nestor

[davey b]

Band of hard rock to teeter metres over missing volume M???L?I??

As much as a trace of liquids in short flying? A?L / ??

Extremist group minister set up overwhelms current summits ?E???C?S

Hard to fire simple sailor boy in uiiform ????E / ?E?A?D?N?

[Frank97]

Marillion?

[bibblebub]

4 FLAME RETARDANT

simple = MERE, sailor = TAR, boy = DAN, uniform = FLAT

[bibblebub]

3 VERTICES

extremist group = SECT, minister = REV
set up = reverse all those^ = VERTCES
overwhelms current = put I in the middle

[bibblebub]

2 ALL OF - trace of Liquids = L, short flying = ALOF(t)

[bibblebub]

1 METALLICA

teeter metres over = VACILLATE M reversed = METALLICAV
missing V = remove the V

[WyeDyed]

1 Metallica?

[Frank97]

Ah, wrong band, sorry.

[Nibble]

Well done Bibblebub, crafty thought from the compiler tho'..

[bibblebub]

crafty? stranger things happen at sea

[WyeDyed]

These clues ring a bell from a couple of weeks ago?

[Nibble]

True, sorry davey b, hijacking your thread was unintentional.

[bibblebub]

well, I remember Metallica cropping up as an answer recently here on AB but I don't recall the others.

[WyeDyed]

It was one of the ones I do, so either i cryptic or Sunday Times.

[davey b]

Thanks folks for all your help. Much appreciated.