Word Restoration Game

@orangutan said
Troubled paradigm surrounding Ian Watkins (the singer). He needs a good one.


??[not 100% sure on this one, will explain later if necessary]

‘This one may get you hyperventilating. Mindful breathing may help’.
Dr Pam Ghia.

@Drewnogal said
‘This one may get you hyperventilating. Mindful breathing may help’.
Dr Pam Ghia.

DIAPHRAGM

Feel free to tell me off if my clues weren’t fair or if the word was too medical for you?

Mid Riff - midriff is the region where the diaphragm is.
Polka dot bikini - bikini’s show off the midriff.

This one may get you hyperventilating. Mindful breathing may help - the diaphragm, an abdominal muscle, aids the lungs in filling and emptying.

Dr Pam Ghia - anagram of diaphragm.

Troubled paradigm surrounding Ian Watkins (the singer). He needs a good one - Ian Watkins, a Steps singer was known as H.
Troubled Paradigm - paradigm + H is an anagram of DIAPHRAGM.

Orangutan got there first I think?

@Drewnogal said
DIAPHRAGM

Feel free to tell me off if my clues weren’t fair or if the word was too medical for you?

Mid Riff - midriff is the region where the diaphragm is.
Polka dot bikini - bikini’s show off the midriff.

This one may get you hyperventilating. Mindful breathing may help - the diaphragm, an abdominal muscle, aids the lungs in filling and emptying.

Dr Pam Gh ...[text shortened]...
Troubled Paradigm - paradigm + H is an anagram of DIAPHRAGM.

Orangutan got there first I think?

Spot on @Drenogal.

Nice clues and good word choice.

Here's one from the weekend paper -

- - I - -
Pierce Brosnan's heartbeat.

@orangutan said
Spot on @Drenogal.

Nice clues and good word choice.

Here's one from the weekend paper -

- - I - -
Pierce Brosnan's heartbeat.

I don’t suppose you forgot an E at the end?

@Drewnogal said
I don’t suppose you forgot an E at the end?

'fraid not.

It's a beautiful example of a good cryptic clue where the surface reading has nothing at all to do with the solution.

It's also pretty devious in the word play.
To rephrase -
pierce Brosnan's heart beat

Note the difference(s) to my original clue. Discard the surface meaning,
In a cryptic clue, usually (but not always) one word (or possibly a phrase) is a synonym for the answer - by convention (though again, not always) usually at one end or the other of the clue.

I can't take credit for this clue - it was found in my Saturday paper.

@Paul-Martin said
I'll twist

@Drewnogal ...

^this is a good sideways clue.
(as long as you adhere to the rules)

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Apologies .. being dense. I'm lost with that one - "Lip"?
You had it with "twist", surely.

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hahaha
Lip..

Very good.

@Paul-Martin said
Lip

STICK !

Pierce Brosnan's heartbeat. A STICK pierces a heart as in Cupid’s arrow.

STICK and the clue twist - These are primary commands in Banking games like Pontoon and Blackjack.

(as long as you adhere to the rules) - STICK to the rules.

Heartbeat - Beat with a STICK.

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Ah - S is mid Brosnan. Did get the tick bit.
Quite a multi-layered clue I see.