Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

[Kevin S]

Haha, ad hoc, I was trying to clue the same thing! A bugger to work with now though...

[ad hoc]

Haha, ad hoc, I was trying to clue the same thing! A bugger to work with now though...

It took me ages. All those fucking e's

[Kevin S]

Liège-Bastogne-Liège cycle race: commemorating men tucking in, saddling up awkwardly (8)

[Kevin S]

Liège-Bastogne-Liège is such a cycle race - men tuck in, saddle up awkwardly (8)

_ _ N _ _ _ _ _

[ad hoc]

Bloke is glorified by monument (7)

[Duncan Gardner]

Lee last opened car dodging obelisk (10,6)

[Guy Profumo]

Scruffy bank men met after queen showed where to find Cleopatra’s Needle (8,10)

[Duncan Gardner]

Victoria Embankment Station, Belfast (6,4)

[irony towers]

Location of 14th-century Queen's Quay featuring a level in puzzling form? (7,7)

[seand]

The Titanic Quarter is located here- Duncan's domain, or NIR on abbreviation (4, 4)

[irony towers]

Sorry to sink you, seand; that isn't the solution.

[irony towers]

_ _ _ _ H _ _ / H _ _ _ _ _ _

[seand]

Sorry to sink you, seand; that isn't the solution.

oh balls I should really stick to the European Cup Trivia thread.... that or check my solutions before charging into another inelegant clue. Queens Quay is part of Belfast's Titanic Quarter incidentally

[irony towers]

Much more likely to be the opaqueness of my clue that's the problem. I'm anticipating some harrumphs when you see what it's all about.

Location of 14th-century Queen's Quay featuring a level in puzzling form? (7,7)

_ _ _ _ H _ S / H _ _ _ _ _ _

[Artificial Hipster]

I've got an answer that satisfies the first half of the clue but I don't understand the second half at all.

[Artificial Hipster]

Ok, an easy one in case I'm wrong.

Qualification earned by performers of Martha's Harbour (1,5)

[Artificial Hipster]

And suddenly I realise I've just re-written the cryptic part of IT's clue!

[ad hoc]

Left behind after failing in A-levels? No, it smooths the way (8)

[ad hoc]

Can someone explain to me the definition part of IT's clue. I get the cryptic bit (now that I know what the answer is, and having discovered that it is the name of a song by All About Eve), but how is the 14th Century Queen's Quay bit working? I've even just read the lyrics to the song, but that hasn't helped.

[Duncan Gardner]

1 In Clee, vaseline spreads- a fleeting fashion? (5,2,7)

and for your bonus,

2 Eased shite (5,3,7)

3 Own Man City star (8,5)

4 File... (3,4)

5 ...under clothing (7)

Solutions are linked (more available for the insatiable) (4,4,3,6)

Queen Martha ruled 14th century Denmark according to Wiki

Bonus solutions spoiler:

2 [SHAKE] THE DISEASE

3 PERSONAL JESUS

4 [NEW] LIFE

5 STRIPPED

[JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH]

[Duncan Gardner]

edit- she was Queen of Sweden rather than Denmark

[seand]

Leave in Silence, Depeche Mode's instruction to yield (4)

[Duncan Gardner]

Cede rival Calvert newer e-care package- they rock (9,10,7)

[ad hoc]

Note:Creedence Clearwater Revival took E, sport (6)

[irony towers]

Across the pond, Miami finally about to enter Major League Soccer for fame and all that jazz, we hear (8)