Low-Hanging Fruit

Sorry DA...I am a relative newcomer...can you please expand the requirement to "choose a typical Crossword Word as alias", braps with an example?

Aaah...a pseuDAnym?

Crossword words? Be a pleasure. Feel free to choose your alias amid:

ogee
etui
okra
elan
obol
ecru
dacha
eclat
adipose
tsarina...

...any word that seems to inhabit xwords only. You know them when you see them.

in terms of rubric... could you please also run the megatarts/weeknights past moi again? thought i recognised the former but then i didnt

ok then i think i did get megatarts, its reverse right? ok, just like Yarra Trams

@JPR - as soon as you see weeknights is wee + knights, or stratagem in reverse makes mega-tarts, then most compilers are powerless to resist the wordplay. This Storm is all about forging new paths and plucking rarer fruit.

In practical terms, choose a crossword alias, and create a novel clue for any of the six words listed. Good luck, 'Apse' (or whatever byline you choose!)

E: Asian bar food diet popular in the Netherlands (4)

W: Pretty head over heels admits Joseph approaching the weekend! (9)

C: Sells cue - broken and without a tip (8)

E: Big cheese sits in Notre Dame (4)

P: In favour of "action over words"?

E: Volcano in Vietnam (4)

W: After we've downed tools, we crown the king (9)

S. Yesterday's inspiration was a breakfast dish.

C: Dopey sculls beetroot shake.

I thought I was being original with my alias. Oh well.

C: To make a smaller puzzle leaves one confounded.

E: First couple crossed for notorious food!

(don't blame me, DA, it was your idea)

P: Pawn run over before The King's Speech.

M: Oddly remote celestial body (6)
I: Canniest form of example (8)
S: Spies returned utensils (6)
T: Possibly altering instrument (8)
R: Buy more and check singlet (8)
M: Growth on the face must be sore (8)

E: Hoover possibly trailed English cheese

Uh...Prince of Squares, you may want to check the instructions again.

W: Plays Game of Thrones regularly?!

(couldn't resist)

N: Allegations the French denied about homesickness (9)

P: A bird in the hand to show the guts of bowerbirds? (7)

E: Fromage d'Amsterdam?! (4)

W. I knew the 'G' was abandoned M - F a/h.

E: "Cheese!": 'Candid Camera' card I can take out and play.

Can anyone advise on:

N: Sounds like a good night in Cardiff (destroying brain cells) is not what it used to be (9)

The homophone (nos da) doesn't leave a pronounceable remainder (LGIA). Is that fair?

V: Horribly evil! (4)
A: Terribly enraged! (7)
N: Some insane Roman! (4)
S: Some careless language! (5)
P: Cop in male form (9)
I: One's cold to walk over (6)

Oh right... thanks, Ewer. My mistake. Oops!

Soviet leader takes off from A-1 glasnost reassembly: aahh for the good old days!

Here's a Sydney-centric clue:

S: Made waffle in school, a hot breakfast? (9,4)

Sorry that was "N".

P: Maxim held balls with quiet music (7)

C: Cher has no idea (8)
E: Persevere, Damien - the answer lies within the city (4)

And a groaner as bad as DA's original
W: I heard Sir Edgar needs to hit the gym this eve (9)

Right then, here are mine with a couple of edits:

C: Sells cue, broken and without a tip (8)
E: Big Cheese seated in Notre Dame (4)
N: Allegations the French denied about homesickness (9)
P: A bird in the hand to show the guts of bowerbirds? (7)
S: Made waffle in school, a hot breakfast? (9,4)
W: After downing tools, we crown the king (9)

N: How I miss those days I sat, long ago, careless and effortless! (9)

P. Maxim, with carbon-fibre vorpal sword back in hand.

N: Analogue Captain's Log makes me think of the past.

P: Prove with reasoned brilliance, first and foremost, that you can't win them all perhaps?

I bags the name WETHER

No, I prefer the extra virility of TUP

P: Saying "Bowled!" after spin bowler's turn (7)

Back on topic:

P: Saw for saw, for example (7)
E: Cheese drunk on mead (4)

I really want to do 'Use brain cells (or perhaps not)' for clueless but the fidder is sadly around the anaram cue.

