[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

I'll sue poor accursed crone, it is method to get Horn of Plenty? [11,14]

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

)Apologies for the desperately contrived clue, btw. For the solution - all I can say is "Wikipedia is your friend")

[burbistan]

Black trumpet player shot snake shelter by the sound of it (10, 9)

[burbistan]

Sorry, that should have been (10,

[burbistan]

aargh...: ( 10, 8 )

[Duma]

Where's the answer to ARFK's clue?

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

"Black Trumpet".

(I think under the circumstances we'll let this one ride.)

[Duma]

 
[11,14]
 
I'm being thick aren't I?

[metal arms]

[11,14]
 

Craterellus cornucopioides (After Googling...)

I'm being thick aren't I?

No.  Just honourable by not googling clues.

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

[11,14]
 
I'm being thick aren't I?

Nope.

More or less what MA said.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craterellus_cornucopioides

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

Black trumpet player shot snake shelter by the sound of it (10, 98 )

Is Miles Davis/Louis Armstrong/"Dizzy" Gillespie the right type of thinking here?

[burbistan]

It would have been if Cannonball Adderley played trumpet, but he didn't, so my face is  red. Sorry.

To get this back on track:

Warm 'n salty ions dance to black trumpet player ( 6, 8 )

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

It would have been if Cannonball Adderley played trumpet, but he didn't, so my face is  red. Sorry.

To get this back on track:

Warm 'n salty ions dance to black trumpet player ( 6, 8 )

Now what would you of done [sic] if I'd quoted his name then?

[burbistan]

Good question. Probably I would have (a) been even more embarrassed, and (b) given you the points. 

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

Nobody had any brainwaves as to how we frame a clue round this answer?

[grumpycrumpy]

wynton marsalis without end adds a cooking wine ....... (7)

And yes I know it's shit , but I haven't tried to write a clue for a while ........ 

[grumpycrumpy]

Is everyone ok with this one ? .......

[Duma]

yup, will try and clue soon. Had forgotten about this thread tbh.

[metal arms]

wynton marsalis without end adds a cooking wine ....... (7)

Marsala honesty? Innovative, innovative Sir (2,4,7)

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

[Contrivance alert]

When IN VINO VERITAS pirate found voice? [8]

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

Hwe all cool hwith this one?

[grumpycrumpy]

One eyed and silver tongued he won't get your asp irate (5,7)

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

How you getting on with the bumper PE xword?

40a = "Maintenance", but I can't see the wordplay?

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

I am struggling with these last two

30d N-N-M-H

52d -H-I-H-B-T

http://private-eye.co.uk/sections.php?section_link=crossword&

Stumped!

Ideas folks?

[grumpycrumpy]

I'll have a look at it tonight .......