Telegraph Cryptic Connections Puzzle For This Week

[Matakari]

Good day,
I am stuck on 1, 2 and 3 and am not sure about 5. Answers with parsing would be appreciated, please! Thanks in advance!

Cryptic Connections
In a Cryptic Connections puzzle, five cryptic crossword clues must be solved; their answers can be made from the list of letters given underneath. Once all the clues have been solved, some letters will be unused; these can be arranged to give a word or phrase that links the answers to the five clues.

1 Great stuff about gold (5)
2 Drain old German house with water in the middle (7)
3 Buzz Aldrin finally rode around outside (5)
4 Dark thoughts? (6) DREAMS
5 Pull flier before church (6) STARCH

[JJ109]

3 Drone (anagram rode + (Aldri)N (finally)

[cashier]

5 Wren ch

[JJ109]

5 Wren ch

[Neveracrossword]

1 Major, great? It could be Jam, stuff, reversed, and Or, gold.

[ProfessorMaisie]

2 EXHAUST

[cashier]

"Their answers can be made from the list of letters underneath". It might have been better if you had posted the list of letters.

[bobbinwales]

Definately WREN CH.
No idea where starch might fit in

[Neveracrossword]

...so I think the connecting word will be Pipe? Does that come from the list now that we've been given the answers?

[bobbinwales]

"maj or" looks good, yes

[JJ109]

PIPE ?

[Neveracrossword]

Yes, thanks, Bobbinwales and JJ109. At the time of the OP, Matakari had got only one answer - so maybe didn't think to post the letters (or maybe he was hoping to manage that part himself!).

[ProfessorMaisie]

I think you might have spoiled the endgame for Matakari, Neveracrossword.

[dannyk13]

No 4 Dreams
connecting word is Pipe

[Matakari]

Thanks, all, the parsing is great and the connecting word fits perfectly!

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Matakari.

PS It might be more fun - and more rewarding - for us if you share the list of letters.

[Matakari]

Ok, NACW, I'll certainly share the list of letters next time! Thanks again!

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Matakari - that would make it more of a puzzle for us, rather than just the normal three or four clues.

[Matakari]

Hello NACW, for other solvers who might be interested, here are the full instructions for this week’s Telegraph Cryptic Connections Puzzle.

Cryptic Connections
In a Cryptic Connections puzzle, five cryptic crossword clues must be solved; their answers can be made from the list of letters given underneath. Once all the clues have been solved, some letters will be unused; these can be arranged to give a word or phrase that links the answers to the five clues.

1 Great stuff about gold (5)
2 Drain old German house with water in the middle (7)
3 Buzz Aldrin finally rode around outside (5)
4 Dark thoughts? (6)
5 Pull flier before church (6)

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