Clue Chain 9

[Canary42]

Starting Clue Chain 9 - 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.

Patsy, please provide a clue when you're ready. Thank you.

[Hazlinny]

Yes Canary 😊

[Canary42]

Thanks 😊

Two pupils with leaderless eraser fail to take to the seas.(10)

[Canary42]

Methinks it's time for the first hint.

L ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? R 

 

[Hazlinny]

? Landlubber

[Canary42]

Yes, well done  L and L (r)ubber is correct 😊

[Hazlinny]

Thanks 😊

Cans jumbled in store lead us to discover our forefathers. (9)

[Patsy33]

Ancestors

[Hazlinny]

Yes Patsy 😊        Anagram  cans store

[Patsy33]

Add up all but one, for entire amount (5)

[Hazlinny]

? total

[Patsy33]

Yes Haz 😀 

[Hazlinny]

Thanks 😊

Losing pounds could be mistaken for a slender dynasty.  (8)

[Patsy33]

Slimming?

[Hazlinny]

Yes Patsy 😊

[Patsy33]

Exclude one, with sound quality producing a singer? (8)

[Hazlinny]

? bar i tone

[Patsy33]

Yes Haz 😀 

[Hazlinny]

Thanks 😊

Keeping crime at bay between the pole out East.  (8)

[Hazlinny]

Hint:  Lyon, France

[Canary42]

policing ??