The art of the crossword

kittentikka:

1. Honour-guard guy... um... single (9) [vvvexation] ( Collapse )


2. Rugby Goal, plus applause (4) [vvvexation] ( Collapse )


3. Super, trunk gets carried away (9)( Collapse )

vvvexation:

1. Loquacious craft I heartlessly cultivate (10)( Collapse )


2. Note the point, having gotten it wrong (8)( Collapse )


3. Loud note in a song--a shocking thing (6)( Collapse )

Experimenting with more-extensive-than-usual hints - feedback on that welcome

kittentikka

1. Honour-guard guy... um... single (9) [vvvexation] ( Collapse )


2. Rugby Goal, plus applause (4) [vvvexation] ( Collapse )


3. Super, trunk gets carried away (9)( Collapse )

vvvexation

1. Loquacious craft I heartlessly cultivate (10)( Collapse )


2. Note the point, having gotten it wrong (8)( Collapse )


3. Loud note in a song--a shocking thing (6)( Collapse )

kittentikka:

1. Honour-guard guy... um... single (9)


2. Rugby Goal, plus applause (4)


3. Super, trunk gets carried away (9)

vvvexation:

1. Loquacious craft I heartlessly cultivate (10)


2. Note the point, having gotten it wrong (8)


3. Loud note in a song--a shocking thing (6)

critiques posted, and comments unscreened

Don't miss the very creative definition of SCARLET from kittentikka

Only one set of freeform clues thus far - I'll leave it to run another day. If you're short of inspiration, a nice exercise is to try finding phrases that disguise or seamlessly incorporate the indicator words.

Post your clues here, I'll run them tomorrow.

1. Chatter about the Spanish bishop (7) [kittentikka, faxpaladin] ( Collapse )


2. Disaster area? Manage without me! (4) [kittentikka, faxpaladin, vvvexation, petebiddlecombe] ( Collapse )


3. Valuable holding company developing ahead of time (10) [faxpaladin, vvvexation, petebiddlecombe] ( Collapse )

1. SCARLET


2. TALLOW


3. PRINCESS

Remember,

• you can use common abbreviations


• you can break a word into more than two pieces


• you can combine those pieces in multiple ways (A and B in C, for example)


• if you're having trouble with a definition, "for example" is always an option

1. Chatter about the Spanish bishop (7) [kittentikka, faxpaladin] ( Collapse )


2. Disaster area? Manage without me! (4) [kittentikka] ( Collapse )


3. Valuable holding company developing ahead of time (10) [faxpaladin] ( Collapse )

1. Left in acceptable style (5) [kittentikka, faxpaladin, lolleeroberts] ( Collapse )


2. Needed a quantity of paper, in colour (8) [kittentikka, faxpaladin, lolleeroberts] ( Collapse )


3. Foresees becoming fashionable in cheap joints (7) [kittentikka, faxpaladin, lolleeroberts] ( Collapse )

1. Chatter about the Spanish bishop (7)


2. Disaster area? Manage without me! (4)


3. Valuable holding company developing ahead of time (10)