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Congratulations Jono, and thanks for the mention and the interesting clips Mattrom

congrats to jono & thanks mattrom.

Not sure I understand the surface reading of the clue. Does "in crown" mean something in Brit-speak?

buddy: PATE.

I get the wordplay, but does the surface make sense as a stand-alone sentence - that's my question. What is "a duke in crown"?

Nice one, jono. Thanks for the mention, mattrom. Neat clips. I’ve designed and built one house and restored two old ones, and have managed to avert disaster.

Congrats, jono, neat clue. Thanks, mattrom, I was pleased to be a contender. And thanks, chris@39, I'm flattered!

Buddy, I took it as just 'wearing' (a) crown.

buddy: I assumed it meant wearing a crown.
I too loved peterm’s clue.

Didn't know dukes wore crowns, but I looked it up and they do. How about that.

Many thanks Mattrom, much appreciated! Enjoyed the clips.
in = wearing (defn. 13 of ‘in’) was the intention, perhaps ‘wearing’ would have been better.

I also discovered that Chambers has DA = “duck’s arse”… noted for another time, perhaps!

Cheers all!