Sea animal (2 words, 5 and 3)

Large Fish (7 letters)

CBA to check whole thread, but conga eel and grouper, hard? really?

almost?

Well done, fan of Mark Billingham, by chance?

Sea animal could be loads of things, but conga eel unlikely as its a conger eel. Manta Ray or Moray Eel more likely

Large fish could also be other things just as likely as Grouper – halibut? Need to know other letters to decide

They are cryptic so not just the names of fish. Answers are in previous posts (and all of the above are wrong 8) ). The second one was a bit meh IMO but someone will like it.

God running amok – Godzilla?

Well done, fan of Mark Billingham, by chance?

Never heard of him. Just thought the clue would be ‘nearly’ so thought of an answer for that. And then checked the letters were in alphabetical order 🙂

CBA to check whole thread, but conga eel and grouper, hard? really?

Wrong! A per the thread title these were meant to be silly crossword puzzle clues – think the answers have already been given but you haven’t read the whole thread…

Coke tin framed by doyens off the wall (4,5)

Coke tin framed by doyens off the wall (4,5)

Nose candy?

Coxed Pair Booked? (5,3,2,1,4)

Coxed Pair Booked? (5,3,2,1,4)

Three men in a boat

Klunk’s got over depression, that’s clear (7)

E (13)

crankboy – Member

E (13) I know that one (seen it before, not worked it out) – be impressed if anyone can get it with no letters.

Klunk’s got over depression, that’s clear (7)

Evident.

Foxed by E though.

Broken bed, a sorry conclusion to a boozy night out? (10)

Doner Kebab 🙂

5 and 5 surely?

5 and 5 surely?

any complaints should be made to the grauniad.

How do you get on with Paul in the Sat cryptic Klunk? Find him difficult in the main, doesn’t throw out many soft clues to get you started.

so so, I don’t like it when they use obscure language (stuff you have to look up the meaning of because it was last used in conversation around 1687) I also don’t like not being able to work it out even though I’ve got the answer. Other stuff i struggle with is really long clues for short answers oh and classical references bug me too.
an example from todays…

Ancient linesman depards following 4-0 upset (4)

easy to work out… ivo backwards followed by d for depart = ovid Still had to look it up. I guess i needed a better classical education 🙄

wise place to go for a holiday : 8 letters

E (13 6,6,1)

LETTER BEFORE F

Are you envious of JRM?

dunno do we know who he fagged for ?

Trying not to derail this too much, and keeping it vaguely on topic, my mum can do clues like that because she did get a better classical education than me. Contrary to suggestions on another thread I’m not all that bothered and tend to think it’s just silly when clues require such knowledge – it does bother me that I’m not better at crosswords in general than I am though, given I’m good with words, can do anagrams and tend to win at scrabble (despite suffering with dementia, mum is still better than me, though she now tends to only do the quick rather than cryptic 🙁 )

anyway, I don’t think we’ve ever managed to answer JY’s capitalised clue and it’s frustrating me – could he just give us a couple of letters to help out?

thegreatape nice but no (13) one word of 13 letters

I wasn’t optimistic…..but surely it’s ok to bend the rules to get a result? 😉

Many think the answer is the very state of nonsense!

My Dad loved cryptic crosswords, he told me a clue once which was ‘the chicken stooped & smiled at the opera’

Lohengrin.
I’ll never forget that one, good old Dad!

Many think the answer is the very state of nonsense!

from that clue i can only think of non-sense/no sense and so onto the word senselessness but i cant see how it can work out to be correct from the original clue. is it anywhere near?

The whole four got back to the house (5)

The whole four got back to the house (5)

villa

sadexpunk – I think you’re right about senselessness

“Sense” less (meaning without) the letters in “ness”.

Clear omce you have the answer, but not sure I’d have ever solved it myself. Spent ages trying to justify “extrapolation” as the answer

ahhhh….. sense, less ‘ness’, i get it. altho its not strictly less ‘ness’, id have thought thered have to be some part of the clue to infer the letters of ‘ness’ should be mixed up. still clever tho….. (if its right) 🙂

EDIT: if it IS right, surely nobody would ever get that right without an additional clue!!

That works, but that’s a bastard of a clue.

thegreatape it takes the wisdom of crocodiles .

They’re presently taking up space (8,7)

Very small thing in 13 letters (4)

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