Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

[Duncan Gardner]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

BUSH. (President) BUSH holds L=50th (Roman number); blush = red state.

[ad hoc]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Strong drink provoked faint blush after skin-ful (7)

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[WOM]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Ah. I thought it was a clue about redheads. So 'Red' in single quotes meant 'not real' and 'President holds' means that the letters for the solution were in President. Coupled with your hint, I came up with 'rinse'.

[ad hoc]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

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[WOM]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

I have a good idea, but that would mean your spelling is mildly off.

[ad hoc]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

There are two spellings of this word. Mine is the less common one, I would say.

[ad hoc]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

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[nmrfox]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

To have some absenth or not, a prickly issue (5)

[Duncan Gardner]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Hill peacemakers polish thorn (5)

[ad hoc]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

I should note that the spelling I was looking for was absinth, which my dictionary tells me is acceptable (as is absinthe).

[ad hoc]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Those in the north love wearing warped wood, according to Lennon and McCartney (9)

[Duncan Gardner]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Good answer AH, though not what I intended

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[ad hoc]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Flower in Torun travels via slut (7)

[Duncan Gardner]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Vistula diverted, is leaving underground chamber (5)

Note: Torun is a city in Poland, on the river Vistula. Thorn is its name in German.

[Wyatt Earp]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Parolee shot in vault (7)

[Wyatt Earp]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Maybe fairer:

Parolee shot in old vault (7)

[Wyatt Earp]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

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[Wyatt Earp]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

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[Wyatt Earp]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

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[Duncan Gardner]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Morning Wyatt, Servus AH.

That is a step on which I must fall down, or else o'erleap(-------*). In plunder, force collapse of Duncan (3,6,2,10)

* the Scottish Play

[ad hoc]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Paceman from western county: "The Prince of Cumberland" (5,7)

[ad hoc]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Paceman from western county: "The Prince of Cumberland" (5,7)

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[ad hoc]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Late 80s/early 90s paceman from western county: "The Prince of Cumberland" (5,7)

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[nmrfox]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

Devon Malcolm makes a fair lady's heart-a-flutter all for nothing (5,1,6,4)

[nmrfox]

Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

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