Clue Chain

[miser]

Many years ago on another forum I started a game I called CLUE CHAIN. The idea 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. If anybody is interested in playing my clue is

Bear opening church? (7)

 

 

[Moorea7]

Correct, Nescio 😊 Over to you ...

[nescio]

OK, an easy one:

Hypochondriac's favourite drink, one hears (9)

[jollyroger66]

Champagne

[nescio]

got it, jollyroger. Over to you.

[jollyroger66]

another easy one

Ghost gets flush device (6 & 5 )

[nescio]

spirit level

[jollyroger66]

Correct, nescio 🙂

[nescio]

shorthand for miner, perhaps

[Ken4155]

Pitman

[nescio]

Yep. Over to you, Ken.

[Ken4155]

Far-flung fling, or could be closer to home. 7, 7

[Moorea7]

? Faraway liasion

[Ken4155]

No, MooreA, but you're in the right ballpark.

[Moorea7]

? Foreign liasion

[Ken4155]

You're overthinking things. Remember, not necessarily foreign, it could be closer to home.

[Moorea7]

? Holiday romance

[Ken4155]

Correct 😊. Surprised you didn't think of that one first, MooreA.

[Moorea7]

I haven't had too many, Ken 🙂

Crossing water?  Initialled scan haphazardly ran in at last (13)

[Moorea7]

Extra clue as shortly going out for an hour -

Going the leisurely way to USA.

[Moorea7]

Off now - someone just post another clue to keep the thread going  -  meantime, my answer is an anagram and think of a type of scan as two of the letters.