Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

[Wyatt Earp]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Grant's revoked before employment in Sicily (8)

[nefertiti]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

I'm curious- is "non-standard" in this case elegant-a reinvigoration of "upping (the) ante" or confusing insufficiently clued?

Funny mistakes in Syracuse -or Stratford

(3, 6, 2, 6)

[Wyatt Earp]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

It's the way the solver had to invert the word and then use it as part of a definition.

Ah well, much ado about nothing I guess.

[nefertiti]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

So "upping the ante proves explosive" would be acceptable as a clue with "Etna" as the solution but not using "Etna" as a clue towards Sicily.

[Wyatt Earp]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Yeah, though that one would be too easy, I think.

What I have seen is the definition/inversion thing done the other way round, as in

Raising the stake is explosive in Sicily (4)

I'm less familiar with it your way round. I was also a bit thrown by "proves", which looked more significant than it turns out to be.

[Wyatt Earp]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

The Comedy of Errors recast with "Magic Nancy" (5,2,9)

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Two that can't be told apart - and four in The Comedy of Errors? (9,5)

(Edit: ah, beaten "two" it)

[Wyatt Earp]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Stop messing about.

[nefertiti]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Crazed "Carry on screaming" star made deafening elf ill.
(7, 8)

[Andy C]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

An angel like Lucifer posesses Fenella Fielding - or is it the other way around? (6)

[Wyatt Earp]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

As the Fallen and Destroyed, ergo, what say all the men? (3,5,3,5,4)

[Wyatt Earp]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

_ G _ / _ _ _ _ L / _ _ _ / W _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _

[Guest]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Age shall not weary them, it would be fitting if this thread were to end playing this. (3,4,4)

[Donnchadh Ghairdinéir]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

The last post's index link? (5,6,7)

[Wyatt Earp]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Drawing a blank on this.

[Donnchadh Ghairdinéir]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

__ __ __ __ L/ __ __ __ __ __ Y/ __ __ __ __ __ __ N

[Wyatt Earp]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Still drawing a blank on this.

[Donnchadh Ghairdinéir]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

__ I __ __ L/ __ A __ __ __ Y/ __ E __ __ __ __ N

[I.Wright]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Final salary pension Len mixed for small beer in cash terms, (4,7)

[Andy C]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Repaired shoes for only pennies (5)

[Wyatt Earp]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

After being soled, perhaps, ladies' boot ends with stretching device inside, the old-fashioned way (7,6)

[Wyatt Earp]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

_ _ B _ _ _ _ / _ T _ _ _ _

[Wyatt Earp]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

_ _ B _ L _ _ / _ T _ E _ _

[Andy C]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Cobbled street, in short, lengthened (5)

[Andy C]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

_ _ _ _ E