Cryptic Stuff

[not_for_sale]

While it was done some years ago I see, I thought I would try a cryptic crossword-like thread for fun and to try and boost a little more interest here. I made up the below question for anyone interested in such a challenge. I thought the first person to get it correct might come up with the next question. A clue though - if you copy one from a newspaper or magazine etc., the answer can often be found on the internet. I can explain the answer for anyone who asks. 🙂

The prisoner at the cave would not stand for the electrically charged droplets of water.

(12 letters)

[countessalmirena]

not_for_sale has it!

The answer is quail.

The same confusion gains self, loses energy, and thus does enfeeble

The same = equal

Confusion = jumble up that word

Gains self = add "i"

Loses energy = remove "e"

... jumbled up, this becomes quail

And thus does enfeeble = whole word clue, with quail (vb) having the meaning of something becoming feeble.

OED

 1. intransitive. Of a material (esp. living) thing: to decline from a natural or flourishing condition; to waste away; to fade, wither.

2. Of an abstract thing

 b. intransitive. Of courage, †hope, †faith, etc.: to fail, give way, become faint or feeble.

[domino-710]

That one really should have mentioned ' parrot '. 🤣

[not_for_sale]

If you adapt the local it will be different.

( 11 letters )

[twyngwyn]

alternative?

[not_for_sale]

Yes twyngwyn.

If you adapt the local it will be different.

( 11 letters )

If you adapt - alter

the local - native

it will be different - alternative

"Alternative"

[twyngwyn]

there is an imbalance in the relationship....someone is trapped...this is the last word

(1 word - 9 letters)

[the_great_she_elephant]

Ultimatum?

[janeababe]

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@twyngwyn wrote:

there is an imbalance in the relationship....someone is trapped...this is the last word

(1 word - 9 letters)

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It doesn’t help that I read this as: there is an ambulance in the relationship.....someone is trapped....this is the last word

(My nursey brain working overtime all for naught) 😂😂😐

[the_great_she_elephant]

😂🤣😂

[domino-710]

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@janeababe wrote:

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@twyngwyn wrote:

there is an imbalance in the relationship....someone is trapped...this is the last word

(1 word - 9 letters)

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It doesn’t help that I read this as: there is an ambulance in the relationship.....someone is trapped....this is the last word

(My nursey brain working overtime all for naught) 😂😂😐

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Stretcher does have 9 letters. 😘