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MacMillanQuizzer Amity priest that is extremely naked starts smoking joint

Nearly got my vote. A strong and fair clue but the surface reading had me wondering. Joint-smoking priests are commonly naked, no doubt, in MacMillanland but how is extremely naked any more bare than normally naked?

pastille Take a comrade aboard the sloop.

As a sailor, I know that a sloop is definitely not a ship, and I don't see a proper definition for "friendship", just wordplay.

Torquemada Warmth starts frigid, finishes cool

Obviously, I can't comment on my own clue, other than to explain it. Warmth = friendship; Starts frigid = FRI; finishes = ENDS; cool = HIP.

trevor Short literary man dies in company?

I would never have got this (though that doesn't affect my opinion of it). I didn't like "company" as the definition, and the way "fri" is arrived at is obscure in the extreme.

Wendy Mate with Renown makes for love without sex!

Do I detect a Hornblower obsession? I don't like the use of "Renown" as "ship" without an indication that it is an example. And why the "!"?

Rosalind Are they joined here, exhibiting such good relations?

There is no wordplay and it doesn't work for me as an &lit clue.

So, what thoughts do others have on the entries?

Torquemada - I'll take as a compliment your comment that the Fogg beater clue is more for Mephisto, especially coming from one who uses the name of one of the great crossword setters

Well not so much the Spanish Inquisition as the Spanish Extermination.

Not sure if I can take it...off to bed...sob,sob...sniff...

As Wendy is usually a well mannered lady of an urbane background, I would like to suggest that her use of "!" at the end of her clue is nothing but a personal exclamation to point out her risque use of the word (Dare I say it) sex, which for Wendy, I do believe would be bordering on indecency (or maybe not)

aah Les40...you are such a gent!

p@ x

Does that mean that Wendy won't understand Trevor's last post, then?

Maybe not Torquemada, then again it depends what Wendy is holding in her cache of risqueness (if that's a word) You just never know exactly what a woman knows or thinks

Hi Torquemada -- in my defence:

I appreciate 'Association' is not a direct synonym for friendship, but it is listed by Roget, and according to Chambers, one of the definitions of 'associate' is 'friend'.

Friday is the end of the week, Saturday and Sunday are the weekend. There is a subtle difference. If you asked to borrow something until the end of the week, I'd expect it back on Friday (or Saturday morning at the latest!)

I agree that 'out' would normally be considered a weak anagrind, but would contend that 'send out' parses nicely enough to forgive it.

Personally, I'd have criticized myself for having a singular noun governing a plural verb...