By way of reminder, the object of this game is to solve (and briefly explain) the clue presented by the previous poster and then set your own clue.

Anything from the (worldwide) crossword arena is acceptable by way of clue style, but if you stray too far from the pure path beware the scourge of...
Pandora's WET NOODLE!

The puzzle could be an old favourite or something of your own making. Don't be shy: this is for everyone, not just the old hands!

For those unfamiliar with crossword clues who want to give it a try, there is plenty of guidance online, for instance
http://www.gameboomers.com/Garden/CrypticCrosswordTypes.htm and
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/premium/xword/cryptics.html as well as a quite entertaining and instructive book (not just for beginners) available from Amazon and no doubt elsewhere http://www.amazon.com/The-Times-Crack-Cryptic-Crosswords/dp/0007546521/ref=dp_ob_image_bk

My own favourite source of crosswords is https://www.ft.com/crossword (free of charge and nicely varied, but not too mind-boggling) and for those who like British Crosswords you may like to try these (which are also free): http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords. English setter John Halpern's website may also be of interest www.johnhalpern.co.uk.

There is nothing to prevent (say) a couple of related clues if offering a single clue cramps your style.

If there are multiple answers involved, there is no restriction against one person solving all and the solver of the final clue/part is the one who goes next.

Obviously you need to await confirmation of a correct answer before posting your own puzzle, but please then do so reasonably promptly: if having answered correctly you are not going to be able to set a follow-up clue within about the next 24 hours, please pass your turn to someone else so that the game does not stall.

To save the poor demented solvers from excessive brain damage , you should consider revealing one letter of the answer when the question is set, unless the answer is very short/easy so that provision of a letter hint at the outset would spoil the sport!

If no-one is biting within about 24 hours you should start dropping additional hints, and to try to give everyone a fair crack of the whip, the immediately previous setter is asked not to post a solution to the current clue within the first 24 hours.

Constructive criticism and cheerful badinage are to be expected, not to mention a certain amount of national rivalry, but above all, have a bit of fun.

The weighty trophy to be passed to whoever solves your clue is the jewel-encrusted CanukDenis Memorial Championship Belt
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This thread is so named in honour of our late dear friend Denis Borris (aka CanukDenis) who was an ever cheerful and quick-witted presence on this forum, posting many an iffy crypt just to stir the pot, and intrigued by all things linguistic, mathematical and beyond.
RIP CD - we hold you in our hearts as we play on!

Next clue:

Is no ketchup ordered for poor food stall? (4,7)

Direct on the right cvvc cvcccvc

All letters different, one indicator, and the middle letter of the second word is c

Aha, clicked once I realised "poor" meant "deprived" as well as "inferior" - soup kitchen

That's the one, and here is your not so poor reward ===[**CDM**]===

Merci, M. Lex!

Follow celebrity showing heavenly body (3,4)

Direct on the right, 2 synonyms

cvc ccvc , all different

"heavenly" as in "relating to the heavens"

I'll come back tomorrow if no-one else has taken it - woof!

Just make sure you're not barking up the wrong tree...

Come on guys, be sirius.

That one will take a lot of beating!

Well doggone it, Rog, I have to agree as I canine think of anything better!

Dog Star is of course the answer

Oh - that's a real surprise!

Accept this with my best wishes ===[**CDM**]===

Thank you: I see that the Dog Star features in Remi's current selection of Tom Swiifties!

A clue I rather liked in a recent puzzle:

Warship at last complete and at sea in dry spell (11)

dr/eadn/ought

A fearless answer, earning you this badge of courage ===[**CDM**]===

Have a good weekend, Cheryl!

Thank you, Kevin!

Rose after the start, interrupting my stroll (5)

Direct on the right. 2 vowels, both different.

c/vcv/v

As other fish are not biting, m(ose)y

Clever, clever, clever!

Take a stroll and show off your new belt, Kevin! ===[**CDM**]===

Thank you: I seem to remember that it would often be a shamus moseying on down to somewhere like Chinatown...

Opinion fools fellows in street (10)

Assessment

There's no fooling you Rog: ===[**CDM**]===

Thanks, Lex! That was strangely straightforward - a rarity

Investments left on paper (9)

Direct on the left, wordplay 4 + 5

For "left" think nautical

Aha, portfolio

Indeedy, young Lex! ===[**CDM**]===

Thank you, UW

Put away in a stable? (3,4,1,5)

Direct on the left, this one is a groaner rather than involving wordplay vvc cvcv v cvccv

All vowels present except u and there are 3 es and 2 as: no consonants are repeated. The first letter of the first word is e.

Given that the last word has 5 characters and probably an equine connection suggests 'horse'. The first word is probably 'ear', 'eat' or 'eel'.

Ergo - eat like a horse

Very cute one!

Good detective work Rog! ===[**CDM**]===

Thanks, Lex!

Against treatise? Quite the opposite (10)

Direct on the right, wordplay 4+6

anti/thesis

Nice solve, Cheryl!

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Thank you, Rog!

Saw dog wearing lead (7)

Direct on the left. 2 vowels. CCVCVCC

p(rover)b

Cheryl obviously doesn't want to surrender the Belt yet, but here's another clue: it's a groaner!

Contest in which all runners finish tied? (5-6,4)

How's about three-legged race?

They have a certain je nais sais quoi, your groaners!

That's another cute one!

