DIY COW Clue-Writing Contests

[anax]

Thanks to twigusa we have our next clue challenge. The new word is:

INANIMATE

Should be fun. Let's see what you (and I, for that matter) can do.

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Start every day with a smile and get it over with.

[penfold_61]

Not "Living and Home" article I reproduce (9)

Def = not living
IN + AN + I + MATE

I'm sure there is/was a magazine called Living and Home but I can't find reference to it.

[penfold_61]

Dead banana mite I crushed, spilling two types of blood (9)

(banana mite I)* -A,B

[7dNigePun]

A bit pants, but it's a start


In Tainan I mated still (9)

[anax]

One player in Man Utd reserve team certainly not playing (9)

I (one) + NANI (player in Man Utd - also a Portuguese international) + TEAM*
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[penfold_61]

Listless sort of drivel delivered by Sir Alex Ferguson about one terrible pointless team (9) :-)

sort of drivel delivered by Sir Alex Ferguson = INANE surrounding (I TEAM)* -E

[anax]

Still cuckoo, mental patient admits (9)
ANI in INMATE
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[7dNigePun]

Not moving back in yet, am in an institution (9)

Not moving - def
back - reversal indication
in - containment indicator

[anax]

[anax]

Originally alive entering pub, one couple dead (9)

A(live) in INN + I + MATE
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Start every day with a smile and get it over with.

[anax]

I'm bloody well loving this - somebody stop me!

Man in a tie, pants with no zip (9)

MAN IN A TIE*
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Start every day with a smile and get it over with.

[penfold_61]

Not living in area covered by anti-mine resolution (9)

A in ANTI MINE*

[7dNigePun]

Dead close, with a point in it for the first time. (9)


CLOSE=INTIMATE with A+N replacing the first T

[7dNigePun]

Surprisingly maintain direction still (9)

[twigusa]

What have I started? :) These are all brilliant. I didn't realise there was as much scope for wordplay as there evidently is.

[boxwood]

No more change of team after short keeper gets involved with another eleven (9)

I (NAN) I ( TEAM*)

No more = dead, inanimate

( keeper = nanny) therefore (short keeper = NAN)
in (another eleven = 11 )

[penfold_61]

With no sensation in the middle of France I'm at a loose end (9)

IN+(fr)AN(ce)+IM+AT+(loos)E

[AngryVocab]

The dead home of the soul teaches pains are missing.

IN + ANIMA + TE(-aches)

[7dNigePun]

One man eating endlessly on the move? No! (9)


I + (man eatin(-g))*

[twigusa]

I think this has run its course and it's time to pick some winners. I'll list my three favourites and reasons but this is very subjective and they were all brilliant - a tough decision.

1. Not moving back in yet, am in an institution - 7dnigepun

This is a very clever reverse hidden which reads brilliantly. It took me a while to spot it even with the description underneath :)

2. Still cuckoo, mental patient admits - anax

I love this and it only dropped to second place because of the mephisto-esque ani for cuckoo definition which I had to look up. Great construction.

3. Not "Living and Home" article I reproduce - penfold_61

Nice misdirection in this one and reads well too. A worthy third place.

So congratulations to 7dnigepun who gets to set the next challenge. Looking forward to it!

Twig.

[7dNigePun]

Thanks very much Twig, I'm deeply honoured.