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&D: Here, polish has faded , for example? (7,7)
The answer is "present prefect"
present = here
perfect = polish
with "present perfect" being the tense "has faded "
But I'm confused as to what would be the definition? is this "for example"?

'Has faded' is in the perfect present tense

Thank you, but yes, I already know that ....!
I'm wondering how you would describe the definition ?

Sorry, another one where i cannot see the definition.......
21a: Reduced prize money - that was a dip (8)
cut -reduced
purse = prize money

but a "dip" suggests a pick pocket? not cutting the purse strings?

Still not had an answer for 7d either , please?

Here, polish = word play.

Has faded, for example = definition.


http://en.bab.la/conjugation/english/fade

Hi, Mamya
I didn't have a problem with understanding the tense - I just couldn't follow what was going to be the 'definition'.
I do see it now, dimly!

Can you also explain 21across, please?
A similar problem - I can do all the parsing but the definition.

The definition is - 'that was a dip'

An old word for a pickpocket- that was indicating it is an archaic term.

I couldn't find "cutpurse" in my Chambers but it sounds like a thief who would cut purse /bag straps rather than 'dip' into a pocket - hence my query.

Cutpurse is from Shakespeare, originally a person who cut/slit the purse which would have been worn around the girdle. Later becoming the name for a pickpocket .
Source : Chambers