Daily Mail Thursday 2Nd June.

[oldmisery]

Cannot parse 1a and 1d. Is anyone else having difficulty ?

[fiction-factory]

Hi- if you can post the clue and your suggested answer i'll have a go or wait for danny etc

[dannyk13]

I a Join the club (anagram)
1d.Jack of all trades. Jacko(Michael) + fall(autumn) + trades

[Tilly2]

Danny, how many crosswords do you complete each morning before logging in to AB?

[dannyk13]

Including pitcherwits etc I complete seven.

[Tilly2]

Blimey, what time do you get up, Danny?

[dannyk13]

6am Tilly.

[oldmisery]

1a : Uncle hit rocks in work ? I'm in the same boat. (4,3,4)Join the club
1d : King of Pop's autumn deals? He'd tackle any thing (4,2,3,6)jack of all trades

[dannyk13]

Correct

[fiction-factory]

I enjoy solving them and wish I had the time and ability to do 7 a day.
I enjoy trying to solve them to help but wouldn't have the time or patience to retype my answers on here so you provide a great service to those who need a quick answer

[dannyk13]

oldmisery.
1d.Parsed above.
1a.Anagram of uncle hits inside Job(work)

[Tilly2]

Good for you, Danny. That is remarkable. You must have a razor-sharp brain.
:-)

[dannyk13]

Don't know about that Tilly but I do like to exercise the old grey cells.

[oldmisery]

Danny where does the anagram come from in the clue, I can't see a j ?

[oldmisery]

Thanks Danny bit slow this morning.

[dannyk13]

See post at 10.05 ^^^

[fiction-factory]

From Job (work)

[dannyk13]

Apologies for ji-jacking your thread OM.

[Tilly2]

'Twas me that did the hi-jack. Sorry, OM.