By way of reminder, the object of this game is to solve the clue presented by the previous poster and then set your own clue.

Anything from the (worldwide) crossword arena is acceptable by way of clue style, but if you stray from the pure path beware the scourge of... ...Pandora's WET NOODLE!

The puzzle could be an old favourite or something of your own making. Don't be shy: this is for everyone, not just the old hands!

There is nothing to prevent (say) a couple of related clues if offering a single clue cramps your style.

If there are multiple answers involved, there is no restriction against one person solving all and the solver of the final clue/part is the one who goes next.

Obviously you need to await confirmation of a correct answer before posting your own puzzle, but please then do so reasonably promptly: if having answered correctly you are not going to be able to set a follow-up clue within about the next 24 hours, please pass your turn to someone else so that the game does not stall.

To save the poor demented solvers from excessive brain damage , you should consider giving a hint as to letters when the question is set, unless the answer is relatively short/easy so that provision of a letter hint at the outset would spoil the sport!

If no-one is biting within about 24 hours you are encouraged to start dropping additional hints.

To try to give everyone a fair crack of the whip, the immediately previous setter is asked not to post a solution to the current clue within the first 24 hours.

The weighty trophy to be passed to whoever successfully solves each clue is the jewel-encrusted World Clue Federation Championship Belt ===[**WCF**]===

Constructive criticism and cheerful badinage are to be expected,
not to mention a certain amount of national rivalry, but above all, have a bit of fun!

Our current belt-holder Sherlock will be putting up the next challenge...

Thanks, Denis!

Swimmer takes in the last part (6)

Swimmer takes in the last part (6)

Swimmer = Fish <`}}}}}><
takes = container ind.
in = in
the last part = F(in)ish (dir)

Great finish, Koala! ===[**WCF**]===

Many thanks Sherlock.

Thug loves bad luck? (6)

HOODoo

Woo Hoo

===[**WCF**]===

And a thank yoo too you too Monsieur K.

101: probable speed of wormy creatures! (10)

centipedes

centi = 100 (not sure why it's 101)
pedes = anag. speed (probable)

Yepper Cheryl: for your CENTral portion: ===[**WCF**]===

100 = cent (as in % = per cent)
i = 1 ; centi = cent + i = 101 ; AHEM!

Thanks, Denis.

Lawlessness beset the heartland of America (5)

Ok, direct is on the left.

a(meric)a ; meric = crime ; beset = indicator?

No crime in that answer, Denis! ===[**WCF**]===

Merci Cheryl.

Spectacles as per Ed Sullivan in high heels! (5)

1st day clue: one "e": ---e-

really, really big "shoes"

Glad yaggotit! Was afraid of the noodle...
===[**WCF**]===

Does Ed Sullivan mispronounce shows as shoes, and if not how does that clue work?

Yes....show as "shew"


Biography
Though he is most fondly remembered for his TV hosting duties of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, New York newspaper columnist Ed Sullivan was a show business personality as far back as 1932. Hired by the CBS network as a potential rival for radio commentator Walter Winchell, Sullivan took to the air with a heady combination of gossip and entertainment. Among the future radio luminaries introduced on Sullivan's program were Jack Benny and Jack Pearl (aka Baron Munchhausen). In 1933 Sullivan made his film debut in Mr. Broadway, which he also wrote. His subsequent screenplay and story contributions included the screwball comedy There Goes My Heart (1938) and the Universal "pocket" musical Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me (1940). In 1947, he entered the fledgling medium of television to host a variety hour titled Toast of the Town, later re-christened The Ed Sullivan Show. Though hardly a likely candidate for TV stardom -- he appeared to have a permanently stiff neck, wandered aimlessly around the stage,

slurred his words ("Rilllly big shew!"),

and frequently mispronounced the names of his guest stars -- Sullivan remained a Sunday night fixture until his series left the air in 1971. As an adjunct to his TV fame, he appeared as "himself" in such films as Bye Bye Birdie (1961), The Patsy (1964), and The Singing Nun (1965), and was parodied by countless impressionists, most notably Will Jordan. To three generations of rock music fans, Ed Sullivan will always be remembered for those five immortal words, "Here they are -- THE BEATLES!" ~

Thanks CD.

