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Good at solving Cryptic Clues?

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Are you good at solving cryptic clues? ...... Yes? ...... Then here's a few to test your skills ...... BUT NO CHEATING
Since I'm not a professional, they should be relatively easy.
:fanfare:

Enjoy

1. Al leaves Australia for the Tirol (7)
Spoiler
Austria

2. Initially Chris and Rob are followed by the sheep in this English town (5)
Spoiler
Crewe

3. Sounds like there is more than one overseer (7)
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Foremen

4. Sounds like the wharf you had in mind (8)
Spoiler
Document

5. Al, that is, follows me to produce a powder after grinding (6)
Spoiler
Mealie

6. To make in Scotland (3)
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Mak
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When we're gaun up the hill o’ fortune, may we ne'er meet a frien' comin' doun!
(When we are going up the hill of fortune, may we never meet a friend coming down!)

:smile: Don't cry because it's over...Smile because it happened.l :smile:

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Cryptic Clues and Answers

Are you good at solving cryptic clues? ...... Yes? ...... Then here's a few to test your skills ...... BUT NO CHEATING
Since I'm not a professional, they should be relatively easy.
:fanfare:

Enjoy
  1. I get with man for the most part (4)
    Spoiler
    Main
  2. The beginning is certainly in a higher place (7)
    Spoiler
    Upstart
  3. A native of the Netherlands fills the crevice (8)
    Spoiler
    Dutchman
  4. The relative from Holland is a frank and severe critic (5,5)
    Spoiler
    Dutch uncle
  5. Languish in Scotland (5)
    Spoiler
    Dwine
  6. Definitely not underpart (6)
    Spoiler
    Overall
George

When we're gaun up the hill o’ fortune, may we ne'er meet a frien' comin' doun!
(When we are going up the hill of fortune, may we never meet a friend coming down!)

:smile: Don't cry because it's over...Smile because it happened.l :smile:

:note: At the end of the day it's midnight. :note:


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Cryptic Clues
Are you good at solving cryptic clues? ...... Yes? ...... Then here's a few to test your skills.
Since I'm not a professional, they should be relatively easy.
:fanfare:             Enjoy
  1. The penniless period of classical music perhaps? (7)
  2. Sounds like your parent's sister has the wealth (8)
  3. A very tired waster (4,4)
  4. Surprise in a labyrinth (5)
  5. I'm looking back, not once but twice, to see the girl (4)
  6. Let this mixture produce a prickly plant (7)
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George

When we're gaun up the hill o’ fortune, may we ne'er meet a frien' comin' doun!
(When we are going up the hill of fortune, may we never meet a friend coming down!)

:smile: Don't cry because it's over...Smile because it happened.l :smile:

:note: At the end of the day it's midnight. :note:


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  1. Antimony
  2. Amaze
  3. Mimi
  4. Thistle
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Cryptic Clues
Are you good at solving cryptic clues? ...... Yes? ...... Then here's a few to test your skills.
Since I'm not a professional, they should be relatively easy.
:fanfare:             Enjoy
  1. A musical instrument in a Scottish county (4)
  2. A South East English county is known to the Scots (4)
  3. The Scots know little Kenny (3)
  4. When the French unscramble 'Do send tigers' it becomes Law of Nations (5,3,4)
  5. Sing? It appears little Desmond is unable (7)
  6. The little devil's stage performance creates a powerful influence (6)
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Answers to last Cryptic Clues.
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Baroque
Antimony
Dead beat
Amaze
Mimi
Thistle
George

When we're gaun up the hill o’ fortune, may we ne'er meet a frien' comin' doun!
(When we are going up the hill of fortune, may we never meet a friend coming down!)

:smile: Don't cry because it's over...Smile because it happened.l :smile:

:note: At the end of the day it's midnight. :note:


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1
Spoiler
Fife
2
Spoiler
Kent
3
Spoiler
Ken
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5
Spoiler
Descant
6
Spoiler
Impact
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4.
Spoiler
Hint: Google Law of Nations
George

When we're gaun up the hill o’ fortune, may we ne'er meet a frien' comin' doun!
(When we are going up the hill of fortune, may we never meet a friend coming down!)

:smile: Don't cry because it's over...Smile because it happened.l :smile:

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That makes it too easy!
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O.K. No more hints. Everyone will have to wait till the next Cryptic Clues post from now on. Thanks HansV         :cheers:
George

When we're gaun up the hill o’ fortune, may we ne'er meet a frien' comin' doun!
(When we are going up the hill of fortune, may we never meet a friend coming down!)

