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]

Irritate at your job, using pins. - 10 letters

[Canary42]

CROSSTITCH ? ? ? ? 

I'm uncertain about this, perhaps I should say CROSS STITCH in which case the letter count is out.

[Moorea7]

No, sorry😊

[mallyh]

needlework

[Moorea7]

✔😊

[mallyh]

two vehicles make this home  7

[Moorea7]

Car a van

[mallyh]

yes x

[Moorea7]

False beheaded male?  On the contrary, refreshingly genuine.

3  - 4 letters

[Moorea7]

^^^ sorry, should be 4 - 3 letters 😊

[Canary42]

REAL ALE ? ? ?

[Moorea7]

✔😊

Real (genuine) opp of false   -  (m)ale

[Canary42]

Metallic broken leg will smart perhaps (6)

[nescio]

tingle

[Canary42]

Correct nescio,😋 well done

[nescio]

Fat oaf reversing around traffic cones (8)

[Patsy33]

Backward?

[nescio]

No. you need to determine which part of the clue is the definition, then it becomes fairly obvious.

[writesbad]

bollards

[nescio]

Well, there's no need to be like that!  :-)

Correct, writesbad.

Lard, with slob reversing around it.