ID CARD (2, 4)

Started by Marnix

1-down: "One that's driven to feel despair, primarily, with a bit of documentation (5)" (2, 4)

whole clue: ID CARD
def. "a bit of documentation"
wordplay: I D ("1" "down") + CAR ("One that's driven") + ("to feel": i.e. 'to touch') D ("D[espair]", "primarily"); link "with"

inside clue: MOPED
def. "One that's driven"
wordplay: MOPE ("to feel despair, primarily") + ("with") D ("a bit of" "D[ocumentation]")

Submitted by bags

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8463 1-down: "One that's driven to feel despair, primarily, with a bit of documentation (5)" (2, 4) whole clue: ID CARD
def. "a bit of documentation"
wordplay: I D ("1" "down") + CAR ("One that's driven") + ("to feel": i.e. 'to touch') D ("D[espair]", "primarily"); link "with"

inside clue: MOPED
def. "One that's driven"
wordplay: MOPE ("to feel despair, primarily") + ("with") D ("a bit of" "D[ocumentation]")
bags 6
8460 Drivers license? I don't care! -A reckless driver, at first (I) (d)on't (c)are (A) (r)eckless (d)river DcWithFiveOnes 5
8465 I'd drive around car with driver's license, maybe (2, 4) def. "driver's license, maybe"
I'D ("I'd") D ("drive": PRNDL) surrounding ("around") CAR ("car"); link "with"
bags 4
8467 Yes, fake pirate's cry had audibly created proof of age (2,4) def: proof of age

wordplay:
yes = AYE
fake = DEKE
pirate's cry = ARR
had = 'D
audibly: "EYE DEKE ARR 'D" sounds like ID CARD

i just wanted an excuse to make a dumb homophone clue lmao
noneuclidean 3
8443 Crazy Dr. Acid’s document (2, 4) DRACID* = IDCARD* Timwi 2
8444 Offensively rancid day without new papers (2, 4) RA(-n)CID* + D (day) = (IDCAR*+D)-n Timwi 1
8462 Rapper does a bit of cycling after dropping half of "surname" on official document (2, 4) Rapper = CARDI B, does a bit of cycling = cyclic permutation, dropping half of "surname" = cutting B in half graphically to make D, official document = definition Tortoise 1
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