[Misc] Help with a cryptic clue please

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

A company cryptic quiz has been circulated and I can't answer a couple of the clues. I'll bet NSC can help. I'm sure I'm missing something obvious.

These are the two I am stuck on:

Compressed inside a seed enclosure (2, 1, 8)

Authority to carry out a nice dinner for a couple of guys (7)

I'll post all the questions on the next post in case you like this kind of thing. Thanks for your help.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Here are all 12 questions:

Commonest name for a forger (5)

Honk your horn at the help when it’s time for a musical get-together (10)

Follow your leader to China, say, for baking essential (5)

‘Born to me’ reinterpreted for a musical instrument (8)

Go in to return key (5)

Antiquity found where lice reside (5)

Island’s home to top Royal Institute (5)

Compressed inside a seed enclosure (2, 1, 8)

Copy that could take ages to fill out (4-4)

Authority to carry out a nice dinner for a couple of guys (7)

The twisted Madame E made me eat green beans (7)

In addition, no beginning to next Sun God (5)

The only additional clue is that each answer starts with the last letter of the answer before.

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

In a nutshell

 

[maresfield seagull]

Here are all 12 questions:

Commonest name for a forger (5)

Honk your horn at the help when it’s time for a musical get-together (10)

Follow your leader to China, say, for baking essential (5)

‘Born to me’ reinterpreted for a musical instrument (8)

Go in to return key (5)

Antiquity found where lice reside (5)

Island’s home to top Royal Institute (5)

Compressed inside a seed enclosure (2, 1, 8)

Copy that could take ages to fill out (4-4)

Authority to carry out a nice dinner for a couple of guys (7)

The twisted Madame E made me eat green beans (7)

In addition, no beginning to next Sun God (5)

The only additional clue is that each answer starts with the last letter of the answer before.

11 Endame
6. Enter

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

In a nutshell

FFS - I got even got the word shell and couldn't join the dots. Thanks.

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

Mandate

 

[SUA Seagull]

Follow your leader to China, say, for baking essential (5) YEAST

‘Born to me’ reinterpreted for a musical instrument (8) TROMBONE

Go in to return key (5) ENTER

Antiquity found where lice reside (5) RELIC

Island’s home to top Royal Institute (5) CAPRI

The twisted Madame E made me eat green beans (7) EDAMAME

 

[Is it PotG?]

Who is going to do the annual classic about the postman?

 

[AK74]

In addition, no beginning to next Sun God (5) - EXTRA

 

[happypig]

The hardest cryptic clue ever :
E (13)

 

[Is it PotG?]

The hardest cryptic clue ever :
E (13)

Stop this senselessness at once.

 

[Questions]

Now, what is it that has four pairs of pants, lives in Philadelphia, and it never rains but it pours?

 

[Brok]

Who is going to do the annual classic about the postman?

Go on then, how many letters?

 

[Dorset Seagull]

1. Smith

 

[Papak]

I'm in awe of folk who can get cryptic crossword clues, my brain is simply not wired that way.

 

[Brightonfan1983]

I'm in awe of folk who can get cryptic crossword clues, my brain is simply not wired that way.

Oh man, me neither. There's a splendid episode of Inside No. 9 on the iPlayer that uses cryptic crossword puzzles as the plot device, but I had to keep pressing pause to get my brain to catch up!

 

[Fat Boy Fat]

My dad loves a crossword and his favourite ever clue is gesg (9,4). Which I am sure some of you will have seen before!

 

[spongy]

I'm in awe of folk who can get cryptic crossword clues, my brain is simply not wired that way.

Me too! I can do some crosswords.

I think it's just because I don't have the patience for it.

Apparently there's rules to cryptic clues in crosswords bit I've never even bothered to find out what they are...

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

My dad loves a crossword and his favourite ever clue is gesg (9,4). Which I am sure some of you will have seen before!

Indeed - especially at breakfast time!

 

[Is it PotG?]

My dad loves a crossword and his favourite ever clue is gesg (9,4). Which I am sure some of you will have seen before!

On toast?