[nik at work]

Confused Ethane is less masculine? Explosive (4)

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

Sneakily, owls craftily cop something that might be found on Etna? [11,4]


(and definitely 11,4. dotage struck, unfortunately)

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

[smug beyond buggery]

While we're on the subject of crosswords

- got my Private Eye yesterday evening, started it last night

- started to fill it in this morning waiting for my blood test

- and smashed it, I say *SMASHED IT* at lunchtime!!!

[/smug beyond buggery]

[Duma]

That is a fine achievement indeed! Hats off, the only 'proper' crossword I stand a chance with on my own is the telegraph.

Cory escaped the pyroclastic flow, by being flexible! (7)

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

That is a fine achievement indeed! Hats off, the only 'proper' crossword I stand a chance with on my own is the telegraph.

Cory escaped the pyroclastic flow, by being flexible! (7)

That's more impressive than my usual standard which is "Everyman" in the Observer on Sundays!

[Duma]

I wouldn't call it my 'usual standard', just I feel like there's some possiblility of success!

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

I never claimed I completed it...

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

Plastic fans discovered forgers at Zeebrugge? [6]

Clues - should you need them (& you need them both for it to make sense.)

http://bit.ly/fj4yPE

http://bit.ly/fyy3A2

[johnx2]

are you sure? Saw that one first glance but not sure I get the pictures unless its a ref to WWII coffee...

Anyway,

The german ersatz player can shoot! (9)

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

are you sure? Saw that one first glance but not sure I get the pictures unless its a ref to WWII coffee... [1]

Anyway,

The german ersatz player can shoot! (9) [2]

[1] Yep.

[2]

Mutilated and hung Derringer as an example? [7]

[john horscroft]

   Good clue 

[john horscroft]

Perennial transexual and endless idiot infiltrate handgun (9)

[john horscroft]

Perennial transexual and endless idiot infiltrate handgun (9)

 

...what?  Too crap?  Too hard? 

[johnx2]

I can't do it. But that doesn't mean it's crap and certainly doesn't mean it's hard.

I suspect the answer may be some kind of bush so my mind just slides away as it does with anything potentially gardening related. (And probably I shouldn't've googled synonyms of transexual from work with safe search off. On a picture search. Set to large results only.

[nik at work]

I'm struggling, clue time?

[grumpycrumpy]

I keep thinking it's 'hydrangea ' , and that's now stuck in my head  ...... Definitely time for a clue

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

Perennial transexual and endless idiot infiltrate handgun (9)

 
 

I'm struggling, clue time?

 




  

[nik at work]

Come on John, stop getting sidetracked on this Houndkirk flim-flam and get back with the program.

It's clue time baby.

[john horscroft]

Sorry guys, I've been a bad boy....   

Plant handgun loaded with loud soot mixture (9)

[john horscroft]

Come on John, stop getting sidetracked on this Houndkirk flim-flam and get back with the program.

It's clue time baby.

Believe me Nik, I would if I could but the bleedin' phone won't stop ringing... 

[tlr]

Vegetarian is Welshman consumed by coltsfoot and drug. 9

[john horscroft]

Vegetarian is Welshman consumed by coltsfoot and drug. 9

Phew! 

[john horscroft]

I can't do it. But that doesn't mean it's crap and certainly doesn't mean it's hard.

I suspect the answer may be some kind of bush so my mind just slides away as it does with anything potentially gardening related. (And probably I shouldn't've googled synonyms of transexual from work with safe search off. On a picture search. Set to large results only.

    

[tlr]

Vegetarian is Welshman consumed by coltsfoot and drug. 9

Should really be:

Vegetarian Welshman is consumed by coltsfoot and drug. 9

Sorry, some poor copy and pasting on my part. Doesn't make much of a difference though.

[Duma]

Can I get the first clue for coltsfoot explained pls?
Also re the second clue, does loud=f? If so, why?

sorry for denseness...