Doughnut – and other words – may go from noun to verb, then back to noun (but with some extra business tacked on the end): our pick of the best cryptic clues
Brexit. What’s going to happen? Annoying things, suggests Crosophile’s Independent clue…
6dWhat in Calais we’ll see when touring European Union? (5)
[ French for‘what’ (‘in Calais’), surrounding (‘touring’) abbrev for ‘European Union’ ]
[QUE surrounding EU]
19acVery costlyBrexit not wrong, claims article (10)
[anagram (‘wrong’ of BREXITNOT, surrounding (‘claims’) the English language’s indefinite article]
[anagram of BREXITNOT surrounding A]
1acProperly organised gun dog; it hunts in circles surrounding significant people (13)
[anagram (‘properly organised’) of GUNDOGITHUNTS]
(transitive) informal
(of members of parliament) to surround (a speaker) during the televising of parliament to give the impression that the chamber is crowded or the Speaker is well supported
They got together frequently. They came up with taskings that needed to be done. I would say that if you look at the list of taskings that they came up with, it reflected the fact that the threat information was from abroad.
8dMahler: that’s refined music (6,5)
[ anagram (‘refined’) of MAHLERTHATS ]