Coffee Break: Twisted Cryptic Grid

Otis

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Here's a small cryptic crossword puzzle with a twist -- no labels! Answers are common words, compound words, hyphenated words or phrases. All hyphens and spaces have been removed from the grid; each clue displays a total character count. Eight letters have been provided, to help prevent crypsters from spending all their coffee breaks here this week. ;) Hints will also be added to the thread, as the week progresses (even if someone posts a solution).

Rich (BB code):
X X X □
□ X X X □
□ X X X C X □
□ □ □ N □ □ □ □
□ X L XX □
□ □ □ □ □ X T
H XXX □
□ □ □ □ □ D □ □ □
□ XX G X □
□ □ □ OXX X X X X X


East and South embrace our funny money (5)

Head office interrupting Lynn ruined tough material (5)

Small start-up features honored athlete (7)

Informal kerchief (inside out) spoiled words of appreciation (8)

Post office monuments hiding first sign of package delays (9)

Downright foreign "Tau Tu Noo" got D! (9)

Believe in Goldman Sachs leaders' calculations (10)

Verbally detain -- but break after good deal (10)
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Are there supposed to be columns? Don't see any except for the first one. Formatting problem?
 
… Don't see any [columns] except for the first one. Formatting problem?
Apparently. Dang. It looks okay at my end, so I'm not sure what's up. :confused:

Here's a screen shot.

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The first hint comes sooner than I'd planned. I've deleted the word 'French' from the phrase "funny French money" in the first clue. It's not necessary, and it could be misleading.

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Just checked on windows desktop - looks good. No alignment on my samsung galaxy s7.
 
East and South embrace our funny money (5) Euros

Head office interrupting Lynn ruined tough material (5) Nylon

Small start-up features honored athlete (7) Allstar

Informal kerchief (inside out) spoiled words of appreciation (8) Thankyou

Post office monuments hiding first sign of package delays (9) Postpones

Downright foreign "Tau Tu Noo" got D! (9) Outandout

Believe in Goldman Sachs leaders' calculations (10) Reckonings

Verbally detain -- but break after good deal (10) ?
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[My answers for the first seven clues …]
Looks good, so far, Romsek. (You're a Trooper!) :) I'll wait to see whether fitting those answers to the grid helps you to finish the last clue.

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Looks good, so far, Romsek. (You're a Trooper!) :) I'll wait to see whether fitting those answers to the grid helps you to finish the last clue.

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I fit them in. It didn't help.
 
Rich (BB code):
B X X X R
U X X X E
T X X X C X P
T H A N K Y O U
O X L X O X S
N Y L O N X T
H X S X I X P
O U T A N D O U T
L X A X G X N
E U R O S X E
X X X X X X S
 
All directs are on the right, except for these two:

Downright foreign "Tau Tu Noo" got D! (9)

Verbally detain -- but break after good deal (10)
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East and South embrace our funny money (5)
anagram, container

Head office interrupting Lynn ruined tough material (5)
anagram, content, letter-selection

Small start-up features honored athlete (7)
hidden-word

Informal kerchief (inside out) spoiled words of appreciation (8)
anagram, content

Post office monuments hiding first sign of package delays (9)
container, letter-selection

Downright foreign "Tau Tu Noo" got D! (9)
anagram, container

Believe in Goldman Sachs leaders' calculations (10)
letter-selection

Verbally detain -- but break after good deal (10)
position

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Double vertical bars identify the directs, on the answer buttons below.

(5) \(\;\) L \(\;\) N \(\;\) Y

(5) \(\;\) R \(\;\) S

(7) \(\;\) L \(\;\) R \(\;\) S \(\;\) T

(8) \(\;\) H \(\;\) K \(\;\) N \(\;\) T \(\;\) Y

(9) \(\;\) D \(\;\) N \(\;\) T

(9) \(\;\) N \(\;\) P \(\;\) S \(\;\) T

(10) \(\;\) B \(\;\) H \(\;\) L \(\;\) N \(\;\) T

(10) \(\;\) C \(\;\) G \(\;\) K \(\;\) N \(\;\) R \(\;\) S



ANSWERS with wordplay explained (For the completed grid, see the spoiler in post #9.)

East and South = ES (common abbreviations)
embrace = container indicator for ES
our funny = URO (anagram indicator)
money = direct

E URO S


Head office = O (letter-selection indicator)
interrupting
= content indicator for O
Lynn ruined = NYLN (anagram indicator)
tough material = direct

NYL O N


Small start-up = fodder
features = hidden-word indicator
honored athlete = direct

ALLSTAR


Informal kerchief = HANKY
inside = content indicator for HANKY
out spoiled = TOU (anagram indicator)
words of appreciation = direct

T HANKY OU


Post office = PO (common abbreviation)
monuments = STONES
hiding = container indicator for STONES
first sign of package = P (letter-selection indicator)
delays = direct

POST P ONES


Downright = direct
foreign Tau Tu Noo = OUTANOUT (anagram indicator)
got
= container indicator for OUTANOUT
D = D

OUTAN D OUT


Believe = RECKON
in = IN
Goldman Sachs leaders = GS (letter-selection indicator)
calculations = direct

RECKONINGS


Verbally detain = direct
but = BUT
break = HOLE
after = position indicator for HOLE
good deal = TON

BUTTONHOLE

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