Help me with my crossword

[Webbo]

Guide gets directions to rural figure 

 

S_ E _ H _ _ _E _S

[Webbo]

3 minutes ago, Webbo said:

Guide gets directions to rural figure 

 

S_ E _ H _ _ _E _S

I've just worked it out but I'll leave it up.

[fazzyfox]

Seek Hunters ?

[Crinklyfox]

Shepherdess fits.  Shepherd for the guide and E, S and S for directions.

[Webbo]

1 minute ago, Crinklyfox said:

Shepherdess fits.  Shepherd for the guide and E, S and S for directions.

That's what I got.

[Crinklyfox]

I hadn't seen this thread before and I'm glad that I've found it as I've been doing cryptic crosswords for years.  I can now tap the brains of like-minded posters who will probably be able to get answers that have eluded me for ages.  Try this one for starters:

 

I pay a flying visit on a regular basis (7, 5)

 

H_L_E_S, _O_E_

[Webbo]

26 minutes ago, Crinklyfox said:

I hadn't seen this thread before and I'm glad that I've found it as I've been doing cryptic crosswords for years.  I can now tap the brains of like-minded posters who will probably be able to get answers that have eluded me for ages.  Try this one for starters:

 

I pay a flying visit on a regular basis (7, 5)

 

H_L_E_S, _O_E_

Halley's comet?

[Crinklyfox]

28 minutes ago, Webbo said:

Halley's comet?

You are a genius sir.  I'd been looking at that one for weeks.

[Webbo]

Sunday again.

 

 

 

Initial qualification can be a form of murder (two words)

 

_ I_ _ T _ E _ _ E _

[pSinatra]

49 minutes ago, Webbo said:

Sunday again.

 

 

 

Initial qualification can be a form of murder (two words)

 

_ I_ _ T _ E _ _ E _

 

first degree

[Webbo]

Obvious when you see it.

[Guest MattP]

Given a Non-U treatment (12)

 

_m_ _ _c_ _ _ _ _d

 

Out of jail, one prisoner being being embraced and finally bedecked with gold? (9)

 

F_ _ _ g _ _ _ d

 

 

 

 

[Nick]

9 minutes ago, MattP said:

Given a Non-U treatment (12)

 

_m_ _ _c_ _ _ _ _d

 

Out of jail, one prisoner being being embraced and finally bedecked with gold? (9)

 

F_ _ _ g _ _ _ d

 

 

 

 

For the first one the only word I can make is Americanised. (Possibly with a 'Z')

 

For the last one the only words that come to mind are freighted and fumigated - I have no idea how they fit cryptically - I don't do cryptic, sorry!

[Buce]

57 minutes ago, MattP said:

Given a Non-U treatment (12)

 

_m_ _ _c_ _ _ _ _d

 

Out of jail, one prisoner being being embraced and finally bedecked with gold? (9)

 

F_ _ _ g _ _ _ d

 

 

 

 

Pretty sure the second one is filigreed.

 

First is Americanized.

Edited 24 October 2016 by Buce

[Guest MattP]

Many thanks, both look spot on.

[Carl the Llama]

I can half see how filigreed works but I don't get how "ilig" fits the "one prisoner being embraced" part of the clue.

[Buce]

1 hour ago, Carl the Llama said:

I can half see how filigreed works but I don't get how "ilig" fits the "one prisoner being embraced" part of the clue.

 

I can only think it is a mistake - i lag would work.(embraced by freed).

Edited 24 October 2016 by Buce

[Webbo]

Complaint as record goes back down the charts (two words)

 

_ L _ _ _ E _ _ _ _ _

 

&

 

Empty river has favourite student inside.

 

_ E _ _ _ T _

[Carl the Llama]

Could the second be deplete?  The favourite student could be a pet but maybe it's cheating too much to split that word up within the answer also I have no idea how river would apply to that answer.

 

Edit:  Ooh the river Dee maybe?  Still doesn't explain the rogue L.

Edited 6 November 2016 by Carl the Llama

[Webbo]

39 minutes ago, Carl the Llama said:

Could the second be deplete?  The favourite student could be a pet but maybe it's cheating too much to split that word up within the answer also I have no idea how river would apply to that answer.

 

Edit:  Ooh the river Dee maybe?  Still doesn't explain the rogue L.

L =learner as in L plates=student.

 

I've got the other one now

 

Slipped disc

[Webbo]

Just stuck on 1 today.

 

Struggle to get iron into thin layer.

 

-a-e- 

[SpacedX]

Wafer?

[Carl the Llama]

2 minutes ago, Webbo said:

Just stuck on 1 today.

 

Struggle to get iron into thin layer.

 

-a-e- 

Wafer

 

struggle=war

iron=fe

Edited 27 August 2017 by Carl the Llama

[Webbo]

2 minutes ago, Carl the Llama said:

Wafer

 

struggle=war

iron=fe

I thought there's be FE in it somewhere. 

[Carl the Llama]

2 hours ago, Webbo said:

I thought there's be FE in it somewhere. 

And so it was.

 

Keep posting these when you get a chance, I'm normally useless with cryptics so even getting one word is as good as completing an entire puzzle to me