Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

[seand]

Linesman's field position and judgement call (7)

[Duncan Gardner]

Russian linesman started to officiate finals in Kazakhstan, before accidentally killing Harry Ramsden's assistant manager over vendetta (5,9)

[Guy Profumo]

Russian linesman started to officiate finals in Kazakhstan, before accidentally killing Harry Ramsden's assistant manager over vendetta (5,9)

Unlucky

(and Qatar rather than Kazakhstan, surely?)

[Duncan Gardner]

Guy- I used a transliteration of the Russian spelling of his name rather than the Azeri . A fluent speaker (Ms D of this parish perhaps?) can rule if any dispute

[Duncan Gardner]

Offside in Film (5,3)

[Guy Profumo]

Guy- I used a transliteration of the Russian spelling of his name rather than the Azeri . A fluent speaker (Ms D of this parish perhaps?) can rule if any dispute

Ok.

It's a fair cop

[ad hoc]

Any clues?

[Duncan Gardner]

[Duncan Gardner]

[Duncan Gardner]

(latter clue a red herring to all bar AH )

[ad hoc]

It's a red herring to me too (well, at least beyond my understanding, even though your first clue has given it to me)

[ad hoc]

Kardashian and Collins next to The Third Man (3,6)

(I think your clue should have been (3,5,3), btw)

[Duncan Gardner]

Ultimately, has Kim Philby ever forgotten a Hellenic idyll? (6)

Fair point on The Third Man.

Becs = Vienna, no?

[ad hoc]

Ah yes. B?cs is pronounced Baych so I didn't make the connection

[seand]

How did it end for Smyrna, I quiz them, semi regular (5)

[Guy Profumo]

Directionless Cuban pros play in Izmir (8)

[ad hoc]

Derelict Bucaspor hotel causes one to suffer feelings of being shut in (13)

[Guy Profumo]

You sure about that?

[seand]

Traumatised claustrophobe with absolute loss sits outside the house (5)

and I'm guessing that Guy, like me, was wrestling with 'claustrophobic'/'claustrophobia' not 'claustrophobe'

[Duncan Gardner]

Rare Ship porch design- a permanent feature around Chelsea (7,6)

Slight edit

[Guy Profumo]

Indeed I was!

[Duncan Gardner]

. . . P . . . / . . R . . .

[irony towers]

Chopper Harris originally has Clio, travelling with Peter (10)

[ad hoc]

(looks for answer involving "safe")

[irony towers]

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