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'It's Imminent' Cryptic Clues

RedskinRedskin
edited February 2018 in General Charlton
With the supposedly imminent departure of RD, here are some cryptic clues , all of which are associated with his tenure.
None of them are players or managers.
Say, among other things, can mean an example of.

Good luck…

(i) Experts take exam (8)

(ii) Master goes to bed with head teacher (7)

(iii) Have a whisky, say, before Ascot (5,3,5)

(iv) Beginnings down under; Charlton have asked to extend loans, except Tarique's (10)

(v) God loses direction, but gets the general idea (9)

(vi) Fiat 500 (4)
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    LawrieAbrahamsLawrieAbrahams
    iv Duchatelet
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    LawrieAbrahamsLawrieAbrahams
    vi Card
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    Ben18Ben18
    i) protest
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    LawrieAbrahamsLawrieAbrahams
    Is v apologist?
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    RedskinRedskin
    Ben 18, correct: protests
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    RedskinRedskin
    Ah, there you are Lawrie…

    (iv) Duchatelet: 'Beginnings' simply signifies the first letter of the following text.

    (vi) Fiat is a Car and D is latin for 500

    (v) God is Apollo, losing direction - left - Apolo, general idea, gist

    Well done.

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    i_b_b_o_r_gi_b_b_o_r_g
    I really wanna comment on this thread, but I ain't got a clue what you're on about
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    RedskinRedskin
    edited February 2018
    I've just realised I haven't put the number of letters in the answers. If you're unfamiliar with cryptic crosswords they must seem nonsensical, but hopefully seeing the explanations of the answers might make them a little clearer...
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    Pelling1993Pelling1993
    edited February 2018
    If you ever need to make yourself feel like an idiot, just visit this thread and stare blankly at the clever people....
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    RedskinRedskin
    Pelling1993 said:

    If you ever need to make yourself feel like an idiot, just visit this thread and stare blankly at the clever people....

    Horses for courses; I feel the same when visiting finance or IT threads.

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    Brendan_O_ConnellBrendan_O_Connell
    I got (when I say got, I mean guessed at) Card and Apologist, but wasn't brave enough to post in case they were completely wrong.
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    cafcdave123cafcdave123
    (iii) was it Monk D'Wally de Honk?
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    thai malaysia addickthai malaysia addick
    (ii) Boycott
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    thai malaysia addickthai malaysia addick
    (iii) Stole the cloob (stole=ascot, whiskey=canadian club). No, OK.
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    AddicktedAddickted
    (iii) Shorty the Scarf?
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    RedskinRedskin
    thai malaysia addick said:

    (ii) Boycott

    Correct! Master = boy, bed= cot, head of teacher= t
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    RedskinRedskin
    Addickted said:

    (iii) Shorty the Scarf?

    One third correct…
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    RedskinRedskin
    edited February 2018
    thai malaysia addick said:

    (iii) Stole the cloob (stole=ascot, whiskey=canadian club). No, OK.

    You're on the right tracks; but the whisky comes before Ascot. Stole is also close, see Addicted's answer.
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    thai malaysia addickthai malaysia addick
    edited February 2018
    iii) Black and white
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    thai malaysia addickthai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick said:

    iii) Black and white

    I can’t bear the suspense of knowing whether it’s right, @Redskin
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    RedskinRedskin
    thai malaysia addick said:

    thai malaysia addick said:

    iii) Black and white

    I can’t bear the suspense of knowing whether it’s right, @Redskin
    You're missing one word that appears a couple of posts earlier...
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    thai malaysia addickthai malaysia addick
    Black and white scarf would be 5,3,5,5. Is it that?
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    RedskinRedskin
    It is, Thai. I mucked up the number of letters in the clue, I'm afraid...
    Black & White is a whisky, Ascot is a type of scarf.
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    BangkokaddickBangkokaddick
    May I add another six clues? Possibly a bit easier, but they always look easy when you set them.

    1. A tinker becomes an executive. (7)

    2. Sound like up to now it might be comfortable. (4)

    3. Governmental Department entraps the Queen. (9)

    4. Keyboard is not in the office! (6,3)

    5. To be different, I trust Millwall's ground. (2, 7)

    6. Start with irrational number of bottomless dumplings and end up with nothing. (9)
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    sillav nitramsillav nitram
    Redskin said:

    thai malaysia addick said:

    (ii) Boycott

    Correct! Master = boy, bed= cot, head of teacher= t
    Shit, I thought it was Murray getting into to bed with The Duche and Nightmeire
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    LawrieAbrahamsLawrieAbrahams
    Bangkokaddick said:

    May I add another six clues? Possibly a bit easier, but they always look easy when you set them.

    1. A tinker becomes an executive. (7)

    2. Sound like up to now it might be comfortable. (4)

    3. Governmental Department entraps the Queen. (9)

    4. Keyboard is not in the office! (6,3)

    5. To be different, I trust Millwall's ground. (2, 7)

    6. Start with irrational number of bottomless dumplings and end up with nothing. (9)

    6. Pinocchio

    Although it should be endless instead of bottomless.
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    RedskinRedskin
    edited February 2018
    1. Katrien
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    RedskinRedskin
    4. Roland out?
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