CRYPTIC CLUES TO BOYS/GIRLS NAMES

[qadzbork]

Can anyone throw any light on these, please?

1. A musical letter follows a vehicle;

2. The songs tells of a dancer;

3. Lenght of material for instance;

4. Learner could turn out to be very clever;

5. Pop confronts a crooked file;

6. An insect tangles with remedy.

1-3 are probably girls, 4-6 probably boys.

No. 2 is correctly transcribed!

All help gratefully received!

[****merlin*****]

1 - Cara?

[cookiecookuk]

oh merlin i was then going to say that.

[carolyorkie2010]

Or could it be Carla?

I hate cryptics for the simple reason I never get them, yet when you see the answer they are so obvious

[merc1_clocks]

1. Carla

[****merlin*****]

do re mi etc are solfege though not musical letters

[carolsfife]

3 - Ellie ?

5 - Daniel

Long time lurker butting in - sorry!

[mustard-tree]

1 cara
2 stella?
3  ellie

[mustard-tree]

6 bruce  (b + cure)

[qadzbork]

Morning all. ty for your tihinking time.

1. I thought Carla but I think I prefer Cara;

2. If Stella is right, and it was all I could think of, it's a poor clue;

3. "For instance" suuggests "eg" rather than "ie"?

4. Could it be Beverly (be very + l for learner)?

5. ....but neil isn't a crooked file?

6. I agree Bruce, just wasn't convinced by B for  insect!.

Watching this space...

[brynteg11]

5. Pop confronts a crooked file   Alfie?

[brynteg11]

2. The songs tells of a dancer   makes me think of, Her name was Lola, she was a show girl!!

[qadzbork]

Occurs to me that a file could be a line, which would support Daniel for no. 5...

[chickengrandma-2008]

That seems more likely qadzbork, the Da for pop.  A in Alfie doesn't mean pop does it?.

[i-am-legion-too]

3. Meg(metre + e.g.)

[qadzbork]

I like Meg. Nice one!