Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

[Duncan Gardner]

1 In the Sahara Desert Liam goes native (4)

And for your bonus

2 Liam's an organiser for Geordie Beat Combo (7)

3 Somehow Liam's telephoned from Dutch Brewery (6)

4 Apparently Liam Boyce is odds-on now to start for Midlands relegation strugglers (6)

5 At last, Liam Cosgrave a great Taoiseach for the Old Province (5)

Bonus solution spoiler:

2 ANIMALS (anagram)

3 AMSTEL (hidden)

4 ALBION (acronym)

5 MEATH (acronym of last letters)

[ad hoc]

African found in El Paso, Mali, and Morocco (8)

[Nefertiti2]

Probably unnecessary but as requested

Bone dry [definition] watercour[se re]fills continuously. [Indicator of hidden word as other two running together]

(4)

[Duncan Gardner]

Somalian powerhouse rumored to join Tory Grandee to cold relief (9)

[Guy Profumo]

Rumored?

[ad hoc]

Shh. He gets tetchy when you point out his tendency for American spelling.

[Duncan Gardner]

Three Yorkshiremen (GO too) gurn about simpler spelling. What is this, a 70s sketch show?

Ye should be having a go at the actual clue which stank like an England batting effort.

[Guy Profumo]

70s?

[Duncan Gardner]

70s?

I only saw Python repeats due to being a 'youth' and also away defending the Empire 1967-70. Also I confused it with the Ronnies' Fork Handles

[Artificial Hipster]

"Send aid back to Ulster? Sounds like a plan" is the view from Mogadishu (6,5)

[ad hoc]

"Send aid back to Ulster? Sounds like a plan" is the view from Mogadishu (6,5)

Sustained applause

[ad hoc]

Sell cheesy nuts in the Indian Ocean (10)

[Guy Profumo]

Sustained applause

I'll not demur

[Nefertiti2]

The Seychelles - or about a half of lager ?

(6)

[ad hoc]

Portuguese goalkeeper kidnaps video ref and takes him somewhere to drink Helles (7)

[seand]

Bavaria stereotype led the queen and hookers to an endless end! (10)

[Nefertiti2]

Capable of wearing Lederhosen & Dirndls (not hot though) but otherwise unbending.

(11)

[Duncan Gardner]

"Send aid back to Ulster? Sounds like a plan" is the view from Mogadishu (6,5)

Bravo- though you do realise conflating NI and Ulster is a breach of the Good Friday Agreement?

[Artificial Hipster]

Ha! If that's the case I'd like to offer Irish blood, English brain as my excuse.

[Nefertiti2]

Capable of wearing Lederhosen & Dirndls for example (not hot though) but otherwise unbending.

(11)

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[ad hoc]

Very much a guess (and if its right, I'd love to know why)

Unfortunate detour from A to B proves intractable (8)

[Nefertiti2]

intractable is correct

Capable of wearing Lederhosen & Dirndls for example
In-TRAC(H)T-ABLE

Tracht- Traditional Dress esp bavarian




(not hot though -NO H )


but otherwise unbending- Definition

[ad hoc]

Thanks. Didn't know the word tracht

[Duncan Gardner]

1 Annoyingly, endlessly obdurate- OTF's Middle-aged singer-songwriter (10)

And for your bonus,

2 Dismissal with persistent farting, euphemistically (5,3,4)

3 The EU Army gets even bigger (9,7)

4 Blue-green Mediterranean coastline (8)

5 A Child vet? No, no, never! (7,6)

2 to 4 showcase 1 and 5

[Kevin S]

PLEH