Pass The Duckbill, Say

Spout?!

UTTER- Entire b-b-boulevard demolished?

So many ideas exhausted :(

UTTER: Air-blasted

MONOTREME:

Classic Australian in Bremerton Omrah list (9).

But that's the challenge, dg. Plenty of fine clues have been crafted before now, attached to plenty of long-chosen answers. The top setters find fresh turf.

One idea for MONOTREME I've been mulling:

Moonstruck (HBO series) seen streaming in Australia?

LAST SUPPER:

Old painting moulds shoe leather?

MONOTREME- Flash? Not me! (...removing a layer)

LAST SUPPER- Historic dinner was a real piss up. I switched places with model and got hammered.

MONOTREME:

Outrageous Aussie animal knocked over metronome

Sorry, not sure if it's kosher to offer 2 clues per word, but I couldn't resist the following idea (inspired by Boniface's idea)-

MONOTREME- Aussie footballer was honoured to play fullback

Tried posting this also for MONOTREME before but copped a bouncer:

Outrageous Aussie animal knocks over metronome.

Bit surprised that this ana wasn't picked up earlier though...

Sorry 'bout that Boniface. Sometimes the odd words tied up in DA Posts can make the spam sieve shudder. I've unlocked your original send-in.

METRONOME was in fact used by several entrants, which made the maverick ideas more eye-catching.

SK, are you avoiding the definition element? I'm finding your stuff extra esoteric. Or am I off-beam today?

I did put definitions in, DA....though apologise if a bit obscure. In order of appearance-

Utter = Entire

Monotreme = a layer

Last Supper = Historic dinner

Monotreme = Aussie (definition serving dual purpose with Emerton as an Aussie footballer)

And wordplay-

Utter = b-b-boulevard demolished (stutter minus st)

Monotreme = flash (mo) + not + me re-moving (reme)

Last Supper = real piss up, switch i for t, hammered

Monotreme = Emerton OM

My last one for MONOTREME:

Iconic Australian stooge took in comic mentor.

Apologies SK - so you did, and artfully. That's sublime seeing a Socceroo in a playtpus.

And layer is crafty as well. I'd be pet food in a solving comp this afternoon.

Boniface, your stooge/mentor nestling is bewdiful. Only wished there were two more vouchers to give away.

Ditto on Boniface's Moe...fabulous clue.

And thanks DA...I kept thinking about how Emerton OM was a neat "full-back" of the subject word...tried to get Socceroo + platypus or echidna in a concept clue but couldn't come up with anything decent.

I like how DC cleverly entwined each definition twice.

UTTER:
State total.

MONOTREME:
Oviparous critter coins moonquake fluxmeter?

LAST SUPPER:
Art's supple prodded climactic spread.

UTTER:

Sheer hideout terrifying

MONOTREME:

Approach disturbing omen holding very French kind of mammal

LAST SUPPER (imagine Eucharist in italics):

Ballasts up per hull contents of the Eucharist

That's a neat UTTER, Sam. Hide, the hidden-clue signpost is very well hidden.

Final feed lads? Top dude taken, disciples last seen in food-related party! Plan? Maker? (4,6)

ps *** spoiler alert Age today *** on treacherous nobleperson, yes he was hanged by the brits for treason tho he had irish and usa nationality, his brit passport was fake!!! where's the treason!?

ah, I remember playing with these about 6 months ago...

UTTER:
Total maniac gets decapitated

LAST SUPPER:
Frazzled puzzlemaester drops ecstasy, then second drug, for ultimate summit

MONOTREME:
Platypus is swimming. Mermen too.

MONOTREME

Cultural element that can be transmitted -- imagine! Writer’s gal (model, right?) inside furry egg layer!

nice Zoolander reference Mauve

DC is too brilliant for us. Could someone please spell out how his monotreme and last supper clues work?

DA, out of interest, how many entries did you have to judge? We thought there might have been a lot of verbose clues since the competition requested each clue "in 25 words or less" :-)

DC's clues:

Girl (LASS) ate monotreme heart (T) as stimulant (UPPER), then nothing ever again (LAST SUPPER)?

Creator of eggs and milk (MONOTREME) cut, utter (MOW = MO) puzzler (DA) away from cathedral (NOTRE DAME).

Personally, I think clues over about 8 words cruel the surface reading, but there are exceptions...

DC's were very impressive, hence my whinge earlier on. (I looked at 'monotreme' and saw 'mo' and 'notre dame' less 'DA' only to be amazed that someone else had already seen it.)

Though, of course, there can be luck in originality (and challenge)

much appreciated, Boniface.

Looking back at the original prizewinners I notice "senseless treason" to clue T, which was no doubt inspired by http://davidastle.com/blog/post/the-new-cryptic-alphabet/

Good to see previous brainstorms being leveraged.

But there's also "twin peaks", a visual clue for M, which seems obvious but I've never seen it before. Is this old hat?

yes, I liked both SB's first clues but I don't see the anagram pointer for his Last Supper one (and the surface meaning is muddy). Taking olive out of "loaves supplier" only works if the letters are also then scrambled. Maybe "Corrupt loaves supplier" would have been better.

His monotreme was brilliant though (although "Twin peaks on remote rock layer" -to borrow someone else's "layer" idea might have been tidier)

Hi Mauve,

Now you point it out, I agree "Twin peaks on remote rock layer" would have been pure gold, if a little difficult!

If you take the right olive out of "loaves supplier" (i.e. the o, 2nd l, i, v, and 1st e), and add the t in the right spot, then no anagram is required? I'm forgiving him the muddy surface given the smart wordplay and the fact it seems to be an &lit.

p.s. My favourite winning clues were SD's "Nothing but talk" and "Purest pals' spread?!" for their purity and brevity. Quite memorable imho (if not as brilliant as DC's).

Hi Gymbunnies

You're right, and my apologies to SB. As you detected, I was removing the wrong olive (story of my life ;-)