Clue Chain 10

[Canary42]

Starting Clue Chain 10 - all welcome 😊

The idea of the game 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, easy or cryptic.  If nobody has answered the clue within 30 minutes, the setter should post a further hint and so on until the clue is solved.

The first clue is from Hazlinny as follows :-

 

Sounds a bother when I leave it shortly to head off to  fragments of concrete.  (7)

 

 

[Hazlinny]

? Portray    ......... with help of hint!

[Canary42]

bloater ?

[Canary42]

Dammit, bloater scuppered by the hint which I hadn't seen - doh!

[Patsy33]

Halibut?

[johnny.5]

portray is correct

[Hazlinny]

Thanks 😊

Peace, in the beginning, had a rare memory of Norfolk yachting.  (7)

[Hazlinny]

Hint:  Combination of musical tones

[Patsy33]

Harmony?

[Hazlinny]

Yes Patsy 😊    ............ beginning letters of some words in clue.

[Patsy33]

Thanks 😊 

Venomous Company has her support. (5)

[Canary42]

covid ???

[Patsy33]

No sorry, Canary..

[Canary42]

co bra = cobra ???

[Patsy33]

Yes Canary, Well done !😃

[Canary42]

Thanks 😊

 

Hire inside ? No, quite the opposite occupant (8)

 

 

[dustypuss]

Outcasts 

[Canary42]

Sorry, not outcasts.

1st hint :-     ? ? ? I ? ? ? T

 

 

 

[Patsy33]

Resident

[Canary42]

Yes, well done Patsy 😊

Opposite to hire inside is side in hire, hence re(side)nt = occupant

[Patsy33]

Thanks.😊 

Thanks 😀 

No score regards a dna (4)