I Paper 1684

[mikey4444]

18a....Revised arid play using concise language....LAPIDARY ?

I can't see the word play here at all !

[Jackdaw33]

Anagram of arid play

[elliemay1]

lapidary ‎(not comparable)

Pertaining to gems and precious stones, or the art of working them.
Suitable for inscriptions; efficient, stately, concise; embodying the refinement and precision characteristic of stone-cutting

[Tilly2]

How does the clue fit lapidary? It's to do with stones, isn't it?

[mikey4444]

Yes, I got that quite early on !

But where is the word LAPIDARY defined within the clue ?

[fiction-factory]

It's the definition mikey may be querying.
As well as the gem engraving meaning I found this
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/lapidary

[Tilly2]

I don't like that clue.

[elliemay1]

^ see my post 19.03

[mikey4444]

Thanks at 19:04....sorry but everybody's avatar is appearing but no name underneath, so I can't thanks you by name !

( this is happening a lot recently )

[Jackdaw33]

Another meaning of lapidary is a style of concise writing or speech, deriving from the short inscriptions needed on monuments, which are made of stone.

[fiction-factory]

Crossed posts elliemay but you beat me to it and deserve Best Answer

[elliemay1]

That's okay, F-f. Thanks x

[mikey4444]

Quite happy to change BA !....Thanks to FF and everybody else.

[elliemay1]

Thanks mikey

[mikey4444]

I have switched to Firefox, as this avatar business is happening all the time on CHROME !

[Jackdaw33]

No problem on my Chrome.