Cryptic overlaps

ASTERISK [(haste - h) + risk]

+++++

Among the most inadequate, these stick out. (10)

SKETCHIEST (these stick anagram)


The Cardinal will stand for moving fifth to the back. (8)

The Cardinal will stand for moving fifth to the back. (8)

STANFORD (stand for – move the d)

+++++

Imagine armed conflict (5)

DREAM (anagram)


Capital city has my lost hamster, dammit! (9)

AMSTERDAM (enclosed)

There ain’t nothin’ like a mead! (4)

DAME (anagram)

+++++

Pat O’Riley’s whirlwind romance was facilitated by the USPS. (10)

Pat O’Riley’s whirlwind romance was facilitated by the USPS. (10)

EPISTOLARY (Anagram of Pat O’Riley’s)

+++++

Wearisome by Null Exchange is a popular album. (6, 9)

YELLOW SUBMARINE (anagram of wearisome by null)


Ask into neon corset state. (8)

NEBRASKA (NEonBRASKA)

+++++

He thought he’d impress Kathleen on this, but his sick moves left his Kate bored, or so I hear. (10)

SKATEBOARD ('s kate bored)


Private eye finds leads on robin. (4, 7)

Private eye finds leads on robin. (4, 7)

DICK GRAYSON (Dick + grays +on)

+++++

Composer’s wanton hedonism (8)

SONDHEIM (hedonism anagram)


Inevitably I am contracted to draw from the national trust. (8)

IMMINENT (I’m in NT)


Infiltrate honor for ship. (10)

Infiltrate honor for ship. (10)

ENTERPRISE [Enter + Prise (brit spelling?)]

+++++

Jack’s hit song about Shiatsu nonsense (7, 2, 3, 3)

I’m having a senior moment. I don’t remember what I was thinking.

Going to lie down now.

SEASONS IN THE SUN (anagram of SHIATSU NONSENSE)

+++++

Unitarian Universalist nuns come together with Mancunian VIP. (6)

Right answer. Wrong solution.

“to draw from” is “MINE”

So it’s IM + MINE + NT

SUNUNU? (U+U+NUNS anagram)

+++++

Dust in ruins: Yes! Uncover it here! (6, 6)

Nudist colony?

Oh, that was diabolically clever!