The Week 1213

[TioMateo]

Just one clue where I have the answer but don't understand the parsing of the wordplay :-

1) Greek island is attached to kind of fried pastry (6) ?A?O?A. Definition = fried pastry (samosa), Greek island = Samos, but where does the final "a" come from? Logically it should represent "kind of", but I don't see how. It would have been very simple for the clue to read :- "Greek island is attached to a fried pastry", but he chose not to do that. What am I missing?

[Neveracrossword]

Samoa's =Samoa, Greek island+is/'s, attached, added. Kind of - anagram, Samosa, fried pastry?

[emeritus]

Samoa Greek island ?

[Neveracrossword]

Sorry, that was all very silly!

[TioMateo]

Many thanks Neveracrossword. Your parsing is faultless but, wouldn't you agree, there is more than a small problem with defining a large rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean as a Greek island?

I can only assume Mr Moorey simply confused himself.

[Lie-in King]

There was another typo in this issue, so it's quite possible an "a" is missing from the clue.

[Neveracrossword]

TioMateo, thanks for your understanding! It definitely looks like it should just have been something like 'attached to a kind of...', to get the necessary A.

[aelmpvw]

what a difference a word makes :-)