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Just got #5 too :)
rossim: good luck. I wonder if your appointment is for two thirty . (joke)

Hello, Jolan. Got them. Will TRY to post at 5.

Hi Jolan

Thanks for the tussle.

1-LIMEADE. Lie surrounding mead.
2- SECOND TO NONE- a pun an assistant unemployed or helpinh no-one.
3- PERITUS- Subtractive anagram
4- DOUBLE ACTING- FOLD IS DOUBLE + ACTING
5- ASWAN HIGH DAM- AS+ WAN + HIGH AND REVERSE OF MAD

Only three to offer:

1. LIMEADE
2. ?
3. PERITUS (subtractive anagram)
4. ?
5. ASWAN HIGH DAM (as + wan + high + dam(mad reversed)

I hope your day went well with good weather
Thanks as always jolan

Thanks, jolan. Just the three I had earlier:

1 LIMEADE - a drink; LIE (fabrication) around MEAD (another drink)

3. PERITUS - an expert used by the RC church to argue points. Subtractive anagram "dour incompetents" - "to condemn"

5. ASWAN HIGH DAM - great engineering project; AS WAN (washed out) HIGH (bombed,as on drugs) MAD (lunatic) "retrograde" or "backwards".

Great fun, as ever, jolan.

1- LIMEADE
2- SECOND-TO-NONE
3- PERITUS (subtractive anagram)
4- DOUBLE-ACTING
5- AS WAN HIGH DAM

Thanks Jolan.
1 limeade
5 Aswan High Dam
3 I had the letters for the anagram but no time to work it out.
Thanks Rosalind and Jazzy for your concern about my teeth. I still have them all and they're just about holding in there. I'm a real wimp when it comes to the dentist's chair!

Apologies for the old joke about two thirty......groan...

Hello all - Ginge, Chrise, Rossim (glad to hear all went well), Jazzy Rosalind, Daniel 5/5 and Ari 5/5.

Had a lovely day out with Brud and wife. They've just gone back to the Emerald Isle. Lovely weather.

Although no real need, I'll append my working for those who wish to see what goes into constructing a clue. One must be able to justify everything or one loses the solver's trust. That is why I go into such detail.

Thanks a million for participating, Have a lovely week.

J.

1. fabricate = lie; a drink = mead; fabricate with a drink within = li(mead)e = LIMEADE

2. assistant = second; unemployed assistant = second to none; SECOND-TO-NONE = supreme (Chambers def).

3. subtractive anagram (not & resolved) of “dour incompetents’ – ‘to condemn’ = PERITUS = a consultant theological expert (adapted from Chambers def).

4. fold = double (double = fold – Chambers def & fold = double – Chambers Thes); in place of = acting; DOUBLE-ACTING = applying power in two directions (Chambers def)

5. as = for instance (Chambers def); washed out = wan; bombed = high (drunk), lunatic = mad and retrograde lunatic = dam; as + wan + high + dam = ASWAN HIGH DAM = great engineering project