Cryptic Ashes

[zaremba]

A quick cryptic crossword-style effort - some players and things past and present with some connection to the Ashes

1. Aussie bowler shows bottle (9)
2. South African import threw a wobbly (7, 5)
3. Bitter sweet? (6, 4)
4. Lab equipment sometimes found in Sydney (6, 6)
5. Run madly for the prize (3)
6. The friends from France I abandoned with an old keeper (3, 4)
7. Wild pony tricking chimp (5, 7)
8. Recommend Jody, for example, a one-time record holder (3, 6)
9. Victorious captain with large gun (3, 4)
10. Tourist reportedly wrote letter from America (8, 4)

[Marcuss]

3. Murray Mint

[Neil Pickup]

6 - Les Ames

[Neil Pickup]

5 Urn

[zaremba]

yes yes yes
7 to go

[Marcuss]

7. Ricky Ponting

[fredfertang]

1.Bollinger

[zaremba]

yep, yep, 5 to go

[fredfertang]

3. bunsen burner

[zaremba]

yup

Still standing:

2. South African import threw a wobbly (7, 5)
8. Recommend Jody, for example, a one-time record holder (3, 6)
9. Victorious captain with large gun (3, 4)
10. Tourist reportedly wrote letter from America (8, 4)

[fredfertang]

8. Tip Foster

[zaremba]

yip

[Marcuss]

Don't get Bollinger one

[Neil Pickup]

Don't get Bollinger one

Very expensive. Very French. Very good.

[fredfertang]

10.Alistair Cook