Clue Chain 10

[Canary42]

Starting Clue Chain 10 - 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.

The first clue is from Hazlinny as follows :-

 

Sounds a bother when I leave it shortly to head off to  fragments of concrete.  (7)

 

 

[Patsy33]

Australia

[Canary42]

Yes Patsy, Australia is correct, well done 😊

[Patsy33]

Mark is by town in Yorkshire (11)

[johnny.5]

Scarborough ?

[Patsy33]

Yes, Johnny! 😀 

[johnny.5]

Ta 😁

suffering drunken actors soon get sober in this play (5,2,4)

[Canary42]

Water of life ?

[Canary42]

I'm off to bed now.

In the unlikely event that I'm right with Water of Life, please can anyone else continue on my behalf.

Thank you and goodnight.

[johnny.5]

sorry not water of life but we all have at least one 

[Patsy33]

Cross to bear

[dustypuss]

Never heard of it .🫤

[Patsy33]

It's a 'Play' on words, Dusty. Actors & Sober. Start of clue is definition, 'Suffering' = Cross to Bear.  😀

[johnny.5]

cross to bear is correct 😁

and good parse

[Patsy33]

Thanks 😀 

I'll be back soon!

[dustypuss]

No!  beyond me 🙃. Thanks anyway 🙂

[Canary42]

My word johnny, that was a difficult clue (good one though).  I certainly couldn't parse Patsy's answer until she explained it (thank you Patsy😊).