Sunday Times 4728

[DorothyH]

1dn Turn up carrying scrap alloy(7) C?M?I??
3dn Turning away false people (10) A?I?N???O?
4dn Shorten log joke for an audience (6) D?G?S?
5dn Of weather, excite when cold has gone (8) C?I?A?I?
8dn Salt isn't a compound to keep dry (7) A?S???N

TIA

[donny48]

8 abstain

[bookbinder]

5d climatic?

[ubasses]

1 combine

[donny48]

5 climatic

[Togo]

1d Combine  come(turn up) +bin(scrap com(bin)e    def  alloy  verb combine, mix, unite, blend.

[bookbinder]

4 digest?

[ubasses]

3 alienation

[scorpiojo]

Com bin e
A lie nation
Di (die/long) gest (jest)
Clima(c)tic
AB stain (anag isn't a)

[Togo]

3d Alienation

[Togo]

4d Digest

[Togo]

5d Climatic   Clima(c)tic

[Togo]

8d Abstain.

[Gerdalund]

I would suggest that you buy a Seiko Oxford Crossword Solver.With the letters that you already had you could easily have worked out the answers to all these.

[Mamyalynne]

Ah but then then you lose the personal touch, hows life treating you Gerdalund?