Visit the German when upset and become angry (3,3)

see red

visit = see
the (in) German = der
upset = reversal indicator
become angry = direct

Well solved and equally well explained
This is yours ===[**WCF**]===

Thank you, manxman!

A bit airsick at front of vessel (5)

Hint: 3 vowels, no e's

&*#$%^&#$!! vein = vessel !

aorTA

aor = airsick : mispelled air (sick) ?
S'that legal? Love it!

TA = at (front = reverse indicator?)

Would this be as illegal ;):
A bit airsick around rear of vessel
a bit = iota mispelled as aota; r = rear

I think a better explanation would be:

a + ort (bit) + a (at front)

Nice, Cheryl; never thought that "ort" could be a word.

But wouldn't that be "Airsick at front" = A?
Like, the front of airsick...

Denis, I realized I didn't use the airsick part in my explanation but had computer problems so couldn't fix it. I also had that. Thanks for the assist.

I'm the one who should thank YOU for the assist!

Well, you had it first. They're much easier to figure out when you have the answer!

Now, off to begin the snowblowing, which is the only reason I'm home today.

Aorta is correct, and the two of you figured it out. I'll let you decide who earned the belt.

===[**WCF**]===

Go ahead Cheryl...

No, no, no, Denis. This one's yours. You had the answer. I just filled in a couple of blanks. So, take it away!

Merci chere Madame! You can keep 2 diamonds: *,*

Sacred silent notes (5) no "e"

Sacred silent notes (5)

Sacred = Pious (dir)
silent = P
notes = ious

You won't look too pious wearing this: ===[*WCF*]===

Sherlock has the 2 missing diamonds...

Thank ye O sacred one...

Fish farm enclosure filled with spoiled grain (8)

stingray

st(anag. of grain)y

Good one MxM...

===[**WCF**]===

Thank you Koala

He wears a flashy suit, ripped at a party at end of summer (8)

Tore-a-do-(summe)r he wears a flashy suit, Ole!

That's no bull Lex

You can wear this with your flashy cape ===[**WCF**]===

Thank you MxM!

One held responsible for rage? (11) - three es

Early first day hint: many will follow one of these.

Second day hint: it's all the rage! (and the answer has three ts)

This was a clue from a puzzle in a paper which we found quite challenging but I was not expecting it to hang around this long! Therefore I will reclue it more conventionally:

Try endless tail on dog for frontrunner (11 or could perhaps be written as 5,6)

S'gotta be something "setter" with a dog and all those "t"s

Trendsetter (although I can't explain it fully other than "all the rage" is a trend)

try endless = tr
tail = end
dog = setter

You did it, Rog!

Rex, can you explain how the original works?
All I can "see" is a single definition.

A good collaborative effort from Sue and Rog;
rage = height of fashion (as in "it's all the rage"), and one held responsible for that is a trendsetter (who therefore has many followers), alternatively frontrunner as alternatively clued and explained by Sue.

Denis, the original clue is a single definition, the wordplay being the unusual meaning of rage (used without "the"), as signalled by the question mark.

Over to you Rog ===[**WCF**]===

Thanks Lex, and thanks Sue - shoulda seen that!

Gather it's reverse charge in America (7)

Since when is a "single definition" clue legal?

Rubber stopper on icy surface?(6,6) = hockey goalie
Legal?

Ain't complaining; only saying if we don't
know single definition is ok, then impossible to solve.

I didn't even look back at the first one.

One held responsible for rage? (11)

I don't think that's a cryptic. It's more of a crossword clue.

