Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

[ad hoc]

Wild asphodel - it is committed to an institution (12)

[Kevin S]

Informal cuppa overheard by someone being hospitalised (8)

[Nefertiti2]

Casualty cast kind of damaged stapler.

(7)

[Duncan Gardner]

Plastered crossword (7)

[ad hoc]

That's the second time in 24 hours that you've changed the answer to fit a clue. Harrumph

[Nefertiti2]

At our regular table in the Friday Cryptic Crossword saloon bar I turn to ad hoc and share his harrumph. Harrumph!

[Guy Profumo]

Sits in the corner confused as to what the grown ups are talking about…

[Nefertiti2]

Wait in the car with your crisps

[Duncan Gardner]

Stop whining you bunch of wusses

. L . C . E .

[Nefertiti2]

now he's using dot instead of dashes...

[Guy Profumo]

Could use some help here?

[Duncan Gardner]

Apologies for delayed reply- just to reàssure that I'm not barred

[seand]

Duncan blocked for failing to observe etiquette? No, just Eminem on joints! (3, 2, 3, 8)

[Guy Profumo]

Go on.

Explain the non-crossword bit of that clue.

[seand]

DG has been going off piste, prompting murmurings of discontent. To move thing along I cobbled together a reference to Duncans transgressions, along with a possible punishment "blocked" (the solution to his last clue) and an alternative.
My clues are about as elegant as a Tony Pulis team but will occasionally serve to move things along!

[Guy Profumo]

I meant the plastered bit of Dunc's

[seand]

Plastered = drunk = blocked (rarely used but valid I guess and I'm assuming blocked was a reference to the shape / construction of a crossword seeing as we're on a crossword thread..... Over to DG for confirmation tho. Or are we questioning DG's latest contribution?)

[ad hoc]

blocked to mean drunk is a new one on me (among the vast range of terms for drunk)

[ad hoc]

PS can we have a clue for yours Sean?

[seand]

- - P / - - / - - E / K - - - - - - S

[Duncan Gardner]

Blocked = intoxicated. It's still commonly used if localised. Glaswegians would know it

If I understand AH's grumble, he was more concerned that I followed 'PLASTER' with 'PLASTERED'. Yellow card for persistent fouling accepted

Finishing with 'I Rap on the knuckles' is the modern fashion (7)

[ad hoc]

It was indeed. And merely hours after you'd clued with evocatively when the answer in question was evocative

[Duncan Gardner]

I spelt 'knuckles' wrongly above but noticed in time

[ad hoc]

Actors playing at hipness (9)

[Nefertiti2]

Thespians often found here in clumsy play.

(5,4)