Thank you muchly! That was a funny clue, Denis, but Treval has a point. Peanuts is the name of the comic strip, not a cartoon character. But then the clue wouldn't have read right, right?

An easy one:

Murderer I caught in Canada (4) no j's

Cain

I in Can.

Apologies on "peanuts"; my bad.
I assumed there was a character named Peanuts
in that strip: shudda check.

It's all yours, Hawkeye! ===[**WCF**]===

No worries, Denis. Who'd want to punish a Birthday Boy? Hope you have a good one.

Thanks, Pandora

Happy Birthday, Denis.


Cartoon character in France an unqualified success. (4,3) no a's

Enjoy the day, Denis!

Cartoon character in France an unqualified success. (4,3) no a's

Day 1 Hint

Direct = unqualified success

Yer gettin' mean Hawkeye!!

HOME Run (un being an in French)

Congrats, Denis. Back to you===[**WCF**]===

I didn't mean to be mean.

I have great difficulty in figuring out whether my crypts are too easy or too hard. In this case, I showed it to my wife who solved it in two seconds; so I thought it must be easy.

On reflection, I should have realized that she is both a huge Simpsons fan and speaks fluent French.

What "had me" is "unqualified success" = home run.

Hokay; here we go:

Woman in France has hot body! (5) no j,k,q,x,y,z

from dictionary.com (see definition #2)

home run 
–noun
1. Baseball . a hit that enables a batter, without the aid of a fielding error, to score a run by making a nonstop circuit of the bases.
2. a complete or unqualified success: trying to hit a home run at the box office.

I wasn't questioning the legality whatsoever;
I was "stuck" because it never occured to me:
I think it's a heck of a good crypt.

I agree that it was a good and legal clue, although probably easier for the US contingent because of the baseball reference.

Denis, this is a bit of a stretch, but is the answer to yours sheen (she = woman + en = French for in, meaning beauty/radiance)?

From: Denis
To: Lex
Answer: NO

Day 1 clue: one "v"