Cryptic caves

[rm128]

I understood OH to be a well known abbreviation, apologies if not.

I'm sure it is well known. I'm just a bit of a dinosaur and always struggle with such abbreviations. As you can probably appreciate, texts sent by me tend to be rather long-winded affairs.

 

[rm128]

Apologies, it's called an indirect anagram. Wikipedia suggests they are now considered unfair, so I won't do any more!

I thought it was one of the better clues we've had for a while.

I'm a bit snowed under just now, but will try to come up with something later today.

 

[rm128]

This one shouldn't be too hard... although it may feature an indirect anagram... sorry.

"Animated tall tales featuring half of a half-pint subterranean explorer" (6, 7)

 

[ChrisB]

An animated version of "yarns gill caver" gives me Aygill Caverns… but with an R left over?

 

[rm128]

An animated version of "yarns gill caver" gives me Aygill Caverns… but with an R left over?

Oops. That will teach me to come up with clues in a hurry. Anyway, you've managed to solve it even with a faulty clue. Give yourself an extra point.

Only "yarns" needs to be animated, which then features (i.e. includes) "gill cave(r)".

Back to you...

 

[ChrisB]

No anagrams in this one:

Something you might find on one side of a fish out of water is sometimes compressed into a horse

 

[andys]

No anagrams in this one:

Something you might find on one side of a fish out of water is sometimes compressed into a horse

Could we have a letter count please?

 

[ChrisB]

Sorry, 6, 4.

 

[andybrooks]

I guess that rules out Dry Gill something, then.

 

[ChrisB]

I guess that rules out Dry Gill something, then.

It does, but you're on the right lines

 

[JasonC]

Gaping Gill

 

[ChrisB]

Gaping Gill

Correct. Over to you, Jason.

 

[JasonC]

Try this...
Booze 'n' jewels are hot - fabulous! (8, 4)

 

[JasonC]

No? I thought it would be easy. A further clue then: NC3

 

[ChrisB]

Booze=Rum, Jewels=Bling, Rumbling Hole fits the letter count. I don't have a copy of NC3 but I think it's the right area. I don't know what to do with 'n' or hot fabulous, and can't find anything leading to 'Hole'. Having half a solution is constraining my thinking so I'm posting to find out if I'm on the right track.

 

[Mark]

Booze=Rum, Jewels=Bling, Rumbling Hole fits the letter count. I don't have a copy of NC3 but I think it's the right area. I don't know what to do with 'n' or hot fabulous, and can't find anything leading to 'Hole'. Having half a solution is constraining my thinking so I'm posting to find out if I'm on the right track.

h-hot, ole fabulous? Sounds good to me

 

[JasonC]

Rumbling Hole it is! Analysed in full between Chris and Mark - so over to you Chris...

 

[ChrisB]

Thanks Jason. This one might be too easy but we'll see.

Confused? It's not I, sounds like the rope is more than just tangled. (7) or perhaps (5+2).

 

[Trogger]

Notts II

 

[ChrisB]

Correct, Notts II, over to you Trogger.