Cryptic clues = station name

[duncanp]

Idridgehay on the EVR?

Yes, Iridgehay is correct, being an anagram of Yeah, rigid.

 

[johnnychips]

This station is back on French bend.

 

[Calthrop]

Ruswarp?

 

[johnnychips]

Tres bien!

French for on is ‘sur’, reverse it, then warp=bend.

 

[Calthrop]

Merci, Monsieur jeanlesfrites !

Near capital's "lung" -- hygiene-freak dismisses calumny toward self and equally germophobic friend Edward -- angrily incoherent -- Me, Ed, skip wash? That's mental !

 

[duncanp]

Merci, Monsieur jeanlesfrites !

Near capital's "lung" -- hygiene-freak dismisses calumny toward self and equally germophobic friend Edward -- angrily incoherent -- Me, Ed, skip wash? That's mental !

West Hampstead Thameslink, which is an anagram of Me, Ed, skip wash?, That's mental!

 

[Calthrop]

West Hampstead Thameslink, which is an anagram of Me, Ed, skip wash?, That's mental!

Correct ! ("capital's 'lung' " = Hampstead Heath). Your floor.

 

[duncanp]

Something seasonal

Scrooge lured at night, by three ghosts, in order to change his ways

 

[DaleCooper]

Something seasonal

Scrooge lured at night, by three ghosts, in order to change his ways

Gloucester Road?

 

[duncanp]

Gloucester Road?

Yes Gloucester Road is correct, being an anagram of Scrooge lured at

 

[DaleCooper]

Yes Gloucester Road is correct, being an anagram of Scrooge lured at

Thank you.

Next clue:

I'm studying capitonyms at university.

 

[Caboose Class]

A capitonym is a word which changes its meaning if the first letter is capitalised e.g. march & March. There is a reference in The Century Dictionary of a transitive verb "aston" meaning to confound or to astonish. As there is a university in Aston, I'll have a punt with that.

 

[Strat-tastic]

Yes Gloucester Road is correct, being an anagram of Scrooge lured at

Where do the ghosts fit in?

 

[DaleCooper]

A capitonym is a word which changes its meaning if the first letter is capitalised e.g. march & March. There is a reference in The Century Dictionary of a transitive verb "aston" meaning to confound or to astonish. As there is a university in Aston, I'll have a punt with that.

You will be astonned to learn that Aston is not the correct answer.

 

[DaleCooper]

Where do the ghosts fit in?

Almost anywhere, they are incorporeal.

 

[Loppylugs]

Thank you.

Next clue:

I'm studying capitonyms at university.

Reading ?

 

[DaleCooper]

Reading ?

Reading (reading) is correct.

Your turn...

 

[Loppylugs]

God's lost his rear end. Let's pop inside and celebrate with a party.

 

[Strat-tastic]

Almost anywhere, they are incorporeal.

 

[Caboose Class]

God's lost his rear end. Let's pop inside and celebrate with a party.

Thurso?

 

[Loppylugs]

Thurso?

Wrong god @Caboose Class

 

[DaleCooper]

God's lost his rear end. Let's pop inside and celebrate with a party.

Haddiscoe?

 

[Loppylugs]

Haddiscoe?

Haddiscoe it is. Hades loses his rear end so we all pop (music) inside for a disco !

Over to you.

 

[Strat-tastic]

Haddiscoe it is. Hades loses his rear end so we all pop (music) inside for a disco !

Over to you.

Why is God Hades? Where does celebrate with a party tie in with the answer?

 

[DaleCooper]

Why is God Hades? Where does celebrate with a party tie in with the answer?

Hades was the god of recorded music and mirror balls.

 

[Caboose Class]

Hades was the god of recorded music and mirror balls.

 

[Loppylugs]

Hades was the god of recorded music and mirror balls.

 

[DaleCooper]

Haddiscoe it is. Hades loses his rear end so we all pop (music) inside for a disco !

Over to you.

I didn't like the idea of popping into a god's rear end even for a party.

Next clue:

One who makes a purchase foolishly in the car park.

 

[Strat-tastic]

Hades was the god of recorded music and mirror balls.

Now it's your turn to confuse me.

 

[Caboose Class]

One who makes a purchase foolishly in the car park. Capenhurst?