I’ll take it as consensus that I pushed the boundaries of bufuddlement one transposition too far. Apologies. I’ve been befuddled many times in this thread, and have enjoyed learning something each time.
Yesterday?
YESTERDAY (“Scrambled Eggs” was the original title to the Beatles song)
Daughter always fair for broad stretch of time? (8)
Hint: Initial letters and a synonym
Hint 2: D A (Daughter always) sounds like “Day” + synonym for"fair" = the answer to “broad stretch of time”
Daylight?
Correct
DAYLIGHT
+++++
Mysterious thin gold ring is a frequent source of controvery (9, 3)
Looks like I’m further becoming the thread nudnik, but…
- If you use devices like initial letters and sound alikes, shouldn’t there be indicator words in the clue?
- How is “daylight” an answer to “a broad stretch of time”?
LIGHTNING ROD (Anagram of “thin gold ring”)
Fellow wandering around yonder. (6)
RODNEY (anagram of YONDER)
Did you think Ponce was on the right track with that fountain? (5)
Youth (container)
+++++
A monk named Martin lost his head and fathered a most unlikely king. (5)
UTHER (Luther - L, Uther Pendragon was father of King Arthur)
+++++
Recluse in a woman’s college in the US. (6)
Hermit (her + MIT)
+++++
Renters divided by a few bugs. (7)
TENANTS (Ten + Ants)
+++++
Time in prison to practice yoga. (7)
Stretch
+++++
I hear crocodile tears are made of alcoholic beverage (9)
CHAMPAGNE (sham pain)
I heard collar glue makes a strong sugary liquid. (6)
NECTAR (neck tar)
Herb tea given to god squashed by noble. (8)
TARRAGON [T + AR(RA)AGON]
+++++
Another time for a canoeing accident (4, 5)
Right answer, but I wasn’t going for “noble” as in Aragorn, I was going for noble as in ARGON, the noble gas.
So we get T(tea), RA (god), and ARGON (noble). RA is squashed by (i.e. contained in) ARGON.
Yes, I had the noble gas but wrote it out wrong. 