Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

[Nefertiti2]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Takes drink inside Canterbury Cathedral.

(8)

_ _ C _ N _ _ _

[Nefertiti2]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Takes drink in-side Canterbury Cathedral.

(8)

_ _ C _ N T _ _

[Wyatt Earp]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

I have this, I think, apart from a little "parts of speech" disquiet. But each fresh letter confirms my conjecture...

[Nefertiti2]

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I thought an object can take something -for example a car takes petrol, or a pen takes ink.

[Wyatt Earp]

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A decanter, not a crutch, shattered by an adder (9,10)

[Hofzinser]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Chartered accountant of Parisian setter at the Sorbonne, perhaps (7)

[Hofzinser]

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_ _ _ D _ _ E

[Nefertiti2]

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Former Rugby player, pointless type, not wanted in academe.

(8)

[Nefertiti2]

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Former Rugby player, notorious as pointless type not wanted in academe.

_ L _ _ _ M _ _

(8)

[Wyatt Earp]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

I think I've got it, but I only get the first three words of the clue; too ill-read, I suspect.

[Wyatt Earp]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Perhaps Flashman drinks Vichy water, suitable to be knocked back in a very pleasing way (11)

[Nefertiti2]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Correct nothing to do with being too ill-readince you got the only literary bit- just poor clueing probably.

Let me show my working.

Former Rugby player, notorious as pointless (Less a point (E) type not wanted (EM) moving [EME] from academe and leaving A CAD

[Wyatt Earp]

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Ah, yeah, I get it. You do see that kind of clue, where you do wordplay followed by a synonym, but it's rare enough that I struggled. Araucaria does them sometimes, I think.

Perhaps Flashman drinks Vichy water, suitable to be knocked back in a very pleasing way (11)

_ _ _ _ T _ _ _ _ _ _

[Wyatt Earp]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Perhaps Flashman drinks Vichy water, suitable to be knocked back in a very pleasing way (11)

_ E _ _ T _ _ _ L _ _

[Hofzinser]

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Beautifully odd insect (3,3)

[Wyatt Earp]

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O serene bat, fly away to get food! (4,4,2,3)

[Wyatt Earp]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Fairer, though a clunkier surface reading:

O serene bat, fly away to get a sandwich! (4,4,2,3)

[Wyatt Earp]

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_ _ _ _ / _ _ _ F / _ _ / _ _ _

[Hofzinser]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Perhaps buying salt beef on rye, Blanchett lacks tact (10)

[Wyatt Earp]

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Oh, I like that very much.

[Wyatt Earp]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Indelicate to refer to nasty smell? Alternatively, I keep quiet (7)

[Hofzinser]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Thanks! Am currently pondering on yours...

[Wyatt Earp]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

_ _ _ _ _ S _

[Wyatt Earp]

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B _ _ _ _ S _

[Wyatt Earp]

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B _ _ R _ S _