:smile: Don't cry because it's over...Smile because it happened.l :smile:

:note: At the end of the day it's midnight. :note:


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Cryptic Clues
Are you good at solving cryptic clues? ...... Yes? ...... Then here's a few to test your skills.
Since I'm not a professional, they should be relatively easy.
:fanfare:             Enjoy
  1. Rowdyish relative perhaps? (8)
  2. Alternatively Edward turns around and starts a different path (6)
  3. Once more, a profit (5)
  4. Sure to be upset over a pretense (4)
  5. One is changed for an eternity (3)
  6. It's touch and go when you play this game (3)
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Answers to last Cryptic Clues.
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1. Fife
2. Kent
3. Ken
4. Droit des gens
5. Descant
6. Impact
George

When we're gaun up the hill o’ fortune, may we ne'er meet a frien' comin' doun!
(When we are going up the hill of fortune, may we never meet a friend coming down!)

:smile: Don't cry because it's over...Smile because it happened.l :smile:

:note: At the end of the day it's midnight. :note:


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3.
Spoiler
Again
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2.
Spoiler
Detour?
4.
Spoiler
Ruse
5.
Spoiler
Eon
6.
Spoiler
Tag
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Cryptic Clues

Are you good at solving cryptic clues? ...... Yes? ...... Then here's a few to test your skills.
Since I'm not a professional, they should be relatively easy.
:fanfare:             Enjoy
  1. A cap in this city of Morocco (3)
  2. Sounds like someone is leaving this Devonshire town in England (6)
  3. Anne shows up in Sicily but she has changed (4)
  4. The setup is thrown into confusion (5)
  5. Alternatively Robert becomes a policeman (5)
  6. A musical passage, but not that which I perform most readily (5)
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Answers to last Cryptic Clues.
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1. Larrikin
2. Detour
3. Again
4. Ruse
5. Eon
6. Tag
George

When we're gaun up the hill o’ fortune, may we ne'er meet a frien' comin' doun!
(When we are going up the hill of fortune, may we never meet a friend coming down!)

:smile: Don't cry because it's over...Smile because it happened.l :smile:

:note: At the end of the day it's midnight. :note:


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1.
Spoiler
Fez
2. ??
Spoiler
Exeter
5.
Spoiler
Bobby
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4.
Spoiler
upset
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I know we've had more than 5 sets of Cryptic Clues but I've started numbering at 005 to keep in line with the other puzzles.

Cryptic Clues        Number 005

Are you good at solving cryptic clues? ...... Yes? ...... Then here's a few to test your skills.
Since I'm not a professional, they should be relatively easy.
:fanfare:              Enjoy
  1. How Lady Godiva rode through the streets of Coventry perhaps? (8)
  2. David's encounter with him proved to be the downfall of the big fellow (7)
  3. Found in these types of puzzles perhaps? (9)
  4. At the beginning of the testimony (11)
  5. The males go before us to produce bills of fare (5)
  6. You can reach me in France my dear (2,5)
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Answers to last Cryptic Clues.
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  1. Fez
  2. Exeter
  3. Enna
  4. Upset
  5. Bobby
  6. Forte
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George

When we're gaun up the hill o’ fortune, may we ne'er meet a frien' comin' doun!
(When we are going up the hill of fortune, may we never meet a friend coming down!)

:smile: Don't cry because it's over...Smile because it happened.l :smile:

:note: At the end of the day it's midnight. :note:


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2.
Spoiler
Goliath
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1.
Spoiler
Bareback
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Cryptic Clues        Number 006

Are you good at solving cryptic clues? ...... Yes? ...... Then here's a few to test your skills.
Since I'm not a professional, they should be relatively easy.
:fanfare:              Enjoy
  1. So hint in Japan, it's a religion (6)
  2. To move letter number twenty-five becomes tricky (5)
  3. It's a pain if four letters, each in the same word, are rearranged but not if they're removed (4)
  4. The fruit carrier is overturned and throws the plans into confusion (5,4)
  5. Little Susazanne to prosecute (3)
  6. East Indian native rascals? (7)
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Answers to Cryptic Clues Number 005.
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  1. Bareback
  2. Goliath
  3. Crosswords
  4. Attestation
  5. Menus
  6. Ma chere
George

When we're gaun up the hill o’ fortune, may we ne'er meet a frien' comin' doun!
(When we are going up the hill of fortune, may we never meet a friend coming down!)

:smile: Don't cry because it's over...Smile because it happened.l :smile:

:note: At the end of the day it's midnight. :note: