Help Needed Please

[tarbar]

Yes it's me again I could use some help please to finish two answers on this quiz with a subject I never thought would be a problem ,cakes biscuits and desserts are my thing in moderation of coarse but I can't get these.1.Not for the birds 9 Teetotal artist 6-6 letters. Thanks in advance.

[scorpiojo]

1.Not for the birds 9

Teetotal artist 6-6 letters.

[tarbar]

You didn't give an answer just my question

[Tilly2]

She's sorted it for you, Tarbar. :-)

[fiction-factory]

I think scorpiojo was just putting each question on a new line and making it easier to read them

[scorpiojo]

Yes, it's easier to read when the questions are on separate lines :)

[fiction-factory]

I'm not sure if the 9 is the letter count for no. 1 though or the clue number for the second

[JJ109]

1. Fruitcake ?

[tarbar]

I can't find it sorry.

[scorpiojo]

What can't you find?

[fiction-factory]

When Tilly said scorpiojo had sorted it she meant set out your clues more clearly rather than solved them

[scorpiojo]

That's what I said as well

[tarbar]

Thanks got now I thought crumb cake but it's two words in my recipe book.

[fiction-factory]

1 is 9 letters then is it. Could be crumbcake although I can't decide if that would work better if clue was just 'for the birds'

[tarbar]

Yes you are right and fruitcake fits much better thanks .Any thoughts on the teetotal artist 6-6 letters .I 'll remember to use separate lines in future.

[fiction-factory]

I'm not sure about fruitcake either. there is an expression 'with the birds' that means useless but I'm not sure it means the same as 'fruitcake' if that means 'a nutter', but the clue is not for the birds'. Or is fruitcake bad for birds?

[tarbar]

Too late now I have used fruitcake and I still think it feels right thanks.Wish I could get the last one though.