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    Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

    I haven't got the faintest idea about the current clue, but I thought I'd bring this to the top to say that, while I confess to often finding Araucaria a little overrated, there's a really lovely themed crossword from him in today's paper - well worth seeking out. (Not that I've completed it yet.)

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      Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

      Hofzinser wrote:
      I haven't got the faintest idea about the current clue...
      Me neither. Don't even know where to start.

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        Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

        got the answer but struggling with a clue

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          Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

          Frank Worthington played here (2,5)

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            Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

            Agreed about today's Araucaria, which I did while my daughter was at her swimming lesson. Really nice.

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              Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

              I really want the answer to the current clue to be "the field" but since it's 2,5 rather than 3,5, I presume it isn't.

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                Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                Aha, I have now got it.

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                  Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                  Insignificant idiot admits up front (3-3)

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                    Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                    Ah, nice clue!

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                      Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                      The last one, I mean; I haven't started on yours.

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                        Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                        This clue is for a vertical slot on the grid, by the way.

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                          Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                          Returns to a two-bit weasel (5)

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                            Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                            Troubled stoat in trouble (5)

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                              Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                              Empty glass, get toast, and out of bed (5,2)

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                                Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                Not sure about the answer to Hof's at all, but:

                                Drink up, little man, and get merry! (6)

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                                  Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                  Yep, that's right:

                                  Empty glass = drink up
                                  Toast = drink
                                  Out of Bed = up

                                  Elated drunk has resistance to being changed (7)

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                                    Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                    1 Altered images Grant cover produced pseudo-classical epic (7,5)

                                    And for your bonus,

                                    2 Alexander, one of the French (6)

                                    3 Toots, ne...(4,2,5)

                                    4 ...'the Worse' (4,4,4)

                                    5 Rabbi Lionel on television (2,4,3)

                                    Solutions are linked

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                                      Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                      Majdek Zamon Stahl wrote:
                                      1 Altered images Grant cover produced pseudo-classical epic (7,5)

                                      And for your bonus,

                                      2 Alexander, one of the French (6)

                                      3 Toots, ne...(4,2,5)

                                      4 ...'the Worse' (4,4,4)

                                      5 Rabbi Lionel on television (2,4,3)
                                      Solutions are linked
                                      Eh?

                                      What the fuck's all this about?

                                      When were the rules changed from one answer, inside one new clue?

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                                        Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                        The 'rules' haven't changed. I've merely given you some bonus clues, which may help to solve the main one. Show a bit of imagination, man.

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                                          Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                          2 -- A -- A -- --

                                          3 -- -- R -- / -- -- / -- -- O -- --

                                          4 -- -- L -- / -- -- S -- / -- -- R --

                                          5 -- -- / -- -- -- E / S -- --

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                                            Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                            Strange, magic nite is puzzling (9)

                                            Also: 3 Turn to Stone; 4 Wild West Hero; 5 Mr Blue Sky.

                                            I presume 2 is Xanadu, but don't know why

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                                              Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                              Some are enigmatic in other Swiss site (6)

                                              (Ale)XAN(der)/A/DU

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                                                Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                                Yes, I'd figured it out that far, but don't see where and how the breakup of Alexander is flagged

                                                Or is Xan a short form of Alexander that I'd never heard?

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                                                  Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                                  Yes. For example,

                                                  http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/xanrice

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                                                    Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                                    In the "strange magic" clue, how does "cover" = "c"? Or have I missed something?

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