Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

[irony towers]

With quotes from Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire abridged confusingly on Medium Wave transmission (2,1,3,5)

_ _ / _ / _ A _ / _ _ _ A _

[irony towers]

_ _ / _ / _ A _ / _ R _ A _

[S. aureus]

Not getting the clue here, but popping in to complain about the definition for 1 down in the Guardian Prize today, as it's just wrong.
Gripes aside I found all except 1 clue very easy this week, that one was probably also very easy but took me a while to see it.

[Guy Profumo]

Not getting the clue here, but popping in to complain about the definition for 1 down in the Guardian Prize today, as it's just wrong.
Gripes aside I found all except 1 clue very easy this week, that one was probably also very easy but took me a while to see it.

Good job they've suspended the prizes then


(how come Viz and PE still do and accept email entries?)

[Guy Profumo]

Are you goung to say what the clue was?

[S. aureus]

OK then:
Turkey, perhaps, flags a British deal, but not as planned (10,4)

[S. aureus]

Or do you mean the one that took me a while?
If so:
Fine ale served up primarily to make one horny (6)

[irony towers]

With quotes from Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire abridged confusingly on Medium Wave transmission (2,1,3,5)

_ F / _ / _ A _ / _ R _ A _

[Capybara]

Not getting the clue here, but popping in to complain about the definition for 1 down in the Guardian Prize today, as it's just wrong.
Gripes aside I found all except 1 clue very easy this week, that one was probably also very easy but took me a while to see it.

It's OK as far as I can see. And, yes, it was fairly straightforward this week. It must have been as I completed it.

[S. aureus]

Spoiler for the Guardian one:
But turkeys can (and do) fly.

[Capybara]

Ah gotcha. I didn't know that and I guess the setter and most solvers didn't either.

[Guy Profumo]

Yeah.

Meant the turkey one

Thanks

[ad hoc]

Severely lisp version of "If I Can Dream" (5,7)

[Guy Profumo]

Ace promoter Knoll managed Elvis Presley (7,3,6)

[irony towers]

Guard in darker-coloured trousers stripped Colonel Tom Parker (10)

[irony towers]

_ _ _ _ K _ _ _ _ _

[irony towers]

_ _ _ _ K _ _ P _ _

[ad hoc]

I've assumed it;s this since yesterday, but i have no idea why, so i'll need a lot of help if I'm right

Hit and harm gatekeeper in order to access venue to watch work by Sophocles, perhaps (5,12)

[irony towers]

You can keep a part of it, ad hoc.

[seand]

Goalkeeper injured by a bull at the Riverside, I hear. (Perhaps he lost an eye?) (6,5)

I'm struggling to fully parse the solution too, but assuming goalkeeper is right from the past couple of posts!

[irony towers]

The type of keeper is still to be determined.

_ _ O _ K E E P E R

[Duncan Gardner]

Bookkeeper Cnut not ACA? Bollocks! (10)

[irony towers]

There's at least one more keeper to get through...

[Guy Profumo]

May I be the first to guess "bookkeeper"?

[Capybara]

lol