Times Jumbo 3D

[strabismus]

3d. Producer of powerful number: there's nothing more catchy perhaps gripping millions.
I have "opium poppy" but I can't explain it

[Baldric]

http://www.danword.com/crossword/Producer_of_powerful_number_theres_nothing_more_catchy

[fiction-factory]

number is pronounced as nummer (something that numbs you) in this case, strabismus

[Mamyalynne]

Nothing - O
More - Piu
Millions - M

Catchy - Poppy

[Mamyalynne]

Danword doesn't parse clues.

[strabismus]

Thank you fiction factory - I got that bit, but what about "nothing more catchy"? the millions presumably is the m in opium

[Mamyalynne]

Opium being the number - it numbs.

[Mamyalynne]

Parsed above.

[Baldric]

Don't recall saying it did Mamya.

[fiction-factory]

^and it doesn't always give the right answer.
Thanks Mayalynne. It's the PIU= more bit I couldn't see- never heard of that

[Mamyalynne]

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/piu

[Mamyalynne]

You didn't but the OP wanted an explanation, that's who I was addressing.

[Baldric]

It probably gives a higher % of correct answers than some on here do FF.

[Mamyalynne]

Good luck strabismus.

[fiction-factory]

più:- used to qualify an adverb or adjective used as a direction in music. Still learning afer nearly 60 years

[Mamyalynne]

That's the beauty of crosswords, something new to learn every day - for me certainly.

[strabismus]

Thanks for all your help. I understand now

[Mamyalynne]

Great, sorry for my rambling on.