NARCOLEPTIC/ERIC CLAPTON – Very good!

philander/Phil and ER – Brilliant!

TOILET ROLL also very good.

WINDSOR KNOT commendable.

Very satisfying overall.

Fletch,
(a) I am NOT saying that Paul is nicking my clues [why should I, and above all, why should he?]
(b) I do see (as some posts above clarify, including mine) that both anagrams may be ‘old chestnuts’ to many solvers

But:
I am into crosswords [solving and, a bit later, clueing (as a hobby)] since only mid-2008, and at the time I sent in these clues to Paul’s competition I really thought I “discovered” them myself [special attention to the quotation marks!]. Indeed, it is exactly as you say in your last line (‘that’s what happens when you get into clueing’).

Why did I mention these clues then?
[as I said in #31: 'All this of no importance to you all, I know']
Well, until some weeks ago [when the decay of Cryptica became clear - without any notice, which is unfair to the several visitors] I sent in some 240 clues, of which 95 got mentioned. Apparently, Paul did like a lot of them, which I appreciated.
Some clues that I thought were good ones, were rejected [but that's part of the game]. One of the rejected ones was a Paulish clue for ‘toilet seat’ [my effort to write a Paul clue].
Every now and then, I had a déjà vu when solving (especially) Guardian crosswords – professional setters using one or two of the ideas/devices I had for Cryptica [I remember the great Rufus explaining 'bumblebee' for an anagram of BEE, I remember Araucaria using a dictionary device in his 2009 Christmas puzzle that was similar to something that Paul rewarded a Gold with the remark 'a novel kind of clue'].
These things happen, two people one idea.
And I must say, I felt flattered to have some ideas in common with the Big Boys.

Phew, a long story (again) [but I seem to like it ].

But maybe, you can imagine my feelings, when in one Paul crossword all at once there are 3 clues that had the same ideas/devices as some of the ones I sent in [and which were rejected, all three of them].
Because clueing has become one of my favourite hobbies, I felt a bit uncanny.
It affected my appreciation for the crossword [which was a good one, although I get tired of some types of Paulian clues].
That and only that was what I tried to express.

If someone’s not interested in what I feel while solving, I do understand that and please ignore it.
[although I regard it as a value added to my posts ever since I discovered 15^2 - an invaluable enrichment to my life in Britain!]

Hope I saved my soul .

And yes, this anagram must have been done before (and probably – like scarpia says – the TS Eliot thing, too). Even so I “discovered” them myself [after only just rolling into cryptics at that time, and certainly not being familiar with English literature etc].

The one and only thing I wanted to express is, the strange feeling that came over me solving the crossword [knowing that Paul did like a lot of my clues for his former competition]. It’s something purely personal and perhaps I should not have annoyed other people with it.
But, when I send in a post, I am not just interested in the technical aspects of a crossword or the final result – I also like to share my thoughts during the process of solving with others [so what I encounter on the way to the end].

Again, sorry for any misplaced POMPOSITY .

Did not get 3 or 5, and I don’t feel bad about it.

Thanks to Gaufrid and Paul!

Perth folk will be annoyed…i’s a city, not a town.