Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

[ad hoc]

Freddie Trueman bowls bouncer at Di - out! Or, should we hold a public vote? (10)

(PS little help on some of the details of the previous clue?)

[irony towers]

When his missiles come, never turn your back on Mother Earth; parts turned red, if bombed (7,7)

The definition runs as far as 'back'

on Mother, Earth -> E + MA

parts = goes inside

anagram (bombed) of 'turned red, if' -> FREDDIE TRU ... N

[Duncan Gardner]

Choose any Referendum Party leader and whinge (4)

[ad hoc]

Christmas carp one consumes in... Italy? (9)

[Duncan Gardner]

Mascarpone ripened, San? Never measure up (7)

I can recommend Aldi own brand with tomato

[ad hoc]

Thanks for not highlighting my letter count cock up

[ad hoc]

Compare shit around a mysterious romantic feeling (11)

[Guy Profumo]

When his missiles come, never turn your back on Mother Earth; parts turned red, if bombed (7,7)

The definition runs as far as 'back'

on Mother, Earth -> E + MA

parts = goes inside

anagram (bombed) of 'turned inside, if' -> FREDDIE TRU ... N

Amagram of "turned inside if"?

[Guy Profumo]

Amagram.

Sheesh.

Iron rule of nit-picking strikes down hard.

[irony towers]

The nit was well-picked nonetheless, Guy. Parsing now amended above.

[Duncan Gardner]

Grin at somewhat atmospheric tussle (6)

[ad hoc]

Lemon juice, for example, causes rictus grimace (6)

[irony towers]

Citrus tree chopped following fin de siecle measure? (10)

[irony towers]

Citrus tree chopped following (according to Robert le Pieux) fin de siecle measure? (10)

[irony towers]

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[ad hoc]

Stump - beast of burden pulls barely a millimetre after viral infection (7)

[ad hoc]

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[Capybara]

Can someone explain millimetre please? I had this from the definition and the letters provided but couldn't justify it further. Ta.

[ad hoc]

I got as far as LIME TREE (with the end cut off), preceded by "MIL" somehow which I couldn;t really work out, but just went with it

[Capybara]

Thanks.

[Duncan Gardner]

Somehow flummox ante-natalism in Nordrhein Westfalen (6)

[ad hoc]

S. loses away (Xanten! FFS!) and utters fan's traditional semi-positive lament (6,4,6)

[irony towers]

I got as far as LIME TREE (with the end cut off), preceded by "MIL" somehow which I couldn't really work out, but just went with it

Mil = 1000 when writing French dates eg 1300 = mil trois cents. Robert II aka Robert le Pieux was King of France in the year 1000, hence for him mil was the end of the century (fin de siecle).

[ad hoc]

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