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Good afternoon friends! This will be my last "5" until the New Year. I need to 'recharge the old batteries' as I'm inclined to run out of ideas occasionally. A wee bit of wassailing should act as an electrolyte and I hope to be back then. Meanwhile, thanks to our regulars for taking part. Keeps my brain active. I wish all of you a very Happy and Healthy Christmas and a prosperous New Year. J

I set clues just for pleasure. I wonder if some of you excellent regulars would like to try a few? Since they're new, no letters!

Please withhold solutions till 5 pm (GMT) to allow others to have a go.

1. Codification change to let a cur follow women exclusively? (12)

2. Kangaroo he put straight into Maori infant class (7,3)

3. Personal wounds rarely acquired by drivers (5,2,3)

4. Artificial part of the expert’s composition (10)

5. Nothing left in safe? (3,5)

Hi Jolan,

Just finishing my dinner break at work so will try and look in later. I see 3 & 5 straight away but will ponder the others. All the best for the festive time

Just seen Number 4 too.

See ya later

Good afternoon jolan, wassail away and enjoy but very pleased to hear you "doing your Arnie", roll on 2015. In the meantime, Les is 1 up on me, I've only got #s 4 & 5 so far though I've plenty of time to ponder this afternoon while I'm stripping wallpaper (thankfully only need 1 hand most of the tim and it's thirsty work so no prizes for guessing what's in the other!).

Hi Les and Ginge. Nice to hear from you both. And, ginge, we'll be examining the strips for 'parallelity' especially as time moves on :)

Good afternoon jolan
Late checking in again. I cannot see any on first reading, but will have a good think with my late lunch.

Hello, Jolan. Just popping in to say hello. Haven't been on the site lately (have given up on Clueless, etc.), but would like to wish you an electrolytic Christmas. Best wishes to Helen too.
I see all but 1. Probably won't be able to get back on at 5:00, but will dwell on the clue while driving on the icy roads.

#4 and #5 so far

and #2 but cannot quite parse it, so probably wrong

Thank you Ari. Be careful out there!
And, well done Jazzy - you've sussed me out. I think :-))