Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

[ad hoc]

Thanks to ad hoc I've learnt that Horace Andy is a reggae artist who recorded Money, the Root of All Evil

Probably better known to a UK audience as it was sampled on Massive Attack's Five Man Army

[irony towers]

Take note: root of all evil is 1980s Huddersfield midfielder (4,6)

_ _ R _ / _ _ _ _ _ _

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

Mark Lillis at heart is small fry (5)

[Guy Profumo]

How did Lillis = root of all evil?

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

Root of "all evil is"

[Guy Profumo]

Curates can cook krill (10)

[Guy Profumo]

Root of "all evil is"

Still none the wiser

[ad hoc]

Me neither honestly. Nor how the "r" gets into krill in the next solution

[ad hoc]

Crustacean taking drug in the dunes? Epic fail! (5,3,4)

[Guy Profumo]

Me neither honestly. Nor how the "r" gets into krill in the next solution

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You and me both squire

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

The letters r,k,l,i,l being the heart of "Mark Lillis", and I thought it was obvious enough not to need a "confusingly" type signpost for it being an anagram of those letters.

[irony towers]

root of alL -> L

evil -> ILL

(al)L + ILL + IS

WFD: Even allowing for the occasional laxity on this thread, it's a stretch to dispense altogether with an anagram indicator.

[ad hoc]

The letters r,k,l,i,l being the heart of "Mark Lillis", and I thought it was obvious enough not to need a "confusingly" type signpost for it being an anagram of those letters.

It was obvious, though I confess I first looked up to find out whether Klill was a variant spelling of Krill, since I could see how the wordplay led to klill, but not krill (though I knew krill must be the solution)

[ad hoc]

root of alL -> L

evil -> ILL

(al)L + ILL + IS

Ah, thanks!

[Guy Profumo]

Any help ah?

[ad hoc]

Soz

_ _ _ _ _ / _ N _ / B _ _ _

[Guy Profumo]

root of alL -> L

evil -> ILL

(al)L + ILL + IS

WFD: Even allowing for the occasional laxity on this thread, it's a stretch to dispense altogether with an anagram indicator.

We should remember that the vast majority of us don't set crosswords professionally

All sins are forgiven - except against those who do

[ad hoc]

Hang on. Just realised I fucked the clue up. No wonder no-one's got it

Crustacean taking drug in the dunes with vase? Epic fail! (5,3,4)
_ R _ _ _ / _ N _ / B _ _ _

[Duncan Gardner]

CRA<S<H>AND>B/URN

Crash and burn reliving an introduction to Dublin suburb (5)

[Guy Profumo]

A crayon all use in Cabra (5,5)

[ad hoc]

A C. Ronaldo shimmy at the end of the Royal Canal (9)

[Duncan Gardner]

In Cloondara, blessed farming (6)

[ad hoc]

Wet and arable, cultivated to produce chopsticks, for example (9)

[Capybara]

Scrub that, it was bolleaux. Soz.

[Guy Profumo]

Mine was even worse, I didn't get as far as dobbing the "submit" button