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Another for Jono's list in Times 28029- drawer to give Ra as in artist

I see drawer used like that quite a bit, but it's clever enough that I'm not tired of it, as opposed to RA for artist.

I agree, but it's a kind of evolution of cluing that must make it hard for learners to get into cryptic crosswords.
In this sense I applaud the Times' "quick cryptic" as a beginners puzzle, but too often it relies on "conventional" clues that are learned rather than intuitive.

This is an old one but it needs repeating until the message gets through. On the BBC this evening I saw a programme about Robin Hood's Bay in which the presenter said: "It is difficult to underestimate the power of the sea".

This script was probably written by some public school, Oxbridge educated, person, seeing as it was the BBC.

Also, I saw in the Daily Telegraph this caption to a photograph: "Giles Coren, who's Jaguar was stolen..."

Malone

This is the best I can ***** (not very elegant)

I heard he made an arduous trail, a killer perhaps (5)

Jono

Have you got our friend "setter" on your list?

Thanks jigjag, funny you should say that as it popped up (again) in today’s Guardian ;-)

Jigjag, thanks - and that's a pretty reasonable clue, better than some we get! This goes only for England, of course , the parts where Offa sounds like Offer.

BBC1 lunchtime news today at a Cotswold archaeological site rich in fossils.

Unsurprisingly the reporter said the fossils were laying in the mud.

This usage is so common nowadays that I think it may soon be validated in dictionaries.

jigjag

I like your clue but here the -er is longer than the -a, but I think it works for most of England as Malone says.

Jono

Chinese Auditor? (7)

....for your list?

Malone Grunger

Glad you liked the clue. It works in Wales too, which Offa would have been pleased about no doubt.

Paul

Pity the reporteer was not asked about what the fossils were laying.