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Thanks Chris was looking at ptarmigan all day but didn't get that link. Nowhere near on #1 either. Great clues Jolan and thank you once more for your efforts.

I also thought of BELLYACHE for #3, got 2 & 4, kicking self about #5 and had no idea of #1.

Hi friends. Nice to see Ari, Mary6, Jazzy and Andyc in addition to the earlybird Chrise. Chris 4/5 and well done Jazzy and Mary6 for BELLYACHE.

Just got home from Helen's hospital visit. She can now hear me once again (I secretly believe she could hear me all along, just ignored me - lol)

Here are my workings. Hope you agree with the 'pure cryptic' Bellyache:-

1. anag (novel) of ‘opus’ = p ous; a form of lord = a + lud; p(alud)ous = PALUDOUS = inhabiting swamps (Chambers)

2. p + raisers = PRAISERS

3. (cryptic) “belly?” = “ringing?”; BELLYACHE = (colloq) grouse

4. subtractive anag (without & played) of “entering the band he” – “being” = THERE AND THEN = on the spot (= there and then {Chambers})

5. MANDARIN (it’s “in” there – extraction)

Thank you all for participating. See you next week (hopefully)

Bless

J

PS. Chris, I wasn't aware of that link either. Nice to learn something new. Ta for the link.

belly = ringing. Ah ha.

Thanks again, jolan. I had a strong suspicion that PTARMIGAN wasn't what you were thinking of!

Surprised and delighted that Bellyache was right!
Thanks again for the clever clues Jolan. And glad to hear all health-related visits have been successful.

Also surprised, but happy to see that bellyache was right. But I still need to improve on 3 out of 5 :(

Great as always, Jolan. Bellyache was the first word I thought of for 3, but I didn't see the wordplay. Had the other four though. Happy to hear that all is well.

Thanks for the last few posts. Just having a last peek. Have a lovely week. Keep solving.

John