W: Go and think differently about first grade at school tomorrow (9)

P: Non-English Beevor publisher finishes workbook.

C: Oddly-coloured leek signals hollow retelling of Emma (8)

E. Cheese with green soybean starter.

My 6:

C: Oddly-coloured leek signals hollow retelling of Emma (8)
E: Fromage d'Amsterdam?! (4)
N: Sounds like a good night in Cardiff (destroying brain cells) is not what it used to be (9)
P: Saying "Bowled!" after spin bowler's turn (7)
S: Launch Jakki's breakfast, perhaps (9,4)
W: Go and think differently about first grade at school tomorrow (9)

S: Brad McGee gasps every other bump: heart-starter!

W: Low-end interjection about time for parent-teacher interview, say?

S: 'Deconstructed Caesar salad' ingredient?

W: Sir James Riddle ends Mon thru Fri

W: Work tomorrow for little entitlement?(9)

W: Around eight, knew it was time to turn in... (9)

C: Brain cell uses for "Puzzled" (8)

C: Stupid board game called "DO"? (8)

SE: At breakfast, consumed blow and exhausted urges (9,4)

N: Oblige Satan without belonging (9)

E: Electric trams leave Amsterdam dairy compound (4)

Forgot anagrind for N above ^. It's been a long day...

N: For lesbian toga dance, remove belongings (9)

C: Stupid board game called "D'oh!"?

Here are my entries, m'lud:

C: Dopey sculls beetroot shake.
E: "Cheese!": 'Candid Camera' card I can take out and play.
N: Soviet leader takes off from A-1 glasnost assembly: aahhh for the good old days!
P: Non-English Beevor publisher finishes workbook.
S: Brad McGee gasps every other bump: heart-starter.
W: Low-end interjection about time for parent-teacher interview, say?

For your consideration.

E: Europe's premier block of cheese (4)

N: Remembrance at a losing battle (9)

S: Hurried urges, then breakfast (9,4)

W: After school Eve became soft-spoken wild thing (9)

P: Hart versus The Queen: top barrister's advice? (7)

C: KN__K_EHEAD_D (8)

..............................................................................

And finally, one upvote for We Hear's EDAM clue.

N. "Remember when we shot down a stag, a lion....."

C. No idea how to solve this alpha-numeric puzzle.

Thank you, Isla. I like playing around with words that are part direction, part fodder.

W: Pointless, hapless Stephen Hawking lost time after work.

Here's my bunch:
C. No idea how to do this alpha-numeric puzzle.
E. Cheese with green soybean starter.
N. "Remember when we shot down a lion, a stag.........."
S. Yesterday's inspiration was a breakfast dish.
W. I knew the 'G' was abandoned M - F, A/H.
P. Maxim with carbon-fibre vorpal sword back in hand.

C: Cher has no idea (8)
E: Persevere, Damien - what you seek lies within the city (4)
N: How I miss those days I sat, long ago, effortless and careless! (9)
P: Prove with reasoned brilliance, first and foremost, that perhaps all that glitters is not gold? (7)
S: Deconstructed Caesar salad ingredient? (9,4)
W: I hear Sir Lionel didn’t have the strength to joust on Monday evening? (9)

W: Sweetheart, think about golf swings after work (9)
S: Yesterday, while making breakfast... (9, 4)
E: ... English mother added cheese (4)
N: Isolating change, one becoming first anticipatory then wanting the way things were (9)
P: Folklore remedies poor braved without ado (7)
C: Doctor uses cell Emma reproduced (8)

E.Maiden, in-out-about in Holland.
or:Dutch maiden, in-out and about.

C: Board game called "D'oh"!?(8)
E: Electric trams leave Amsterdam dairy compound (4)
N: For lesbian toga dance, remove belongings (9)
P: Call girl indicates action with saw (7)
SE: At breakfast, consumed blow and exhausted urges (9,4)
W: Around eight, knew it was time to turn in...(9)

Sorry that last one should be an &lit-

W: Around eight, knew it was time to turn in! (9)

Here are my entries, m'lud:

C: Dopey sculls beetroot shake.
E: "Cheese!": 'Candid Camera' card I can take out and play.
N: Soviet leader takes off from A-1 glasnost assembly: aahhh for the good old days!
P: Non-English Beevor publisher finishes cyphertext.
S: Brad McGee gasps every other bump: heart-starter.
W: Low-end interjection: about time.

