Minute cryptic

Have never understood cryptic crosswords so this looks like a nice way of getting into working them out. Got today's in one go which I'm happy enough about as got to it by picking apart the clue. Yesterday I got it with a few letters given, similarly had worked out the clue, just couldn't work out the word from the jumble.

I have no patience for these

"Bathroom feature from newspaper lift-out (3)"

Tub!

No?

Fuck off then!

even par on 2nd try

i might do some more of these, i love doing crosswords but i'm crap at cryptics and this seems like a nice way of getting into them a bit more.

Tub
Tap
Mat
Bog
Log (after I’ve used it)

Enjoyed the explainer but a bathroom feature it is not! Golf club >>>>

Actually I think TAP was my first answer and then TUB and then I realise I don't know how cryptic questions work and started arguing about where to host a SQL instance instead.

So, what's the answer? LOG? That makes no sense to me.

Log (as in a big shit) was me throwing my toys out the pram before asking for a letter. That’s not the answer (didn’t want to spoil for others).

You can get letters? I've just loaded it again and it's not POO either.

I got it.

Stupid question.

It's annoying. It's not a bathroom feature.

this ^

how do you do the drop down spoiler again?

I was trying to lift out from bathroom feature. I should've been trying to lift out from the other shit. One day someone will explain the fucking rules properly and I won't be a raging mess every time I try and do a cryptic dickhead crossword.

There's a yt video of it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63pNJ2a_HrU

Feel like "hotel facility from newspaper lift-out" would be better

the clue is bathroom feature (it's not)
the word play is lift-out the three letter word from

Have you seen Aussie houses? They basically are hotels.

bathroom feature (it's not)

It is if you have one. Does farting in the tub count for the rest of us?

Was this hysteria?

bath feature... would be better than bathroom.

Bathroom is a specific room, bath opens possibilities

Yep

As the question setter is Australian (from the video?) I'm going to make a weak joke that it's actually 4 letters based on their pronunciation - SPAH

This has encouraged me to have a crack at the guardian quick cryptic. And while not complete, I’m pretty chuffed to be getting my way through it. Addictive.

It (here https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/quick-cryptic/18 ) is good

even par today.
quite happy with that.

Minute Cryptic - 7 August 2024
"Metal underwear is finally beginning to show" (5)
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I scored: 2 under par
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