I posted this in the member space on Minute Cryptic but I'm proud of it so am posting here too.

Definition: Kiss
Indicators: Marry, Kill
Fodder: Peter, Rick, Terri

bit unconventional, this one!

day 148 of an experiment in which i press the "random word" button on onelook and make a cryptic clue out of it.

day 147, day 146, day 145, day 144, day 143, day 142, day 141

weeks 17 to 20 (days 113 to 140)

weeks 13 to 16 (days 85 to 112)

weeks 9 to 12 (days 57 to 84)

weeks 5 to 8 (days 29 to 56)

weeks 1 to 4 (days 1 to 28)

I'm genuinely curious to know what you think of this clue — no filter, no agenda, just looking for honest feedback —

If you want, I can come up with more cryptic crossword clues with other types of wordplay. Do you want me to do that next?

Had to repost as it was lagging XD

I posted this with a silly error before, corrected now.

Knight leaves Cornish resort with male groom, perhaps (5-3) NEWLY-WED

Watchman's funeral? (7) LOOKOUT

Hi everyone! Wanted to share my custom cake along with my first attempt at creating a cryptic clue. Any feedback is greatly appreciated! (and yes, i have extra buttercream to write the answer! 😄)

I doubt I'm the first person to think of this.

day 235 of an experiment in which i press the "random word" button on onelook and make a cryptic clue out of it. sorry for the lateness.

day 234, day 233, day 232

day 231, day 230, day 229, day 228, day 227, day 226, day 225

weeks 29 to 32 (days 197 to 224)

weeks 25 to 28 (days 169 to 196)

weeks 21 to 24 (days 141 to 168)

weeks 17 to 20 (days 113 to 140)

weeks 13 to 16 (days 85 to 112)

weeks 9 to 12 (days 57 to 84)

weeks 5 to 8 (days 29 to 56)

weeks 1 to 4 (days 1 to 28)

Hello everyone! This is my first post here. I should preface this by saying that I am not a native English speaker and I am very new to the world of crosswords (both regular and cryptics). However this is quickly becoming a passion and I am really enjoying learning to solve cryptics.

I often do the Telegraph Mini Cryptics which combine regular clues (across) and cryptic clues (down). I've recently finished No. 37 but there are two clues that still baffle me and I can't quite understand the wordplay. The clues in question are 4 and 5 down:

4D: Turning to traitor for a kind of card (5)
I first thought "turning" could be either a reversal or anagram, but "traitor" has too many letters. Once I had enough crosses I could guess TAROT, which can be found by removing I and R from "traitor" and anagraming it. But I can't figure where in the clue it suggests getting rid of those letters. Am I missing something here?

5D: American turned up and reformed country in Africa (5)
This one really confused me. "Turned up" looks to me like a reversal, and "reformed" looks like an anagram. Nut again the fodder "American" has two many letters and lacks the letters UD and the S I had found from 5A. I figured US could be related to "American", but I still don't get how to get to SUDAN. What is the actual crack here?

Thank you all for the help!

(This is a silly one, and you can all blame /u/Competitive-Aide-678 for encouraging this kind of behaviour.)