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)

 

 

[Patsy33]

Correct, Haz! 😃 

[Hazlinny]

Thanks 😊

Old city market was almost a nunnery before losing only one direction before a plot. (6, 6)

[Canary42]

Covent Garden ? ? ? 

[Hazlinny]

Yes Canary 😊   Co(n)vent Garden

[Canary42]

Thank you 😉

 

Sweetheart expected to hear a fruity answer (8)

[Canary42]

1st hint 

?  ?  ?  E  ?  ?  E  ?

[Canary42]

2nd hint

?   O   ?   E   ?   ?   E   ?

[Patsy33]

Honeydew

[Canary42]

Yes, Honeydew (Honey due) is correct, well done 😊

 

 

[Patsy33]

Thanks 😀

Even more sweet talk? (7)

[dustypuss]

Smoothy. 

[Patsy33]

No, not smoothy Dusty..

It's a double definition.

[Canary42]

Flatter ?

[Patsy33]

Well done Canary! 😀 

[Canary42]

Thank you 😊

 

Motor car not starting after crash - give it the bird (9)

 

 

[Patsy33]

Cormorant?

[Canary42]

Yes, cormorant is correct, anagram of motor car n(ot).Well done 😊

[Patsy33]

Thanks 😀 

Try? I've arranged to see her! (6)

[Hazlinny]

? Verity

[Patsy33]

Yes Haz 😀