Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

[Del Usory]

Neglects a kiosk broken up in Newbury (8,6)

[Duncan Gardner]

Queen Eliz. I: "Fun an' frolics a potentially fatal threat to Lockinge Stakes, for example" (6,9)

(no detailed knowledge of horse racing needed)

[Del Usory]

Equine influenza hurls foe into delirium (5,3)

[seand]

Horse flu was no problem for the offspring of Medusa, by the sounds of it! (7)

[Del Usory]

Dead Roman who flew with Pegasus? (9)

[Del Usory]

Might want a rules cttee. decision on this, the above clue scans better than the strictly accurate

Dead Roman - flew with Pegasus (9)


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[ad hoc]

Andromeda attends party with a couple of unknowns (6)

[Duncan Gardner]

Last word in home Galaxy (5)

[Del Usory]

ME! (A Dingle) in remake of "The Omega Man" (1,2,6)

[Del Usory]

_ / _ _ / _ _ G _ _ _

[Duncan Gardner]

"I am legend, toilet butcher" (4,5)

[Del Usory]

4,5? "Legend"?


Shome mishtake, shurely?

[Duncan Gardner]

Morning Derek, and please...don't call me Shurely

Well we all wish (4,5)'s career had never happened?

"I am captain, leader, legend- and toilet butcher" (4,5)

(I did try but failed to fit his purple loon pants into the clue. See threads passim)

[Del Usory]

You forgot "patriot, hero, and role model"!

[ad hoc]

John Terry - a dick. Fucked up. Unready .(5)

[Duncan Gardner]

Trick or Treat to endure- newer Halloween activities may start to fade away well beforehand (9)

[Del Usory]

Go on?

Trick?

Treat?

[ad hoc]

Circus ring, yeah? Round Tottenham way (8)

[ad hoc]

Go on?

Trick?

Treat?

Trick. My in depth knowledge of American prostitute argot (gleaned from popular culture) tells me that "john" and "trick" are synonymous

And the wordplay is an anagram of TERRYADICK minus the letters READY

[ursus arctos]

John is the customer, trick is the service

[Del Usory]

Chiz

[ad hoc]

John is the customer, trick is the service

I believe that trick can be the service or the customer. Both the Webster's and the American Heritage Dictionary definitions given on this page, would seem to agree. https://www.thefreedictionary.com/trick

[ursus arctos]

I guess so, though would argue that is a secondary meaning.

[Duncan Gardner]

Queen meets footballers in Haringey (9,6)

My knowledge of US Game slang seems to match AH's

[Del Usory]

Look it's over people.

You've made the sale.

Stop keep making the pitch.