Blade Is Fruitless, We Hear

[satprof]

Alphapuzzle cryptic clue for today.

[geevo41]

vane

[emmie]

bare???

[mallyh]

pointless?

[emmie]

vane, vain

[satprof]

Well done, geevo.

V is a given letter so 'vane' is easy to find. With Alphapuzzles, there's always the possibility of using the 'sounds like' version, but the E does seem more likely than the version with an I. Downside of this one is that you only get three additional letters, so there's maybe a bit more work to do to finish it.

[emmie]

well done geevo.

[mouseymick]

Vane .. 23,16,24,6 .. Q is 13 and Z is 12. Keyword today is (2,6,5,16,9,16,24,20) across, only 1 solution.