Clue Chain 7

[Hazlinny]

Starting Clue Chain 7 - all welcome 😊

The idea of the game is that the setter poses an original home-made clue which everybody is invited to solve.  The poster who solves the clue first (hopefully identified by the setter) is then invited to post their own original clue, easy or cryptic.  If nobody has answered the clue within 30 minutes, the setter should post a further hint and so on until the clue is solved.

Clue:  Old federal prison where Carlos might have added an extra cuppa.  (8)

 

[Hazlinny]

Iffy/  duckery

[Canary42]

Sorry, not duckery.

The first 2 characters and the last 2 are palindromic 😉

[Hazlinny]

? Topknot

[Canary42]

Well done Hazlinny, Topknot is correct  👍

[Hazlinny]

Thanks 😊     'twas a struggle .......

Clue:  Last achievement sounds like bird's aria.  (8 or 4,4)

[Hazlinny]

Hint 1 - a lake too

[dustypuss]

Swan song

[dustypuss]

Play on I'm on a jolly in york .

[Hazlinny]

Yes Dusty 😊  Jolly on 🍺🎈

[Hazlinny]

Horses go at this rotund £100.  (8)

[dustypuss]

🎠

[Hazlinny]

Hint 1.  East Sussex

[johnny.5]

plumpton?

[Hazlinny]

Yes Johnny 😊      Plump   ton

[johnny.5]

Ta 😁

police officer with autism placed on the table (8)

[Patsy33]

Placemat?

[johnny.5]

no not placemat sorry

[Hazlinny]

Johnny, could we have a hint please?

[johnny.5]

extra hint

periodically it is not all ok to table Paul Hardcastle number 

[Hazlinny]

Iffy/  Nineteen         .......... really no idea!