The official bored-at-work cryptic crossword pass it on thread.

Frank (got it before the rewording, but confirmed further)

Loud Smiths album to electrocute sound system and big mother (5,5)

Frank Zappa! Nice.

I can't really do these, and I'm not happy with this (may be so poorly constructed as to be insoluble) but I am bored, so, feel free to point out flaws... gently.

Root of all conflict three points behind deceased prizewinners (8)

does it end in 'dens'?

I don't think I'll get that one, not after these two beers.

This isn't mine but it's a memorable one:

Enmark? (4,2,3,3)

Sorry, that should be:

Enmark? (4,2,3)

does it end in 'dens'?

Almost, but two of the "points" are the same, because I am not good at these. That is one of the flaws, but sadly not the only one.

Letters for the above two?

Old man from 1000 A.D. (7)

grandad

Enamrk is Land of Nod I think... How about this one 'Non-nude barnacle for sailor' (4)

Nod, No 'D', I get it. Had to google that. There's a fine line between cryptic clues and bad puns, that one crossed it.

nah, that's a good clue.

sweet

http://cryptics.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_anagram_indicators

Cool, thanks.

Oh dear, boredly (drunkenly?) posting inept clues and then forgetting about them. Please note disclaimers/apologies in previous 2 posts. Anyway, letters.

Root of all conflict three points behind deceased prizewinners (8)
-W----E-

awarded?

awardees, yes?

nice clue, would never have got it in a million years without pointers in the right direction.

Yep, "awardees". Glad it was gettable eventually!

way to count the letters, darragh. :P

cheese danish carrying vehicle (5)

glad that one's solved (awardees). i'm not sure about the root of all conflict = a war. could split it award-ees = 'prizewinners gift three points', although gift=award is questionable.

good stuff though. it annoyed the hell out of me for a long time. :)

sedan. like it.

This one was apparently never solved:
Crab time in monastery (9)

root of the word all = the letter a, then conflict = war, was how I read it.

Was that clue inspired by a viewing of In The Loop?

Rocky state follows holy man with nothing (5)

ailsa: yup

Rocky state follows holy man with nothing (5)

Omaha

??

---n-

I always thought that Omaha was a state, but it looks not, so I have the answer wrong.

My thinking, other than that, was nothing=O, holy man=maha

OK. That might be clued as

Indian great after nothing on beachhead (5)

Stony!

Omaha.

No time to post a clue at the mo, sorry.

Eliot's dessicated scholar plays on abacus (8)

should've been playing for extra minor ambiguity.

I guess actually being in the midst of reading Middlemarch might have given me some funny ideas about how obvious a reference point it would make.

C-------

Ah, thanks for dredging up long-forgotten memories of English lit classes...

(had to google the name though)

which is...

sorry - Casaubon

hooray

One out - out for a ride (4)

...auto?

Yes.

Gold princess ring sound (5)

audio

Yes.

Beef up agents following gold pursued by teahead (7)

augment

Nonchalant worker backs new coin in chemical company (10)

I want to say Monsanto, but of course that doesn't work.