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Agreed!

Well I've heard of Mordor, but not Endor - probably shows what I read when younger!

Still from 1974 Times.
Some fellows make for port on board of these (8)
-O-L-G-S so I presume COLLEGES - but port? board?

possibly a reference to college dinners (board) and passing the port, and so on?

Cretin, I was going to say much the same as Chris.


PS I find that another less than scintillating clue!

Yes, less than impressive as a clue!

The simplest-looking sometimes end up the trickiest. Again The Times from 1974.
Hold up of mail bags? Sound idea! (4)
-E-T and the best I have is BELT, though that doesn't sound like another word for idea!

I think you’re right about Belt. I think “sound idea” is just a clumsy homophone indicator. Bags are trousers, so male bags (trousers) would be held up by a belt

Proving that cryptics have come on in leaps and bounds since 1974!

The final crossword in this run of 1974 Times cryptics is a real pig - used as an eliminator for the national crossword championship that year. So I shall break my readers in gently...
This lizard is folied by surgical hygiene (4)
S--- and that's all I have!