Clue Chain 11

[Canary42]

Starting Clue Chain 11 - 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 Dustypuss

Playing around with a bird the forest (8)

 

 

 

[Canary42]

2nd hint:

?   O  ?   ?   A   ?   E

 

If you get it, don't wait for confirmation as I will be off the air for a while now.

[dustypuss]

Postage 

[dustypuss]

Don't know if correct or not . But carry on.🍖🍗🥩🥂🥃 I'm going to in-laws for a bbq. 

[Canary42]

Postage is correct - who's going to carry on ?

[Canary42]

Here we go then, try this for size :-

 

 

Not good, being pierced by an old weapon even (8)

 

 

 

 

[Hazlinny]

? Ba  lance  d

[Canary42]

Well done, balanced is correct 😊

[Hazlinny]

Thanks 🍷

Ending with the unknown, nothing is disobdient.  (7)

 

 

[Hazlinny]

Hint:  Have you stood on this step?

[Canary42]

naughty ?

[Hazlinny]

Yes Canary 😊

Naught   y

[Canary42]

Thank you 😊

 

Mum and Dad possibly and a colour (7)

[Hazlinny]

? Magenta

[Canary42]

Magenta is correct, well done 😊

[Hazlinny]

Thanks 😊

Second-class direction leads to highland loch finding shine. (10)

[Canary42]

brightness

[Hazlinny]

Yes ...  too easy for you 😊

[Canary42]

Ta. 😊

 

A smell of murder, backing without hesitation for commonplace (7)

[Canary42]

1st clue

 

H   ?   ?   ?   ?   ?   ?    

 

[Patsy33]

Humdrum?