

116. Jack the Ripper. ( 6 )

118. Paul McKenna / Ayrton Senna. ( 6 )

119. Cherry Hogg. ( 3 )

120. Captain Cook. ( 4 )

122. Pitch and Toss. ( 4 )

124. Peddle & Crank / Barclays Bank. ( 4 )

127. Joanna. ( 5 )

128. Borassic Lint. ( 6 )

129. Mutt & Jeff. ( 4 )

131. Rock'n'Roll. ( 4 )

132. Plates of Meat. ( 4 )

133. You & Me. ( 3 )

135. Syrup (of Fig). ( 3 )

137. See 111 Across. ( 2 )

Last revised: 28/07/01