Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

[ad hoc]

SS Torrey Canyon, for example, went down carrying badly re-put queen (11)

[Guy Profumo]

SS Torrey Canyon, for example, went down carrying badly re-put queen (11)

Probably the first "ongoing news" event I can remember from the 6 o'clock news on the telly.


(As I've said, the first "live" event was the death of Donald Campbell, who died earlier the same year)

[Kevin S]

Things are bubbling up as Microsoft's search takes in supertanker's cargo (7)

[seand]

Boiling the Spanish Golden State? You can never leave! (5, 10)

[Duncan Gardner]

Hotel California writer/ godfather- Bolan & Queen! (3,6)

[Kevin S]

Don Felder played one terribly, so ballsing up bottom string (6,3,4)

[Kevin S]

Don Felder played one terribly, so ballsing up bottom string (6,3,4)

_ _ _ _ O _ / _ _ _ / _ A _ _

[Kevin S]

Don Felder played one terribly, so ballsing up bottom string (6,3,4)

_ _ _ _ O _ / L _ _ / _ A _ L

[Artificial Hipster]

Got it a while back but I've struggled to come up with anything I was happy with, this being an example..

Playing a Gibson Les Paul is a piece of piss (5)

[Artificial Hipster]

_ L _ _ _

[seand]

Pluck up the courage to be enthusiastic (5)

[Artificial Hipster]

Sorry it's not Pluck.

Playing a Gibson Les Paul is a piece of piss (5)

_ L A _ _

[ad hoc]

Give URL wrongly? Include the slash! (7)

[Nefertiti2]

Virgule virgule, creating motion of Triumph, for instance.

(3-6)

[Kevin S]

Hint please?

[Nefertiti2]

Virgule virgule, creating motion of Triumph, for instance.

(3-6)

_ _ _-

_ T _ _ K _

[irony towers]

Golfing major tournament front-runner with two-stroke lead finishes by bunker; Alliss, oddly, puts his foot in it a couple of times (4-4,7)

[Kevin S]

(I think I have this but can't quite nail down every letter for certain. Here goes.)



Botched a gun raid in middle of forest, heading along doomed escape route still wearing open-toed sandals and eating quinoa quiche (8,7)

[ad hoc]

One of IT's incredibly complex and detailed ones I think:
Golfing major = OPEN
tournament front runner = T
twO-strokE leaD finishes = OED
bunker = SAND
AlLiSs oddly = ALS

[Kevin S]

*like* Thanks ad hoc.

[Artificial Hipster]

Seconded. And you appear to have tried to match it, Kevin.

[Duncan Gardner]

Thirded. Those aren't cryptic clues, they're PhD theses

Bravo all

[Kevin S]

Botched a gun raid in middle of forest, heading along doomed escape route still wearing open-toed sandals and eating quinoa quiche (8,7)

_ _ _ _ _ _ A _ / _ _ A _ _ _ _

[ad hoc]

Guardian readers wank liberally - don't ask 'er! (6)

[Nefertiti2]

Found merit in a mere warden.

(6)