azed 1906

[yellow11]

need help as am stuck
1astrike poses a tricky test involving a row between one small trade union and another one 12 starts with f
17a "DI IN SEX ROMP" could furnish material for artist with twisted mind 7 L????E?
24d what needle pierces as blood wells up on artery section 6 ???M?S
20d fail to become Byronic having been mistaken with muse 8 ???E???M
thanks

[mac44]

20d. Unbeseem

[Quizmonster]

1A attitudinise
17A siporex
24D dermis

[yellow11]

thanks!-if you have time explanations welcome

[mac44]

20d. Unbeseem, anag of been & muse, means fail to become or unsuitable for. Byronic refers to Lord Byron, word used in Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.

[Quizmonster]

A test (anag) gives ATT....SE. Within that, a row = din, one = I, TU = trade union and one = I. String it all together as appropriate = attitudinise = strike poses.
Taking mind out of Di in sex romp leaves ISEXROP...then anagram gives siporex.
Blood = red, up + der...M1 = motorway = artery and S = section. The dermis is the skin which needle pierces.

[Quizmonster]

Red up = der rather than + der!