Clue Chain 3

[Hazlinny]

Miser has kindly asked me to start Chain 3 so here goes ...

The idea of the game is that the setter poses an original home-made clue which everybody is invited to solve.  The poster who solves the clue first (hopefully identified by the setter) is then invited to post their own original clue, easy or cryptic.

My clue:  Lightly touch a seabird would indicate a design. (7)

[Patsy33]

Yes Ellie 😁 

[elliemay1]

study a coin and assess an extract (11)

[Patsy33]

Concentrate?

[elliemay1]

Yes Patsy

[Patsy33]

I might be a whole as I can't seem to charge my phone up properly. The round port must be faulty. Someone else please take my go. Thanks 😀 

[Patsy33]

^^^ while

[Canary42]

The question was asked "how do you think up a word". My answer is: I casually scan any handy writing (e.g. newspaper, magazine, etc.) until I spot a word I think will be challenging and which offers scope for some cryptic fun. 

Here is a clue to continue the thread in Patsy's absence. This one occurred to me out of the blue.

 

Sounds like half an hour later (6,2,2)

[Canary42]

Oooops, should be 6,2,3 - sorry

[Patsy33]

Thirty to one?

[Canary42]

No, sorry, but you're on the right track I think.

[Canary42]

Hint: Both your numbers were wrong !

[Patsy33]

I know I'm going to kick myself! 😄

[Hazlinny]

Let's try sixty in two        .....  no idea!

[Canary42]

I hope  note Patsy, I wouldn't like to see you clock yourself.

 

P.S. There's another hint in there.

[Hazlinny]

^^ Oops wrong number of letters !

[Canary42]

Sorry, no. The "to" in your first answer is correct.

[Patsy33]

Twenty to ten??

[Canary42]

Yes.  Sounds like 22:10 which is half an hour later. Well done 😊

[Hazlinny]

Need more Paracetamol ............  well done Patsy x

[Patsy33]

😅