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)

 

 

[Patsy33]

^^^^^^

Working - on

[Moorea7]

Elegant

 

[writesbad]

well done, moorea

over to you....

[Canary42]

bump

[Moorea7]

Small whisky taken across to roof space without one cuppa - tragic! (8)                    will check in morning.

[Canary42]

DRAMATIC ?  ?  ?

[Moorea7]

Of course Canary - that was too easy.  Sorry was late, got side-tracked.

 

[Canary42]

No problem, you did warn.

[Canary42]

So, here's my clue

 

Runs a reduced journal before artist grabs a garden tool. (9)

[Canary42]

Sorry, I can't stay awake any longer. Answers on a postcard please to Canary42, Land of Nod.  😉😴😴😴😴

[1ozzy]

Diarrhoea

[1ozzy]

That's got to be right!

So

Performance car as driven in Rome has no Michelin aficionado (10)

[Canary42]

Correct 1ozzy, well done.

[mallyh]

astronomer?

[Canary42]

GASTRONOME ? ? ? ? 

[mallyh]

ignore my answer ,as ozzy hasn't come back and i have to go to the dentist x

[Canary42]

Good luck there Mallyh 😊

[JJ109]

Gastronome looks correct Canary!

GT (performance car) "as" (driven in)= Gast+ Ro-no-me (anagram) 

[Canary42]

Thanks jj09, but all credit for Mally for putting me on the right path 😊

 

So, here's a clue to keep the thread spooling :-

Past king and flighty type hesitates at elderly relation (11)

 

[JJ109]

GR and moth er