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

Aw RIP.

I think I said something somewhat uncharitable on this thread previously. I came around in the end.

Begin to take drugs regularly for that dreamy feeling (8)

from today's Graun. i have the answer but i am a little peeved about the work "regularly" is doing there, unless my reasoning is off

btw if anybody else has done it today i need 23 down and the first word of 1 down, had enough tbh

think i have 23 down but the logic is a little iffy

never mind, finished

Less than pleased with the two main clues having no definition except each other. Throw us a freaking bone.

i liked the two big ones, they get easy enough once you've enough letters in

I couldn't see 'em. Have come across that line in an xword before but hadn't internalized it. Mea culpa.

Araucaria clues galore
http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/crossword-blog/2013/nov/27/crossword-blog-araucaria-john-graham

Today's Guardian. I like Boatman, tricky but not too devious!

’70s rock instrument used in Wales (9)

hmm, not sure what work "used" is doing there

yeah, it doesn't break the clue though?

the Graun is much fun today imo

Thats nae fuckin good to us

Hey remember we used to post clues in here?

How far behind time am I to be this lonely? Fifty!(8)

xp wellll i cheated on a few and idk if charlie for **** is one level of indirection too many... but i liked the ones i got, especially 20 ac, and yeah good theme well done mustn't grumble.

How far behind time am I to be this lonely? Fifty!(8)

I think you mean five hundred but I'll let you off as I half cheated to figure that out.

Very likely crosaire was the only reason i even knew my romans

ledge is such a cheater

It's the only way to learn, better to cheat than to be forever in ignorance.

Also the guardian web app makes it too easy :/

Hmmm nope "forever ignorant" vs getting the solution next day, imma have to rule GUILTY as charged bailiffs if you would

Metal I dropped over the Atlantic (9)

Convert writing? Only text without margins (9)

if somebody could explain the answers to those that'd be great thanks

never mind the first one, i've sussed it. stinker

Do you have em (or is the attempt to avoid spoilers cos thats a tricky ask)

Oh got it. Fair enough imo

i'm pretty sure i've got them both. first one definite, second one 99 percent.

fifteensquared.net has all the explanations you need

I never get these yet I got the first one in 0.5 seconds.
I am always moaning about that kind of thing though I suppose

got the second one, wasn't what i thought, answer is perfectly logical

finished it

I came up with this so it might be a bit off:

Ex-prez in denial of guilt (3, 2)

http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/12/the-fascinating-history-of-the-crossword-the-original-mobile-game/

http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/19a2zpwol4oampng/ku-medium.png

singers of christmas song -- communist theorist and king of england after great vowel shift -- swap places (6,6)

Ha nice

Probably not ~strictly rigorous~ tho? Idk I'm terrible with this stuff

yeah this is after several passes and i still can't get it to work right, quite

display of regret at death of child -- scottish communist theorist ostracised? (8, 5)

Not sure if this quite works, on several levels, but I hadn't thought up one of my own in a long time:

Ill gain (taking $1000) mistakenly cast away. (8)

today's Guardian:

Primarily pointing out Tim Henman’s earlier answer: “Djokovich is grass lover” (7)

grudging lol

before I think about that, is the misspelling of Djokovic intentional

oh wait, got the answer and the misspelling is irrelevant

yeah I c&p'ed it, it's just poor Grauniad copy editing I suppose. Though are cryptics copy edited I wonder?

Also Britpop themed clue today!

Blur in Country House, initially Oasis top it for urbanity (14)

Solved that one quickly; took me longer to figure out how they put it together. Nice.

Here's one that I racked my brain over before finally deciding that the first half of the clue is overly vague/inaccurate?

Put something together in time for Christmas and Halloween. (6)

Ha I like that! What would you use for the def?

Something to do with boiling?

this one was nice I thought, today's Guardian as per

Light grey French perfume ingredient (9)

Sweet

u won't be getting the money back from him, presumably (10)

grauniad

That is to say, to woo follows naturally (2,3)