Clue Chain 12

[Canary42]

Starting Clue Chain 12 - 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

A bit unkind when an idea finally becomes smaller. (11)

 

 

Hint:  Sometimes one doesn't think!

[Canary42]

Hint: The second word is not show 😃

[Canary42]

Another hint - there's anger buried somewhere in the answer (but it's not ire).

[Hazlinny]

Well thanks for that   .........  off to 🛌 😪

[Canary42]

? ? ? ? E ?     ? E ? ?    

 

[Canary42]

?  O  ?   ?   E   ?      ?   E   ?   ?

there are no more vowels

[Canary42]

Re-iteration of current clue and hints :-

Clue:-

Outwardly presented, the French and the Poles put on a spectacle perhaps (6,4)

 

Hint:-

?  O  ?   ?   E   ?      ?   E   ?   ?

there are no more vowels

Another hint - there's anger buried somewhere in the answer (but it's not ire).

[Hazlinny]

Is it some sort of lens?

[Hazlinny]

??? Convex lens

[dustypuss]

Thank God for that.🤯🤯

[Hazlinny]

Canary/  Although answered, I cannot parse it so must be wrong?

Where are you - surely not still filling in your Tax Return?

[Canary42]

No, I got my return in with 8 hours to spare. I was having an afternoon nap (as I do most days).

Here is the parsing for your correct answer :-

Outwardly presented = CONVEX

The French = LE

the Poles (north and south) = NS

spectacle = CONVEX LENS

The anger in the secondary clue is VEX

(Sorry about the "not show" hint, I couldn't resist it 🤣)

 

 

[Canary42]

Your turn Hazlinny.

Where are you?

 

[Hazlinny]

Thanks 😊  I'm here 🐝

Could a grass-coloured celestial  being be mistaken for an old 
fire extinguisher?  (5, 7)

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[Hazlinny]

Hint:  Red now

[Hazlinny]

Hint 2:   ?   ?   E   ?   ?   .........  ?   ?   ?   D   ?   ?   ?

Might not be checking so carry on posting when solved.

[Canary42]

Green Goddess ?

[Hazlinny]

Yes 🚒

[Canary42]

Thanks 😊

A pupil and headgear in Kentish scenic view (9)

[Hazlinny]

? Leaveland

[Canary42]

Sorry, not leaveland.