Clues of Winter 3

Got the first 4. Last couple proving a bit of headache though - can't seem to isolate defs and wordplay.

Got #4 thanks to DA recently.

Is there a typo in #1? Should there be an 'r' in 'glamoupuss' or should it be read as is?

Make that glamourpuss. Sorry about that. Assembled these winter clues in a blizzard of Kleenex.

Thanks DA. While you were posting I was away thinking about sending an email complaining about the graphic! The 'r's don't matter any more.

See if I can't work a himbo snap into a future post, just to square the cheesecake ledger. Would a buff Heath Ledger do?

Cue sound something similar to DA in a blizzard of Kleenex.

I believe the def in #5 is at the end.

No joy on #3 or #6 yet

Got #6!! Good one. It is an Anax clue and the kind we could well see in a DA.
Still have 3 and 5 to go.

Nitpick on #6 - should be − (−), not – (–).

And yes, I am "an obsessive typography freak".

Believe I have them now, but I can't see two solutions in my mix... anyone else?

I haven't got #3 yet, so I can't help. I'm thinking it's a mineral along the lines of EULGDA or GLUEDA. Am I close?

@RM. Not quite. You have the backwards DA bit right though (apologies to our host!), but it's in the middle of the answer.

@RM: At least, I think I'm right, but am starting to have doubts on 3. I have MUDASH where the paste is MUSH of course. I considered POTASH as well but can't see how it's justified by the wordplay.

I'm struggling to find any kind of mineral with DA embedded in it. I think we may be on the wrong track.

#3 is a 3 letter word for paste around a three letter word for spot reversed.

Thanks RK - 3 solved.

One to go - in both senses! I'm stuck on #1, which doesn't seem to have bothered anyone else. Am I going to groan and/or kick myself once I know it?

@ Em. Yes you will - read it carefully! Does your 5 end in E?

Thanks, @RK, for knocking down the wall between me and the answer.

It looks like I still have one (or more!) wrong, because I can only find one word (meaning urchins) that matches the last letters of the words I have.

It's #5: the word I had actually means rooster, not duck. I was quite pleased with Bowler = CAP and getting = ON, too.

Boniface, yes it does. Still hitting my head against a brick wall. Combined with the kicking I'll be giving myself later, I'm in for a rough day.

A. In the morning, a hero's obligation is to favour the young (6)

B. Pictures not in pictures (6)

@EM: The picture is a clue to #1.

GROAN. KICK.

EM There's a glamourpuss in the graphic. Look closely.

Haha, thanks RM. I was going to write something about trying not to be distracted by the graphic when I should in fact have been inspired by it!

Ah, too late.

@RM: Think we'll find that 5 ends in E to give us our 2 answers. Still can't resolve it though...I've discarded DERBY, and CAPON too... considered DODGE, EVADE, DRAKE, none of which seem to work.

@Boniface: my answer is in your list. I went with the Plymouth connection.

One of those is your winner, Boniface. If you'll accept the word of someone who stumbled on #1.

Thanks RM and EM. I've been trying to find a cricketer called Daffy.

Phil Defreitas of Leicestershire and England was nicknamed Daffy. Like most modern English cricketers, he wasn't born in England: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_DeFreitas

Speaking of people not born in England, I was staggered to learn on what would have been his 65th birthday, that Freddie Mercury was Indian (born to Parsi parents in Zanzibar). How could I not have known that?

A: Having lost girlhood, Maggie's broken down a prejudice.

B: Graffiti perhaps, is sprayed over sorcerer.

Not doing well with this lot - have #1 after your hints above (thanks), but I'm afraid I'm lost on the rest even with the hints - how does 'bowler getting a' = dodge (if it does)?

@Sam, the bowler is the name of someone famous for playing bowls. Dodge is not right (though you do have the last letter correct).

Some more hints.

2: Piano and old are each abbreviated to one letter
3. Spot as in see
4. Supply is the anagrind
6. They are not dashes, but something very similar

oh, thanks RM, you had me confused, as I initially thought of a plymouth-dodge :)

RM, he was born Farook Bulsara (not sure on spelling) if I'm not mistaken. And if things had gone differently, we'd know 'Queen' as 'Smile'. The things you remember from high school music.

A: Games I play favour the young (or the old)
B: Happy snaps capture Selima gesturing

Sorry, 'favour the young' has been used (better) already. Quick rework:

A: Games I play are discriminatory
B: Happy snaps capture Selima gesturing

In A, can I get away with 'are' when the answer isn't plural? Sorry for the questions - still wearing those L plates.

EM: I'm not sure. You'd get away with it on my blog, but DA is a sterner editor (and his editors are sterner still!)

How about: Discrimination game is played

A. Silver heads experiencing intense social favouritism at last?!

A The centre of Carthage is mainly an assumption based on history.

B Figures: X(1000 times)

Thanks RM - have them all now except the last, are dashes the new ellipses...

Sam #6. I can't demonstrate with my keyboard and perhaps DA had the same problem when he typed these clues. But if you follow RM's nitpick link above you will see the sign.

RM Was going to ask you about 'hero' in your first A, but just found it. Interesting. Great clue.

ah, finally worked it out, thanks Criseyde and RM, a lovely clue once you know how it works. I was struggling with 'ems,' 'h' (the end of dash!)

A: A well-known Jack Welch saying about early retirement?

Here goes:

A: Blaming the baby-boomer’s generation is my opening
B: Figures no starting price in Magpies upset

That's good SK ... after I looked up Jack Welch. ... sounds like a 'schism' between young and old. :)Couldn't resist! or has that been said before?

Like your B, Sam!

Thanks RM. You can write all of my clues from now on :)

And apologies all for SHOUTING my name. It's happening automatically. I'm still Em (rather than the artist formerly known as).

Some lovely prestidigitation, esp in the "birthday candle" bigotry. A fantastic forum while I've been toiling away on the Murray River. And your forgiven for being so upstanding EM.

Brand new A: A great elk is soundly mauled first and then enjoyed by cougars?

Thanks Criseyde, inspired by Boniface's Maggie magic above. Nice new A Em!

Thanks Criseyde. Old Jack is a legend in the corporate world but not sure whether he passes the true celebrity test (I remember DA writing something about the litmus test for celebrity status...). Anyway, I couldn't resist it.

Some super clueing. And sorry I haven't been any help in the solving/hinting, but haven't been getting to these until late in the day and all the hard work has been done!

B: I put a thousand on long shots

Haven't been very productive with this set of storms - work has been rudely getting in the way!
A. "No oldies allowed" policy executed as grim routine.

Whoa, #6 is a top-1-percenter! Straight to the poolroom. An inspired gem. Got them all except #5, although at least I know its last letter. A person famous for playing bowls, RM? Apart from Fred Flintstone, I’m stumped.

Here are my two clues...

A: Newspaper is associated with male bias

B: Enigmas confuse, without new perspectives

Ah - glamouRpuss. I understand the typo now. You see, when DA said he put this lot together in a blizzard of Kleenex it seemed logical to imagine the poor mite had a cold. Then I noticed the graphic and thought "Ah, maybe not".
Oh Anax, you are naughty.

Funny you should draw that inference, Anax. Here's an excerpt from my Wordplay column due to run tomorrow:

"Jerk (in America) and tosser (UK) once began with seamy sheets and damp tissues, gradually evolving into labels for...well...wankers."

More the point, kudos for claiming quite a few Clues of Winter. Love your work.

Ewwww. Theres an image i didn't need.