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The usual 'company' with a four -letter 'lot', pile, inside. The answer is 'mickey mouse', figuratively.

Ah. Thanks malone

Yiddish sentimentality means absolutely nothing to this gentile. Perhaps someone could explain.

Schmalz is sentimentality.

I also had that interpretation but I'm afraid to my mind it's a poor definition. A lie-in to me involves sleeping, not crossword solving.

Quire unfair. Easy to see after the event but why should anyone make that connection?

I didn't think it unfair?
When seeing "mush", it didn't take me to come up with "schmaltz"
And it is given in Bradford's under "mush"....I have just checked.

Sorry, typo.....missed out "long"....
"it didn't take me long...….."

I don't doubt that there is a definition somewhere but how many dictionaries do we need to consult before finding it? It should be possible to solve a clue from the fodder, not by working backwards.

Which def. are you unhappy with ? I did not consult any dictionaries until you asked for clarification. I consider all the clues were fair and solvable from the fodder provided.