Thanks to all 12 who contributed clues this week. Exceedingly hard to judge.
Some lovely touches which included the Prof spotting two trig functions at either end of the word. Are there other words with this property? - I couldn’t find any! That’s a challenge should you wish to take it up. Back to business...
... I also enjoyed Mattrom connecting the Russian definition with the vodka cocktail in two great clues.
Paul’s “lost here in Paris” to remove “ici” I really liked.
Some complex constructions had me scratching my head for a while, but I particularly liked Aristo’s five part construction @14 which included a bushy hairdo (mop) and Fiery’s eternal (no end) word play. Marty’s use of catholic was clever, as was Mattrom’s cool laid back poms.
Honourable mentions
Buddy@11 for Universal Pictures (also @15 I couldn’t decide which was better)
Ginge@17 for a really good construction
Fiery@20 for ‘eternal’ (also Marco Polo @22)
Mattrom@18 for ’laid back English’ (and @6 the red cocktail reference)
But this week’s winner for combining a clever surface and construction is Marty with...
Orange leader joins masonic plot to convert catholic (12)
Here are the prizes ...
Cosmopolitanism’s 4th century origins ...
https://youtu.be/inyq_tfm8jc
Some mixology ... note the ‘flaming zest’ technique, good for soft drinks too ... and I particularly like the use of “swath” at 1:39 ...
https://youtu.be/y23sJPG5McA
... and some rag music ... I tried to play this but my left hand was all over the place
https://youtu.be/TXc28fVVdR0
Cheers all!