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Good morning friends. Isn't the weather lovely today? Hope you will have time to have a go. Happy solving. 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 + 1) to allow others to have a go.

1. A kid from Broadchurch, ever ill-behaved (8)

2. Fateful WWII flier sent back, unaccompanied, to get all Yalta leaders (5,3)

3. Casanova succeeded in parting a couple (5,3)

4. Warm and dry shelter provides protection for the infantry, for example (3-5)

5. Bring lame lot to oblivion then blow up without using a Molotov cocktail (7)

Thanks , Jolan, Great clues as always.

Good afternoon jolan, yes the current weather is superb but unlikely to be long-term unfortunately. Not far behind ab having got #s 1-3 and I think I see the methodology in #5. Thanks again.

Hi ab and ginge. Nice to see you both. I'm intending to take July and August off to give my rapidly aging brain-cells a rest. One seems to get a bit stale. Keep at it. I'm quite ab has finished already. J

I'm also ... quite sure...

Good afternoon jolan
It's very windy here .
Just returned home and I can see only #1 and #5
Will try for some more.....

Hi Jazzy! Just taking a peek in. Not even a breeze up here in NW Wales. Out to the garden now for a wee while. Jx

Late start and lots of site trouble. I see three of them so far...

Tried to post several times with different browsers.

Hi and welcome Ari
Pity about the ongoing site problems. I know I've asked you this before, but have you tried someone with internet access living near you (adjacent?) and who would be willing to try logging on and communicating on this site over the period of a week or so? This should help to narrow the problem down a bit.

Thanks for these, Jolan. As always, inventive and delightful.
Here is my stab at them-
1. A kid from Broadchurch, ever ill-behaved (8)- CHEVERIL? (A kid goat – letters are in clue)

2. Fateful WWII flier sent back, unaccompanied, to get all Yalta leaders (5,3)- ENOLA GAY? ( Unaccompanied – alone, sent back – Enola, with leaders of “get all Yalta” gives Enola Gay the “fateful WWII flier” which deliver the Hiroshima bomb)

3. Casanova succeeded in parting a couple (5,3)- LADY’S MAN? ( Lady and man- couple, parted by succeeded – s , gives Lady’s man- Casanova)

4. Warm and dry shelter provides protection for the infantry, for example (3-5)- AIR- COVER? ( To warm and dry is to air, shelter is cover and air cover provides protection to infantry)

5. Bring lame lot to oblivion then blow up without using a Molotov cocktail (7)- BELLINI? (Subtractive anagram of “Lame lot” and “oblivion” without “a Molotov” gives Bellini – a cocktail.)

Thanks again,
AB