Cryptic crossword thread

And Eglantine, it's not SOS, but S0S. Another clue there

I don't mind, or it you want to leave it for others to try you could pm me....

Oh yes!

Do you want us to offer our suggestions?

I think I’ve got it if my word has a plural form. I followed Maggie’s thinking

Good morning! I was out most of yesterday so am still working on Saturdays i.

Help me out please.

A US guy popping in to give money to a delivery guy. 8

Intrigued by SOS.

Some of you obviously more advanced than me!

Yes, I’ve got it now! I’ll let someone else have a go.

Ooh, you’re on the right track maggiemaybe! But not quite there I’m afraid

Nothingnesses? If that’s even a word?

My favourite cryptic clue of all time is S0S (13). Anyone care to have a stab at it?

Thanks Maggiemaybe. I get it now. I'll keep trying.

It's golfers with the l for line missing, anne.

They fetch sport men after line fails 6
gofers uhh?

Eglantine21 can you give me the answer on my post please !! ?

Well I might follow this thread and learn something from you intelligent ladies ?

I'm so glad its not just me Ninathenana

I'm doing the i one this afternoon, and I hadn't got that 'gofers' yet !

I enjoy TRYING cryptic crosswords and puzzles---not usually very successfully. My favourite is the Ladygram, weekly in The Lady magazine. The one by Bert Baker can be horrendously difficult at times but I keep on picking away at it all week and get really annoyed if I can't finish it.

Yes, I'd enjoy a regular thread on this.

I love cryptic crosswords,used to do them with dad when he was alive,hate it when I can't finish one!!!

Anybody interested in working out cryptic clues (__exhibiting their vast intellectual superiority__)

I've been trying to solve the one I thought was in the OP - then I realised you meant to cross out Eglantine


I'm useless at cryptic clues but I did read a fabulous book ("Pretty Girl in Crimson Rose") about the people who devise the crosswords, there's only a handful of them.

I have spent the last few years trying to teach myself the "language" of cryptic crosswords with varying degrees of success. I have a small electronic crossword dictionary and I confess that I do use the anagram solver when I know that it is an anagram I am looking for!

Am I supposed to offer one now (sorry, I don’t do the games threads)?

Gofers.

Here’s on from Saturday.

They fetch sport men after line fails 6

MaryEliza, there are definitely compilers that I can 'get' more easily than others!