Getting Desperate. Today's Guardian Quick Crossword

[Ecdysiast]

Holds out some hope....

Sorry clutching at straws at this point.

[Webbo]

Can't find my old thread, this'll have to do.

 

Reliable person has an old mobile.  _ R _ _ _

 

and

 

State volunteer going round old son.  _ E _ A _

 

 

Just realised this isn't Gen Chat. Can someone move it please?

[Webbo]

4 minutes ago, Webbo said:

Can't find my old thread, this'll have to do.

 

Reliable person has an old mobile.  _ R _ _ _

 

and

 

State volunteer going round old son.  _ E _ A _

 

 

Just realised this isn't Gen Chat. Can someone move it please?

I've just twigged, the second one but I'll leave it up for someone else.

[Toddybad]

13 minutes ago, Webbo said:

Can't find my old thread, this'll have to do.

 

Reliable person has an old mobile.  _ R _ _ _

 

and

 

State volunteer going round old son.  _ E _ A _

 

 

Just realised this isn't Gen Chat. Can someone move it please?

I cannot for the life of me fathom cryptic crosswords. Just don't get them at all.

[Alf Bentley]

"Brick" for the first?

[Webbo]

4 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

"Brick" for the first?

I knew I could rely on foxestalk.

 

PS Thanks for moving thread, whoever that was.

[Webbo]

Stuck on this one. 

 

Politicians : 'Nuisances are the effects of delivery' (two words)

 

_ A _ _U _ P _ _ N _

[Webbo]

10 minutes ago, Webbo said:

Stuck on this one. 

 

Politicians : 'Nuisances are the effects of delivery' (two words)

 

_ A _ _U _ P _ _ N _

I've just got it but I'll leave it up for others to have a go. 

[Milo]

2 hours ago, Webbo said:

I've just got it but I'll leave it up for others to have a go. 

Second word pains?

 

First word something with the letters MPS? 

[Webbo]

34 minutes ago, Milo said:

Second word pains?

 

First word something with the letters MPS? 

Second word is pains. It's not to do with the letters MPs.

[Alf Bentley]

Labour Pains?

[Webbo]

19 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

Labour Pains?

You've got it again Alf.

[Alf Bentley]

2 minutes ago, Webbo said:

You've got it again Alf.

 

Confusing clue, though, as Labour politicians deliver only pleasure into the world and not nuisance and pain, as we both know..... 

[Webbo]

2 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

 

Confusing clue, though, as Labour politicians deliver only pleasure into the world and not nuisance and pain, as we both know..... 

This was in the Mail on Sunday  the readership is very discerning. 

[Webbo]

Right, stuck on 2.

 

Get horse to take sodium at last. _ I _A _ L _

 

 

and

 

Sent away - free, perhaps,or for a payment (two words)  _ R _N _ _ _ R _ E _

[SouthStandUpperTier]

2 minutes ago, Webbo said:

Right, stuck on 2.

 

Get horse to take sodium at last. _ I _A _ L _

 

 

and

 

Sent away - free, perhaps,or for a payment (two words)  _ R _N _ _ _ R _ E _

First one is FINALLY.  (Horse = FILLY, Sodium = NA)

[Webbo]

1 minute ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

First one is FINALLY.  (Horse = FILLY, Sodium = NA)

Good stuff.

[SouthStandUpperTier]

11 minutes ago, Webbo said:

Right, stuck on 2.

 

Get horse to take sodium at last. _ I _A _ L _

 

 

and

 

Sent away - free, perhaps,or for a payment (two words)  _ R _N _ _ _ R _ E _

Are you sure the second one is two words? Thinking it could be TRANSFERRED.

[Webbo]

Just now, SouthStandUpperTier said:

Are you sure the second one is two words? Thinking it could be TRANSFERRED.

It says two words in the paper.

[SouthStandUpperTier]

Just now, Webbo said:

It says two words in the paper.

How many letters in each word?

[Webbo]

Just now, SouthStandUpperTier said:

How many letters in each word?

I don't know, it's part of the puzzle.

[Milo]

Transfer Fee?

[Webbo]

7 minutes ago, Milo said:

Transfer Fee?

That's it, transfer fee is an anagram of sent far and free.

[Milo]

2 minutes ago, Webbo said:

That's it, transfer is an anagram of sent far.

Yeah. 
 

I knew that. 
 

[Webbo]

I'm sure this'll be obvious when it's solved but I'm stuck on it.

 

Fake confectionery;  _ _ D _ E