Reversal Clues

Our definition here is 'Good excuse to miss work', and our answer will be just that.

This clue's indicator is 'semifinals?' and it's a selection indicator naming the positions of important letters in neighbouring fodder. If 'finals' refers to the final letters of multiple words, what might 'semifinals' refer to?

This clue's fodder is 'FIFA World Cup'. We'll use these letters (or some of them) to construct our answer, as guided by the clue's indicator(s).

Our definition here is 'some time', and our answer will be a word that represents some time.

This clue's indicators are 'divided', 'over', and 'the shape of'. One of these is a selection indicator flagging that instead of taking all the letters of a neighbouring word, we need to take just a fraction. Another is a containing indicator - some letters will go around some other fodder. And a third is a homoglyph indicator guiding us to pay attention to what an item in the clue looks like and to find a lookalike letter.

This clue's fodder is 'Arthur' and 'Camelot’s table'. We'll need to substitute one of these with a representative letter and use it with the letters of the other (or some of them) to construct our answer - all as guided by the clue's indicator(s).

Our definition here is 'a little something from the garden', and our answer will be something fitting that description.

This clue's indicators are 'Scoop of' and 'with a twist'. One of these is a hidden word indicator guiding us to take a subset of consecutive letters from some neighbouring fodder. The other is a reversal indicator - once we've selected our letters we'll need to turn them around to reach our answer.

This clue's fodder is 'lemon gelato'. We'll use these letters (or some of them) to construct our answer, as guided by the clue's indicator(s).

Our definition here is 'it doesn't need to be said', and our answer will be another way of expressing that idea.

This clue's indicator is 'The essence of', and it's a selection indicator. Often 'essence' will point to the core or central letter of a word ('essence', 'core' and 'centre' all being synonyms). But another meaning of 'essence' is 'substance' - that which is not superficial - and it's used in this clue to indicate that we should select the internal letters of some neighbouring fodder.

This clue's fodder is 'simplicity'. We'll use these letters (or some of them) to construct our answer, as guided by the clue's indicator(s).

Our definition here is 'Hitting easy targets', and our answer will be a word for that.

This clue's indicator is 'over' and it's a containing indicator - we'll take what precedes it and put it over or around what follows.

This clue's fodder is 'purchasing' and '2K followers?', and we'll need to find substitutes for both of these. The substitute for 'purchasing' is a straightforward synonym, but we'll need to think outside the box to get the letters that substitute in for '2K followers?'.