Crossword Help Forum
Forum Rules

Many thanks, Bharat! Not sure I would have ever sorted that parsing (though that was my best guess for the solution).

Please help me in parsing / solving this cryptic clue -
"Study about English author for children (5)"

Very famous American author/cartoonist. Think feline

Thanks Quisling for the timely help. It would have been difficult for me to guess the answer. Got the word from The cat in the hat.

Please help me in parsing / solving this cryptic clue -
"Fancy of judge near Asian capital endlessly consuming heroin and rum (12)"

Whigmaleerie. The parsing's fairly straightforward - would you like to have a go yourself first!

Sorry, Bharat - my ! at the end was meant to be simply a ?. I'm never sure if you want us to simply give you the whole thing or whether you're happy to try parsing yourself if you've been given the answer.

Thanks Malone for solving a very difficult clue (in my standard). I am normally happy when parsing is given and I will try to solve it using the hints. I can improve my thinking that way. If I am unable to solve the clue despite giving the parsing, I will come back again asking for the answer.

In this clue I could get the parsing in simple terms once you gave the answer and the clue looks good. Thanks for the help.

Thanks, Bharat. I didn't much like the clunky clue, but at least it was easy!

Surprised to hear malone describe this one as "easy"! I had never seen this word before. IMHO, clueing "MAL" as "Asian capital endlessly" is asking quite a lot of the solver. I mean, there are roughly 50 Asian countries, and "capital" could clue currency as well as capital city.

My reaction to this difficult clue is a different "Asian capital endlessly": D'OH!