Fao Matakari

[dannyk13]

Here is today's Telegraph puzzle::-

Cryptic Connnections
In a Cryptic Connections puzzle, five cryptic crossword clues must be solved; their answers can be made from the list of letters given underneath. Once all the clues have been solved, some letters will be unused; these can be arranged to give a word or phrase that links the answers to the five clues.

1 American convenience food? (4)
2 Hang around house before vicar returns (5)
3 Ordinary goods (5)
4 Watchers getting cheers to run wearing glasses? (10)
5 Main controller? (7)

A A A A C C D E E H I K L L M O O O O O O P P R R R R S S S T T T T V

[petland]

The link word is Port which can suffix or prefix the answers to the clues

[sandyRoe]

5. Skipper?

[Neveracrossword]

No, Sandy, there aren't enough Ps to go round.

PS Although I have all the answers, I think the point of this thread is that Matakari gets to see the puzzle (he sometimes asks fori t)... and then asks for help to solve it!

[Neveracrossword]

Matakari, I hope you saw and attempted this? It was a little harder than usual, I thought - so I expected some cries for help! Still, maybe you whizzed straight through it?

PS Thanks, Danny. It was kind of you to supply this. I enjoyed it, it wasn't as simplistic as some of them have been.

[Neveracrossword]

I'm bumping this up a bit - I know Matakari often looks in on Thursdays (Spectator puzzle day).

[dannyk13]

NAC // it wasn't as simplistic as some of them have been.//
I agree, it took me longer than usual to solve it.

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Danny. I wondered if it might have been too tough for Matakari - he's usually keen to get this puzzle!