GARRULOUS (9)

Started by dohz

Like a ray-finned fish that won't shut up? (9)

GAR = ray-finned fish, so like it is GAR-RULOUS
The whole thing is a cryptic definition. Cryptic clues need to be split intl wordplay and definition? Bah! Your conventions needlessly hamstring the author. Freedom!

Submitted by Firetruck

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7629 Like a ray-finned fish that won't shut up? (9) GAR = ray-finned fish, so like it is GAR-RULOUS
The whole thing is a cryptic definition. Cryptic clues need to be split intl wordplay and definition? Bah! Your conventions needlessly hamstring the author. Freedom!
Firetruck 1
7630 Talkative as a ray-finned fish? (9) GAR+RULOUS
Okay, okay, I understand the need for conventions. It makes it more fair and fun for solvers, it gives a framework under which authors can function, and it preserves the elegance of the form. I get it, I get it. Sheesh.
Firetruck 1
7623 "Verbose organization of a URL" or "Eaten by odd grubs" (9) G(ARRULO*)_U_S - anagram("organization of") A URL OR, contained in("eaten by") odd letters of GRUBS Exalted 0
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