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Riddle-me-ree Crescent
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Collective consciousness riddle-making. The answer must be a London Underground station name.
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My fifth is in ASHES and PHOENIX as well
My sixth is in CRAB but not in its SHELL
My seventh's in PARSLEY but never in THYME
My eighth is in GAOL but without any CRIME
My ninth is in both PARANORMAL and STRANGE
My tenth's not in FARMLAND but found on the GRANGE
My eleventh part CYCLES but can't drive a CAR
My twelfth and the last is NEARBY not AFAR.

[Interesting how this could have been either of two possibilities until the seventh letter. Producing two station names from one set of clues might be a challenge for the future ...]
[Chalky] I've generally tried to leave most or all of the existing options open when adding a move.
[Raak] Absolutely the best strategy .. and I hasten to add that I was unaware when I posted letter seven that I was narrowing it down to just the one station. Never mind - I'll be more open-minded in future :-)
[Everyone] I suggest also that someone provide a "my whole is...." with a more or less cryptic clue. See Tuj's one for Turnham Green (yes, I got it in the end, derr....) which is very much in keeping with traditional riddle-making and kind of rounds the whole off quite nicely.
[Chalky] I deliberately kept it open for my move 5. Dunno about the others.
I have to admit that I didn't - I hadn't realised there might be more than one answer after five moves. Shall we have another one?

My first is in SECONDS but not in HOURS
My second's in GARDENS but not in the FLOWERS
My third is quite GAMIN and not so ADULTE
I'd better be WARY so not to cause FAULT
My fifth is in GOUACHE but nowhere in OILS
My sixth duels with SABRES but never with FOILS
My seventh's ECLECTIC, PRETENTIOUS as well
My eighth is a BUYER with nothing to SELL
My ninth is in CORAL but nowhere near REEF
My tenth's in LAMB CUTLET and also ROAST BEEF
My eleventh's in DIDGERIDOO but not FLUTE
And my whole's a trunk road which is never called 'cute'
Just to finish it off. One more round?

My first's in ELEPHANT but not in the ZOO
My second's in HORRAY because I'm not BLUE
My third's in MENTATION, but nowhere in THOUGHT
My fourth is in SHOULD and also in OUGHT
My fifth is in AUGUST but never in MAY
My sixth's in GERVAIS but not PETER KAY I feel dirty
My seventh's in RODNEY and TROTTER as well
And O for my eighth I would not be in HELL
My ninth is not MORTAL but VENIAL sin
And my last is a GAME which you never can WIN
My whole's a station on the dark blue line
And so with that riddle we now must call time.
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