Containers 3
These six clues are last for a reason, being the trickiest of the container variety. All examples stem from such nonpareil compilers as Paul, Shed, Taupi and Araucaria (The Guardian) and the diabolic Times gang.
1) Spring training in extremely effective footwear (10) _ S _ _ _ R _ _ _ _
2) Secret ultimately meant to be carried into my grave (10) _ _ _ _ E _ I _ U _
3) Comedian doting about his twin town in Australia (5,5) _ A _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ A
4) Implied one endangered? (5) _ A _ I _
5) Frenchman’s score in dullest road trial (7,4) _ _ I _ I _ _ / _ E _ _
6) Design a computer totally in fun, name erased from memory? (15) W _ _ _ _ _ A _ _ _ _ _ L _ _
LAST BATCH ANSWER: 1) Nonagon 2) Caparison 3) Foremost 4) Propensity 5) Omnibuses 6) Grown-up 7) Dado