Sunday Express Skeleton clues are the most convoluted cryptic clues I have ever come across. Methane is not a noble gas for a start . But a Thane is a noble so how they define the ME is beyond me .But ..nothing else fits !
hey shaneystar I think you have missed the point. there is not a connection between noble and gas. I think it means that I am(me) a noble (thane) and the answer is methane a gas.