Here are my entries, m'lud:

C: Dopey sculls beetroot shake.
E: "Cheese!": 'Candid Camera' card I can take out and play.
N: Soviet leader takes off from A-1 glasnost assembly: aahhh for the good old days!
P: Non-English Beevor publisher finishes cyphertext.
S: Brad McGee gasps every other bump: heart-starter.
W: Low-end interjection: about time for sports practice window.

Nice alias RA. Your true identity remains a mystery...

Last minute amendment to my six-

C: Board game called "D'oh"!? (8)
E: Electric trams leave Amsterdam dairy compound (4)
N: For lesbian toga dance, remove belongings (9)
P: Forgive and/or forget?! (7)
SE: At breakfast, consumed some blow and exhausted urges (9,4)
W: Around eight, knew it was time for bed! (9)

My 6, with an edit:

C: Oddly-coloured French article signals hollow retelling of Emma (8)
E: Fromage d'Amsterdam?! (4)
N: Sounds like a good night in Cardiff (destroying brain cells) is not what it used to be (9)
P: Saying "Bowled!" after spin bowler's turn (7)
S: Launch Jakki's breakfast, perhaps (9,4)
W: Go and think differently about first grade at school tomorrow (9)

My 6, with an edit, and this time *without* the indirect anagram:

C: Oddly-coloured French article signals hollow retelling of Emma (8)
E: Fromage d'Amsterdam?! (4)
N: Sounds like a good night in Cardiff with large, large amounts of gin and a longing to go back (9)
P: Saying "Bowled!" after spin bowler's turn (7)
S: Launch Jakki's breakfast, perhaps (9,4)
W: Go and think differently about first grade at school tomorrow (9)

I gave away my secret identity! Oops.

C: Oddly-coloured French article signals hollow retelling of Emma (8)
E: Fromage d'Amsterdam?! (4)
N: Sounds like a good night in Cardiff with large portions of gin and a longing to go back (9)
P: Saying "Bowled!" after spin bowler's turn (7)
S: Launch Jakki's breakfast, perhaps (9,4)
W: Go and think differently about first grade at school tomorrow (9)

No worries, We Hear. I didn't see a thing.

Thanks all cluers for your final sets - Ennui, Completely Clueless, Eremite, RA, Alee, Isla Fisher. Any other submissions? You have until gimlet hour tonight.

C: Sells cue - broken, lacking a tip (8)
E: Big Cheese seated in Notre Dame (4)
N: Allegations the French denied about homesickness (9)
P: A bird in the hand, perhaps, to show the guts of bowerbirds? (7)
S: Making breakfast, waffled in school? (9,4)
W: We crown the king, even on a Wednesday? (9)

At a trivia night at the Shenton Park hotel in Perth in 1985, we thought we were the smartest guys in the room when we were the only team to correctly answer the question: "Which cheese is made backwards." No, not ereyurg.

PS: Do you ever think "syzygy" will crack a showing on L&N?

Please replace my 'E' with below:

E: East Ender cries "He damn well made cheese!" (4)

Sorry and thanks DA.

Likewise, can I trade my pair of dutch maidens for my green soybean starters.

C: Thick or thin, enrolling after this
E: Milk derivative bubble, closing the barrier between banks
N: On holiday, even taking in POW camp without a care for history
P: He who lives by the sword, runs from the macarbe vorpal boomerang?
S: Starts scanning cook book preface: eating sheep and horses for breakfast
W: Witless, I swallow scream at looming darkness

Have just seen someone used my P strategy first. How about

P: Solomon wrote one when in Rome

And while I'm here, a minor edit

S: Starts scanning cook book preface: Eating Sheep and Horses for Breakfast

A replacement for my replacement E (this is getting confusing):

E: Eliza Dolittle cried "He damn well made cheese!"

