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Hi MPRS,

It's the presenters of "I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here" but in reverse order/"unusually".

Sorry, it's "unusually ordered".

Thanks, Brendan. I'd never heard of them either, and was looking for names spelled backwards, or even 'interwoven'.

No problem Mattrom, but I'm surprised you haven't heard of them - with the exception of this year due to the pandemic, the programme takes place in your neck of the woods.

Thanks, Brendan. The clue answer actually seems to be the first three letters of each name. Nicknames perhaps? I'm not sure how unusually ordered applies, unless they are commonly referred to as a pair in the other order.

Mathprofrockstar - yes, it's their shortened names, nicknames and yes, they are always referred to in the other order. (And they always stand in the same position, one of them always on the left...)

Hi again malone, and any one else who isn't stolid (- ie as Chambers puts it: impassive; showing little or no interest; unemotional.)
Are we any the wiser why 10d is stolid?
Yes, under beefy in Chambers, it says 'stolid (informal)' but why?

Stolid is an anagram of “is too old”, scoring (I.e. scratching out a pair, two zeros). Playing is the anagram indicator

Cheers quisling, I see that.
It's the definition I don't get - as that is "impassive; showing little or no interest; unemotional" - in Chambers.

I think the question is more why is Stolid defined as Beefy.

Looks like a mistake in Chambers to me and should be “solid” as I can’t see any other reference to a connection between the two words although perhaps one exists.