Other opinions? Or should I just beat him and have done with it.

collect (double defn)

Well done, manxman - collect this at your leisure! ===[**WCF**]===

Yes, in my view, with the same qualification as Pandora mentions: not a cryptic but a valid crossword clue nevertheless (as long as there is a kink/quirk of some kind to provide a measure of obfuscation).

As it says in our introductory spiel to this thread, anything from the worldwide crossword arena passes muster.

Thanks UW

Dog swallowing number one whale product (5,3)

Train oil = a whale product (also known as whale oil) - trail (dog/follow) containing (swallowing) noi (number one).

Not an expression with which I was familiar, but it had to be some sort of oil from whales.

Well done Lex, wear it ===[**WCF**]=== with pride

Thank you once again!

Study group remains at loggerheads (5) one e

S'gotta be remains = "seminar"" (5) a typo?

Well done - it was a typo! Extra bling for you
===[***WCF***]===

Thanks Lex.

Evening music (with a twist!) in French wedding (8) one "e"

Day#1 clue: "in" = container indicator

Day#2 clue: "twist" clues a 4letter word.

nocturne
noce=French wedding
turn=twist

noc(turn)e

Wear this listening to evening music: ===[**WCF**]===

Thank you CD.

Virgin Island you might say is silly (7)

two e's

PUER(pure=virgin)ILE(island); say=indicator

===[**WCF**]===

Thanks.

Boil a stein of tea (6)

Hercule Poirot's favourite - a "tisane" (boiled 'a stein')

Mais oui: ===[**WCF**]===

Merci, mon ami

Energy obtained first by selfish person (7)

egotist

energy = e
obtained = got
first = 1st = ist?

"first = 1st = ist?" - very common over here Sue, using zero and one for "o" and "i"

One sparkling belt, just for you: ===[**WCF**]===

Very cute cryptic, Rog. Thanks!

Putting handcuffs on fellow with a stick (9)

manacling

man-a-cling

Yes, manxman! Cling to this: ===[**WCF**]===

Thank you Pandora

Turning nonsense into a play (8)

no e's

rotation

nonsense = rot
into a = ation (play is anag. ind.)

Clever clue and clever solve!

I couldn't get any kind of handle on it.

Why is it not "turn"?
Isn't turning = rotating?

From Thesaurus.com:

Synonyms:

circle, circumvolution, cycle, gyration, gyre, lap, orbit, pirouette, reel, revolve, revolving, roll, rotation , round, spin, swirl, turn, turning, twirl, wheel, whirl

Thanks Cheryl; soooooo a "turning" is also a noun,
that's what you're telling me; learned something

Well solved Sherlock.Your turn to wear this ===[ **WCF**]===

Thank you, manxman!

Vessel in plot set on fire (6)

burned

b(urn)ed

Good one, manxman!

Tag, you're it! ===[**WCF**]===

Thank you Sherlock

One revolting bachelor in dance (5)

rebel

one revolting - direct
bachelor = b
dance = reel

reB(achelor)el

Pandora gets the belt by a minute. Well done both of you ===[**WCF**]===

Thanks Manxman. Denis sure keeps me on my toes!

Everything for the bride, you say? Yes, yes (9)

trousseau

sounds like true, so (yes, yes)

That's some sound reasoning, Sherlock!

===[**WCF**]===

Thanks, Sue!

Is reversing position as first aid is required (10)

Extra "is" in your clue, Cheryl?

Nope

1st day clue: direct is on right

HEEHAW!

AS("as" first)SI("is" reversed)STANCE(position)
assistance = aid is required

Congratulations, Denis! ===[**WCF**]===

Thanks Cheryl; that one made me sweat!

Loves an olive with salt(6) 2 e's

Day#1 clue: "loves an olive" is something that
applies to the answer word.

A bit like "writes illegal clues" applies to Lex

popeye

popeye the sailor man (salt)

Oops! I'm about an hour away from being legal, if my answer is correct?

Correct!! You've earned it: ===[**WCF**]===

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0av3fmr0sDc

Pleeze post yer new crypt at Bout#66 thread.