Results and answers
Equal First               Jean Baker of Chesterfield 68 out of 70
Equal First               Chris Chantler of Bath 68 out of 70
Third place              Sue Dyson of Stockport 67 out of 70
1 Go out in front and take it Lead
2 Alcoholic drink for all seasons Sherry
3 Initially provides verbal confirmation PVC
4 Solution for turning starch blue-black in the classroom Iodine
5 Criticise severely Slate
6 Seasoning to a degree Basalt
7 Mixing Gin
8 Say VTY out loud in Fiji and get yourself a drink! (Fiji) water
9 Queen Freddie Mercury  
10 Bristol supporter on a ship Brass
11 New York has neat surroundings Onyx
12 Royal backing for this drink Lager
13 Decrease Iron
14 Back up rodents Pumice
15 The bloody answer does not belong in this quiz! Plasma
16 Father - very noisy in wet weather Paraffin
17 Birthplace of Kal-El Krypton
18 Managed in French holiday home Granite
19 People can see through this good girl Glass
20 Aka Paul Simon Al(uminium), rock
21 Tortured groan Argon
22 Set for a break in France Plaster of Paris
23 224 oz Stone
24 Passion returns after French wine! Vinegar
25 None should become noble Neon
26 Red suit for Jet and Tony Diamond
27 One of those lost by crazy guy Marble
28 Common substance with a maximum density at about 4°C Water
29 Aikwood Baron Steel
30 Mild and merciful, but left out Cement
31 This metal goes up and down with the weather Mercury  
32 Confess before Mary Hail
33 Richard II handed over to  Henry Bolingbroke here in 1399. Flint
34 NO AWARD FOR SCIENCE IN 1992 !! Nitric Oxide
35 Imitation gem made up from nine others Rhinestone
36 Broadcast open reply  Propylene
37 Brown will 'put you together again'  Hot Chocolate
38 Shows caution when approaching some junctions Amber
39 Drunk by Ali and Katie Wine
40 With Spanish Island in Mediterranean Concrete
41 One following Australia briefly Ozone
42 Delivered speedily by Ernie Milk
43 Giant - no thanks! Tin (Titan minus ta)
44 Breathe in for a laugh! Nitrous Oxide / Laughing gas 
45 Iliesa's 2012 achievement Gold
46 Roy, the wizard, we hear Wood
47 Porifera member Sponge
48 Where around 20% of the world share the same time China
49 A military person? Not I Solder
50 0.01 litres of material for ammunition Rubber
51 Modern day wolf and ram Tungsten
52 My one temptation in the French capital Mica
53 Supporting 52? Formica
54 He is often involved in commercial diving Helium
55 Clayton Moore's TV transport Silver
56 ВОДКА Vodka
57 1203,  She looks for the last time Ebony
58 Key board partner of 57 Ivory
59 Metal Bobby Copper
60 It wasn't to be her time in Moscow in 2009 Jade
61 A gem from yours truly …………. (2007) Ruby
62 Could 61 get on your wick? Wax
63 Can be used to draw graph. It ends up providing an answer Graphite
64 Elemental in a rise and fall in the first week of May 1937 Hydrogen
65 Von Ohain and Whittle's application of Newton's 3rd law Jet
66 16% of 20p Nickel
67 The City of Aberdeen Granite
68 This singer 'stands up when she plays the piano' Pearl
69 We find in men a melodramatic quality Enamel
70 Fizzy drink C Coke

 

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