Oh, no! This one’s for you, Kevin! ===[**CDM**]===

Thanks Cheryl, and I now pass it straight on to Rog ===[**CDM**]===

I was going to post a rather fiendish anagram but I thought the answer might be an unfairly British obscurity: here it is anyway as a bonus challenge not affecting Rog's turn

Senior academic somehow errs with figures - oops! (6.9)

Thanks, Lex!

One we both liked, not too difficult:

A drug hit the other side of Mars (8,4)

Direct on the right, wordplay 1 + 7 + 4

A slight rewrite might help:

A drug hit between Mars and Jupiter (8,4)

Asteroid belt, methinks

Asteroid answer, Lex!

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Nice play on words Rog.

Thank you!

Here's another groaner we liked in a recent FT puzzle

Sad record playing into the early hours? (12)

I see no-one has bitten on my bonus anagram - direct on the left cvcvvc ccvcvccvc

Direct on the left for the groaner cvccvccvcvcv, all vowels used except u, and o appears twice

The bonus anagram words begin with R and P.

The groaner starts with D and the wordplay breaks down as 4 + 2 + 2 + 4.

Roll up, roll up for the mindbenders... which of course leads to Wayne Fontana (but nothing whatsoever to do with the clues)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqeXCa9ER3w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVyPQA3PO5U

"I have just realised your groaner was used for one of my Swifties", said Tom disconsolately

And the Belt comes swiftily your way, UW ===[**CDM**]===

... and to put you out of your misery, the anagram produces Regius Professor

Thanks. Lex!

(Even as a Brit, I wouldn't have got the other one )

Short sentence heard in preambles (9)

Direct on the right, one indicator

cvcvcvccc

Looking at synonyms for "preamble" might help...

"Sentence" in terms of a grammatical construction, not time in jail...

Forewords (having used your first hint and scratched my head quite hard...)

Nice solve, Lex - that one appealed to my sense of humour!

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Thank you UW!

Poor country singer performed another style on street (4-8)

Direct on the left cvcc-cccvccvc three of the letters appear twice

The first word starts with C

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcRLPz0dA1Y

Wordplay 4 + 2 + 6

First letter of second word is S
... and another musical hint https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJO5HU_7_1w

Thought the second half could be "stranger", but no real justification...

The answer is cash-st/rapped (poor) - hope I haven't put up an erroneous letter count or anything else to mislead...!

I've been pounding my head over this one for days! The pieces are all there but I don't think the "st" is clued in the right position. Or maybe I'm clueless.

I think it works okay, and is one of several quite enjoyably smart clues in this FT puzzle https://www.ft.com/content/3d28b9d2-3f12-40aa-ae42-70ebedd38e72

This is another from it:

Getting better working with those people close (2,3,4)

on the mend

(on them end)

Right you are! ===[**CDM**]===

Thank you!

Mexican dish upset Chilean lawyer (9)

Direct on the left

"upset" is an anagram indicator

Enchila-DA

You got it, Rog! ===[**CDM**]===

Thanks Sue!

Posted this one yesterday from my phone ans it doesn't seem to have got through...

Daughter is left after parent becomes gloomy (6)

Dismal = gloomy (d + is + ma + l)

Good call, Lex - didn't think that would survive long!

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Thank you Rog.

One in wheeled carriage brings dad to Paris (5)

Direct on the right ccvvc

Nothing to do with France, word play cc(v)vc

The answer is the name of a well-known mythical character...

A big wooden horse was a feature of this tale... and the wheeled carriage in the clue is for a baby

First letter is P

Okay, I wasn't expecting that one to prove so difficult: the answer was Priam, king of Troy and father of Paris - pram (wheeled carriage) containing i (one).

Here is a replacement to hopefully keep the ball rolling:

Triumphant as military displays spirit (8)

Direct on the right ccvccvcc both vowels the same

Sherlock, where are you when I need you??

(For everyone else, that was a hint)

Can't ignore a hint like that

Phantasm (embedded word)

All yours Rog ===[**CDM**]===

Thanks, Lex!

One friend capturing individual ape (11)

Direct on the right, vccvccvcvcv ...

Hmm - "ape" is a verb, not a noun

Wordplay 1 + (4 containing 6)

I think most of the crossworderss must be elsewhere, so I'll bite - impersonate

Was running out of hints!

Good call: ===[**CDM**]===

Thanks Rog - I actually worked it out after the first hint, but waited to see whether anyone else wanted to jump in for a turn!

This next offering is a trio of related clues as a sort of mini Brit Xword, so that I am including the first and last letters of each word of the answers in alphabetical order (rather than order of occurrence): AAEFHNOSTTWY

All three for the Belt, or submission of the last correct answer if anyone can manage some but not all.

1. Distracted abroad, accompanied by 1 and 2? (4,4,3,7)

2. Honour right on for woodland king (6)

3. Old ship docked, meeting a drama queen (7)

1 is a double definition
2 direct on the right vcvcvc
3 direct on the right cvcvcvv

1. vcvy cvcc ccv cvvcvvc

2. two os, no other letters repeated

3. two as, two other letters repeated

What, still no takers??

In 2, honour = OBE, and in 3, the old ship is the Titanic...

Having trouble with 1 - can't come up with anything that fits what I assume is the connection

(I'm guessng it's the fairies in Midsummer Night's Dream...)

Rog, you have just used the final word of the first answer, and you already know that the final letter of the first word of that answer is Y...!

Aha - "away with the fairies", the fairies being Oberon and Titania.

But shouldn't that be "accompanied by 2 and 3"?

It certainly should, Rog - apologies!

Herewith the Emblem: ===[**CDM**]===

Thanks, Lex!

Laugh loudly in every new allergy (3,5)