I Paper 1738

[mikey4444]

3d...Judge one, such as Bovary, embracing one man.....?I?M?E

17a....Exaggeratedly canny carrying one blue dye...?Y?N??

CYANIC ?

[scorpiojo]

Cynic + (carrying) a (one)

[Neveracrossword]

17 Cyanin - anagram of Canny and I/1.

[scorpiojo]

Oops

[elliemay1]

cyanin?

[Jackdaw33]

Jimmie?

[mikey4444]

Thanks guys !

Jack....I thought of JIMMIE but can't really parse it....what is the reference to Bovary all about ?

Madam Bovary ?

[Jackdaw33]

...J (judge) I (one) Mme (madame) around I (one)

[Pigletion]

Perhaps Jimmie (man) = J(udge) + I (one) + Mme (short for Madame, a in Bovary) embracing I (one)

[mikey4444]

Thanks Jack....looks OK, although I like to see a word defined within a clue !

( Araucaria would never have allowed this in to any of his puzzles ! )

[Jackdaw33]

The definition is Man (man's name).

[mikey4444]

Thanks Jack....I can see that now.

[Jackdaw33]

Boy would have worked just as well.