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

I'll give a clue tomorrow if noone's getting it...

Latvia?

oh yeah, a-t in vial

Bingo!

I tried to make it Ximenean, if I understand correctly.

Help Northern Ireland turn into another country (5)

India.

I wish I had the reverse brain process that would let me set these instead of just solving them.

I like it. Nice clue ledge.

You have to now though ailsa, it's the rules!

Quarry for stone (3)

Pit

yup

I'm on fire.

letters?

That was trumpet blowing rather than a clue (I've got my thinking cap on and will post one later). If you can distill an answer from it though, then I'd love to hear it.

nah, i got nothing

Political leader took off on a recording device (6)

letters?

i mean, clues? whatever.

camera?

oh yeah totally, cameron+a

Bingo. Not the real Village People is up. ledge has the explanation there though. I was beginning to get worried.

This has seriously made my day, I never get these! I'm gonna have to pass (is that allowed) on making one up as I'm a total utter amateur at these... anyone else want to take the mantel?

This is pretty bad but I just thought of it after reading the word on another thread so whatevs

Like Asimov's robot brain, it turned around in a modern, sincere style (4-6)

post ironic?

yup. it could be improved slightly -

Like Asimov's robot brain, it switched in a modern, genuine style

getting a decent definition for post-ironic is the problem.

Can you explain that one? I'm not seeing it, as I don't know what Asimov's robot brain refers to.

OK, a google search revealed that snippet, but is there any wordplay as well?

positronic, switch the 'it' in the middle around to get post ironic.

Slaps forehead. Nice.

Champs instrumental in ripping a quilt with key (7)

Tequila! Nice use of def.

Thanks! Now I will press my luck and say

Tornados instrumental in stellar destruction in which thunderhead kills fifty (7)

Telstar! Do another!

Shadowy song for a cheap meal (6)

Ventures offering fifty thousand getting into wild drawn out noisy start (4,4,3)

Shadowy song for a cheap meal (6)

Apache

You oughta know, chief.

How?

Ventures offering fifty thousand getting into wild drawn out noisy start (4,4,3)

Walk Don't Run. But certain parts of the clue are confusing me. Also, someone else will need to do the next one, as I'm no good at these.

I was using M instead of K for "thousand" :(

Oh, one of the bits that confused me is no longer confusing me. I wasn't sure where I got the 'l' from but it's from the beginning of 'loud'. I'm still not sure what the 'fifty' bit is about, though. Am I being really stupid?

No, L comes from Roman numeral for fifty. K = thousand then "drawn out" then n from _N_oisy start. I think.

Oh man, yes, I completely invented an extra 'n' there. Wouldn't have got it if I hadn't known the song and the format of the previous clues.

How?

Sorry. I guess "How" was not Apache word, but just a Sioux word that caught on in the Hollywood Westerns.

Hau

Hot butter instrumental in adult material being on no computer (7)

Popcorn!

Now I have that stuck in my head.

Way out alien abducting eleven (4)
Great Scot, I'm moonstruck! (5)

Exit

Yes.

Rum Michael Jackson album with vehicle crashing into me (7)