[nik at work]

foreign, E.T., not of this world....

take that away from hArLEquINs

and mix up the leftovers to give an obscure unit of currency.

I feel like I've done something wrong, sorry

[andy_e]

Yeah, get rial.

Concocting a clue.

[andy_e]

One might gamble a few qursh whilst in Makkah. (5)

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

foreign, E.T., not of this world....

take that away from hArLEquINs

and mix up the leftovers to give an obscure unit of currency.

I feel like I've done something wrong, sorry

And to think I was running with "Haler", and trying to see how "quins" was a synonym for foreign.

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

Two weeks old; is it time to declare this thread "dead"?

[Stabbsy]

Two weeks old; is it time to declare this thread "dead"?

Or just set a clue? I've got no idea about the last one, makes no sense to me.

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

Two weeks old; is it time to declare this thread "dead"?

Or just set a clue? I've got no idea about the last one, makes no sense to me.

Any chance of another clue, Andi?

[Or give us some of the letters?]

[andy_e]

What's the anglicised version of Makkah?

[grumpycrumpy]

What's the anglicised version of Makkah?

Bingo !........

Clue to follow ......... 

[grumpycrumpy]

Old fashioned bar maid adds right to assist in building with meccano (6)

[tomtom]

Old fashioned bar maid adds right to assist in building with meccano (6)

Wrench  (I hate crosswords )

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

Old fashioned bar maid adds right to assist in building with meccano (6)

Wrench  (I hate crosswords )

(7,1,4) ?

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

That was intended as much as the next entry, as a retort for "not following the rules of the game", btw folks!

[johnx2]

Wrench  (I hate crosswords)

and yet, and yet, it can be solved if the answer is 1,5,5,3: 

I stress choad row? There’s nowt at Windgate Nick, tell him! (4,4)


(To show my working: 'wrench' is the anag signifier, 'cross words' is the deffinition as well as being pat of the letter pool 'I hate crosswords', so the answer can refer to an argument, and the non cool list, ie correct, spelling of  'choad' is used.)

[andy_e]

Mick Ryan is one of these. (4)

Not so cryptic, sorry.

[johnx2]

Well that had you stumped for a while...

[andy_e]

I've spent plenty of time finding out just how much there is at Windgate Nick and other crags along that edge!

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

(Mine was "Without a Clue")

Back to Andi's as the "live" one.

[johnx2]

(Mine was "Without a Clue")

 

But then hang on? That means it was a clue, so therefore the answer must be wrong?? So it only works as a clue if you don't answer it. The moment you answer correctly, you're wrong. I'm off for a lie down.

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

No - it was a response to "wrench" - the correct answer to the previous clue, which was unclued as an entry.

It also terminated in a "?" - which is a marker for an "& lit." clue - and it's also its own definition, and as this was"without a clue", and there's no text to quote in the previous one, it's accurate.

So there!

[Or something]

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

<smug>
And in other news I finished the PEX-word last night.
</smug>

[johnx2]

Mick Ryan is one of these. (4)

Not so cryptic, sorry.

Can't solve this either. No way of knowing whether the next clue's going to involve Wastwater, Scunthorpe, or possibly even David Icke etc etc

[andy_e]

Any would do. I'd also have accepted arsenal, Foolow, doorknob, wash it, many more...

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

Mick Ryan is one of these. (4)

Not so cryptic, sorry.

Anyone any the wiser?

[andy_e]

Yes, most people I would imagine. Surely if you read the two posts preceding yours you would get the gist and make up a clue of your own.