Tls

[highbury57]

27a Parliament in uproar by end of budget(8)S*o*k*n*
Shocking?
10a Like one of Chaucer’s pilgrims,Catholic and mischievous, we hear(8)c*e**i*h
Clerkish?
Some very oddly worded clues-and answers this week.

[Mamyalynne]

27 Storm on (budge)t

10 Clerkish - C + "larkish"

[Mamyalynne]

15d second word - room

[highbury57]

Thanks for Stormont. I had got the o in 25a but hadn’t gone back to 27a to crosscheck. 10a is a stretch I think but can see why there’s an argument for cleverness

[Mamyalynne]

It was a moment or two until I picked on the 'we hear' soundalike for 10a.

[highbury57]

Even after a moment or two I still thought it was a stretch. Perhaps I should have gone with instinct rather than rationality.