Telegraph Cryptic Connections Puzzle For This Week

[Matakari]

Good morning, answers for the following with parsing would be appreciated, please! Thanks in advance!
1 Unexpectedly learn about books: it could be illuminating (7) LANTERN/ENSNARL?
2 Venomous creature in house? Any number! (8) SCORPION
3 Article found in strange ships from somewhere in Europe (7) TANGIER?
4 Sing with Stone, not married (6) ??????
5 Famous general surrounds large group (7) CLUSTER

[Matakari]

Yes, Llanar you may have a monopoly on learning and knowledge, but the site is here to help people learn an I AM learning. I just got 4 which works out to be WARBLE. I still do not feel that it's so difficult to be gracious and that's why I can appreciate the humility and humaneness of people like Neveracrossword, Toorak, JJ109, Donny48, ProfessorMaisie, Roslyn251254, to name a few! I wish you a peaceful day!

[sedge47]

4 Warble - W(ith) + [m]arble

[grumpy01]

Well said Matakari.LLanfair,I assume you have not won the VLPP for a while hence the reference to the cartoon.

[Llanfair]

Grumpy, what? Again, why would I care?

[dannyk13]

Llanfair, it matters not whether the OP is entering a competition or not.

[Llanfair]

Danny, it most certainly does to the setter! Do you get to decide what matters and what doesn't?

[grumpy01]

Because,LLanfair,you obviously do.

[Llanfair]

I obviously do, Grumpy? Wrong, so very wrong!

[grumpy01]

Then why are you getting upset about it LLanfair?

[Llanfair]

About the TVLPP? I'm not! I just would like to Matakari to answer whether he enters that competition or not. Easy enough question that he has been asked multiple times but refuses to answer.

[dannyk13]

Llanfair //Do you get to decide what matters and what doesn't?//
No, and neither do you.As has been suggested earlier, if it offends you then just ignore it.

[Llanfair]

Danny, I decide what matters and what doesn't matter to me, thanks all the same.

[TrevorThePug]

Well this has all got rather silly.

That Warble clue is utter codswallop, I’m sensing the setters over exercised their priggish biceps for that one.

[aelmpvw]

i've never understood why 'with' is an indicator for the letter w?

[Llanfair]

Because 'w' is an abbreviation for with, just as it's an abbreviation for week, weight, wicket, wide, width and wife. (Chambers Dictionary).

[aelmpvw]

i like all the examples given except for with :-)

[TrevorThePug]

Can you also put it in front of anchor ?

If so, I’ve found the answer to something else.

[aelmpvw]

:-)