Cryptic Mahler

[vinteuil]

sorry, still can't get your female tennis champion

"face" = F equals female; ace....

[mercia]

"face" = F equals female; ace....

I think face has been rejected by gurnemanz #27

[gurnemanz]

sorry, still can't get your female tennis champion

The tennis champion is ASHE (Arthur). The cryptic bit is a + she (female). It appeals to me because the solution is exactly the opposite of what the surface of the clue suggests.

[vinteuil]

The tennis champion is ASHE (Arthur). The cryptic bit is a + she (female). It appeals to me because the solution is exactly the opposite of what the surface of the clue suggests.

... yes, elegant.

[mercia]

The tennis champion is ASHE (Arthur). The cryptic bit is a + she (female). It appeals to me because the solution is exactly the opposite of what the surface of the clue suggests.

yes, excellent. I don't think I'll ever get the hang of it

does gurnemanz have a favourite compiler ?

[gurnemanz]

I don't have a favourite but only ever do the Independent and increasingly the i paper (only 20p and less to read). The two papers have the same group of compilers and I think many work for more than one paper under different aliases. They are frequently very tricky - for me at least - hence more satisfying when you get eventually it. I often don't have the time to finish them. One of them got me half way across the Atlantic on a plane before I completed it.

My father had a biggish stroke in his late 80s and got his brain working again (new neural pathways or something) by amongst other things continuing to do the Telegraph cryptic on a daily basis. He could hardly speak after the stroke but slowly got himself back to full coherence. He died a couple of years ago, aged 95.

[EdgeleyRob]

sorry, still can't get your female tennis champion
my "quiptic" is proving more difficult than I thought <doh> ........... how about

Summary inaccurately revised by international bridge partners (5,3,4) [ first word _ I _ D _ ]

Birds eye view ?? not sure why. Anagram of revised by but don't know where the rest comes from ???

[mercia]

Birds eye view ??

quiptic says that is correct - well done
.......... leading to....

Where a gang is holding US president (6) [second letter E]

[mercia]

Where a gang is holding US president (6) [second letter E]

REAGAN

you probably saw that one

[EdgeleyRob]

Leaves home (4)

[mercia]

Leaves home (4)

I'm tempted to suggest something silly like TREE or BOOK

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Nest???

[EdgeleyRob]

I'm tempted to suggest something silly like TREE or BOOK

Tree it is.I used to do a lot of cryptic crosswords at one time but now my brain is fuddled.
I used to have a head full of favourite clues.

[LeMartinPecheur]

Any more devotees here of the BBC MM musical cryptic crossword? I usually manage to grind it out - still have 2 to get in the latest one. Used not to allow myself to read the rest of the magazine till I'd completed it but am slightly more relaxed these days...

[mercia]

Nana and silly pirate providing central characters in musical entertainment (5,5)