Sorry again DA. Thanks again DA.

P: rambler made it in record time, so they say

W: I possibly knew eight but actually it is one of five

N: There is no way Algeria can lose its queen, the feeling's past!

S: Save Rio!

Sorry but I haven't had time to see if my clues cross over with anyone else's. Though I do like To wit's 'clueless' clue.
Here's my meagre offering:

E: Cheese drunk on mead (4)
P: Saw for saw, for example (7)
S: Leave cook to bleed horses for meal (9,4)
W: Spooner's joint fair late on Monday (9)

Here's my final 2 which I forgot to put up before. Not sure if the Edam one works - it makes sense to me but maybe it to be clearer?

E: cultured am I?
C: Nan is unclean, if you can take a hint

Hopefully not too late…

C: Lost Spooner’s toilet tax (8)
E: Asian bar food diet in the Netherlands (4)
N: AA lost gin cocktail longing (9)
P: For example “Battle prattle” or “Loose lips sink ships”? (7)
S: Dashed to works on the illustration military rank (9, 4)
W: Pretty head over heels admits Joseph approaching the weekend! (9)

I haven't read the suggestions here so apologies if I plagiarise.

C: Ignorant advice from DA haters?
E: It's red - a milk product inside!
N: Unfamiliar speech fed to grandson about the past?!
P: Watson, say?!

S: Test tube errors found with OJ?

Have to be printed away from the weekend....

W: Recent PM imported Ken Done?

Fatal flaw located and fixes:

C: Dopey sculls beetroot shake.
E: "Cheese!": 'Candid Camera' card I can take out and play.
N: Soviet leader takes off from A-1 glasnost assembly: aahhh for the good old days!
P: Non-English Beevor publisher ends cyphertext.
S: Brad McGee gasps every other bump: heart-starter.
W: Low-end interjection: about time for sports practice window.

C: Ignorant advice from DA haters?
E: It's red - a milk product inside!
N: Unfamiliar speech fed to grandson about the past?!
P: Watson, say?!
S: Test tube errors found with OJ?
W: Latest PM imported Ken Done?

C: Ignorant advice from DA haters?
E: It's red - a milk product inside!
N: Unfamiliar speech fed to grandson about the past?!
P: Doctor Watson, say?!
S: Test tube errors found with OJ?
W: Latest PM imported Ken Done?

C: Ignorant advice from DA haters?
E: It's red - a milk product inside!
N: Unfamiliar speech fed to grandson about the past?!
P: Doctor Watson, say, with insight?
S: Test tube errors found with OJ?
W: Latest PM imported Ken Done?

C: Dopey sculls beetroot shake.
E: "Cheese!": 'Candid Camera' card I can take out and play.
N: Soviet leader takes off from A-1 glasnost assembly: aahhh for the good old days!
P: Non-English Beevor publisher ends cyphertext.
S: Brad McGee gasps every other bump and makes a meal of it.
W: Low-end interjection: about time for sports practice window.

A late amendment – sorry, forgot the ‘of’ in S

C: Lost Spooner’s toilet tax (8)
E: Asian bar food diet in the Netherlands (4)
N: AA lost gin cocktail longing (9)
P: For example “Battle prattle” or “Loose lips sink ships”? (7)
S: Dashed to works on the illustration of military rank (9, 4)
W: Pretty head over heels admits Joseph approaching the weekend! (9)

Brilliant stuff - almost 100 posts, from more than a dozen players this week. Look for the results with your scrambled eggs & Edam on Saturday.

(With a new post to chew tomorrow. Great going.)

Technically, I only entered a half set, right near the top, which you may have missed.

...and I should perhaps have clarified - before = B as the fore(most) letter of 'be'. Don't know if that's new, but I was pleased to discover it.

Thanks Ewer - I have yours in the swag for judging tomorrow. And thanks for putting Prince of Squares straight too.

Chiz -

@DA re 25A in SMH Cryptic: nice resistance of the low-hanging fruit yourself today!

Bleakly timely too, given the execution of Mr Davis yesterday. Thanks