Cryptic caves

[Fulk]

Apologies for the rather poor quality of this clue, but it'll do to keep things going:

Boring spouse – sounds like she's healthy (4,4,4)

 

[RobinGriffiths]

Grey Wife Hole?

Hole sounds like hale (and hearty) ?

 

[ChrisB]

Hole sounds like hale (and hearty) ?

or whole (not broken!)

 

[Fulk]

That's it, Robin (& I meant 'sounds like whole').

 

[RobinGriffiths]

Spiky vessel for a brew as found in the Dales, Peak and perhaps Mendip? (6-3)

 

[andys]

Nettle Pot?

 

[RobinGriffiths]

Yes. One of several, including one in Scotland!

 

[andys]

This should be quick.....

"OMG Spock has his top on backwards!" ( 6,3 )

 

[andybrooks]

This should be quick.....

"OMG Spock has his top on backwards!" ( 6,3 )

I suppose the obvious answer would be Vulcan Pot.

 

[andys]

Indeed - a bit surprised here that it took 10 days! Your go......

 

[Fulk]

Well, surprised or not, I don't get it even when I know what the answer is.

 

[andybrooks]

I think the OMG was a bit of a red herring. Then Spock is an original Star Trek reference (although strictly he was only half Vulcan), and his top backwards gives the second word.
Meanwhile, try this one:
Fringe Pot? (6, 6, 3)

 

[andybrooks]

It's not easy to come up with a hint without giving this away. For now, I'll just suggest that the letter count should narrow down the options.

 

[andybrooks]

OK, time for a more substantive hint. The clue is perhaps a bit indirect - in fact if there were such a place as "Fringe Pot" the phrase you are looking for might serve as a clue to it. Oh, and an anagram is involved . . .

 

[langcliffe]

It could, with a bit of imagination about what constitutes a cryptic clue, be Broken Finger Pot.

 

[andybrooks]

It could, with a bit of imagination about what constitutes a cryptic clue, be Broken Finger Pot.

Yes, that's it! The question mark was supposed to indicate the need for imagination. Over to you . . .

 

[langcliffe]

No, I'll let somebody else have a go. These aren't cryptic clues of the type I am familiar with.

 

[Graigwen]

Somebody else has been very slow in providing a clue, so I'll throw this one in. It is certainly cryptic, but in a common sense non-technical way (I hope).

"Something wrongly spelled with idiosyncratic capitalisation and punctuation, ended a week this Wednesday"

5,3

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[Graigwen]

Somebody else has been very slow in providing a clue, so I'll throw this one in. It is certainly cryptic, but in a common sense non-technical way (I hope).

"Something wrongly spelled with idiosyncratic capitalisation and punctuation, ended a week this Wednesday"

5,3

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It is a very obscure cave.
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[Graigwen]

...and it is not in England.
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