Coming Late To This...

[highbury57]

TLS 1119
Agree with earlier comment. All very tangential.Against reason, sometimes(2,8) *N/*****I*N. And not sure about the I.In summer, in France,a form of cornet is sometimes savoury(9) E***E*O**
Et bien mes amis.....

[scorpiojo]

Entrecôte - Été (summer) + cornet

[frugalfred]

On occasion
entrecote

[highbury57]

Thanks.

[fiction-factory]

I can't yet see how on occasions fits with the first few parts of the clue. Isn't there usually a literary link too?

[highbury57]

Literary links are a movable feast, either tangential or not necessarily for this setter!

[fiction-factory]

Was "Agree with earlier comment. All very tangential Against reason" all part of the clue though?

[highbury57]

I think not though on reflection your version of the clue would not be too far out of place.

[Mamyalynne]

Against reason, sometimes(2,8)

[Mamyalynne]

Glad to see the back of it this week, roll on midnight for normal puzzles.

[fiction-factory]

Thanks Mamyalynne. I can't even see where 'against reason' fits in unless it's against =on, reason= occasion (as in I have occasion...). Time to put the wine (or AB) down I think

[Mamyalynne]

Against - On
Reason - Occasion


Occasion

formal
reason; cause.
"it's the first time that I've had occasion to complain"
synonyms: reason, cause, call, grounds, justification, need, necessity, requirement, excuse, pretext, stimulus, inducement, provocation, motive