Metro

[barnaclebill58]

Thurs. 1a Obscure claim of importance at university that means nothing to us. Ans in todays paper is ambiguous. I can get the u o us but where does the ambig come from and if the claim of importance is "am big" isn't it"I am big" or similar?
Friday 8a See pin-up at once -a European ????i??
12a Sweets posses a means of causing a smell . ?f?????a?e
4d Fruit from Chile is rotten to a point . ???h??
5d A hundred seek stimulation at revel ???o???l

I solved the Times and the Times Quick Cryptic today unaided . This is harder!

[Mamyalynne]

4 Lichee - Chile + E , anag

[Mamyalynne]

5 Carousal

[barnaclebill58]

I always thought it was lychee.

[Mamyalynne]

1 (I) am big U o us


poor if so

[Mamyalynne]

Variant

lychee
ˈlʌɪtʃiː,ˈlɪtʃiː/Submit
noun
noun: lichee
1.
a small rounded fruit with sweet white scented flesh, a large central stone, and a thin rough skin.

[Mamyalynne]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lichee

[Davemano]

12 Afters Have

[Davemano]

8 Pin/Nail reversed Lian with once a Exi - Exilian described as an exiled jew.

[barnaclebill58]

Thanks all -would never have got exilian

[Davemano]

A pleasure - good luck.