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Hm not warty pate then? Or Watery Tap, obviously not. Perhaps it's not a nanagram.

Small Beer?

Bit early for me, but you go ahead.

All right then

Pooh pooh a petty war picture (5,4)

< thinks very hard >

Of course; Teddy Bear

Can't quite relate that to the clue, but it surely is Pooh

To put it another way:

Lawman breaks up a petty war (5,4)

Wyatt Earp

Yes you sure can hide them anagrams. Why is he Pooh pooh?

I've been posting mainly anagram clues lately in an effort to attract fresh blood. So, taking so much trouble to obscure them is somewhat dumb of me.

('Pooh pooh' is on a substantial list of anagram indicators I found recently.)

I do hate substantial lists. They include the most unlikely things.

OK, fresh blood, I know you're lurking there, answer this (no elves need apply):

Rich masts obscure feast (9)

As an anagram indicator - meaning dispute, reject, explode, etc - pooh-pooh is not to be sniffed at!

No, I don't like sniffing at pooh pooh, but thanks for the hint; I will henceforth be more suspicious of disputes, rejections, explosions and all modes of refusal and disassembly.

The lack of response to, 'Rich masts obscure feast (9)', suggests something more challenging might appeal more.

This one is anagram based:

Hold in contempt plastic prototypes (9)

[No one is excluded from responding, no matter how high they fly or how low they lie.]

Shall we leave those for now? We could restart with:

Body parts in harmony? (7)

Well that's three hanging.

Like baubles on a tree.

I'll be back to tidy up after the feast.

Have a good one!

Body parts in harmony? (7)

The solution contains two letters from the word 'NOEL'

Body parts in harmony? (7)

I _ _ _ _ _ _

I think the answer to this is 'Ivories'

Sorry, don't have any clues ay the moment, but happy to try more questions!

Good to see you here, Nick_Em.

Body parts in harmony? (7)

'Ivories' makes a lot of sense, but it's not that. Here's another letter: I _ _ T _ _ _

You might like to solve this one first:

Rich masts obscure feast (9)

Ah, damn. I was thinking bones, thus 'ebonies' and 'harmony' was a reference to the song - thus getting ivories, especially since bones are white.

Hopefully I've got your second one:

Christmas

'Christmas' was set by Recumbentman. It's bound to be the correct solution , so you can either set one of your own... or have another look at Body parts in harmony.

By the way, the question mark suggests a certain playfulness in the answer should be expected...

Body parts in harmony? (7)

I _ _ T E _ _

Cool

I don't have another one to set at the moment, so I might have a go at the 'body parts in harmony?'

Is the answer

'Insteps'?