Mephisto 2952

[Gung-Ho-Joe]

11a. Grown up about being transfixed by good flattery (9) A------IN-.
16a. Sound popular cause (5) IN-E-.
18a. Hung out to dry by daughter (5) D--L-.
31a. Translation of Latin about flying insect (7) --ULI-N.
33a. Paradise Lost's wind-up- a line descriptive of sloth (7) -D--T--.

[donny48]

33 edental

[donny48]

31 antlion

[donny48]

18 dwelt

[donny48]

16 inlet

[donny48]

11 adulating

[Gung-Ho-Joe]

Thanks Donny.....

[Gung-Ho-Joe]

Will mull over the rest tomorrow......I actually saw the bloody answers but could not parse......thanks again Donny.

[donny48]

11a adulating-- flattery ; grown up = adult , I then assumed adulation but have no parse for the aing.
16 sound= inlet (geographical); (popular)in + let(cause)
18 hung out = dwelt ; (daughter)d + welt ( to wither or dry)
31 anagram of latin + on (about)
33paradise lost = eden no parse for tal ; I knew edental meant zoology belonging to the order Edentata, which includes anteaters, sloths, and armadillos

[donny48]

I leave the remaining parsing to others but would dearly like to see it, I'm still learning.

[donny48]

Bump

[Captain2]

Paradise = EDEN
LosT's wind-up (last letter of) = T
A = A
Line = L

[donny48]

I think that I overthought 33 , Captain, I saw it as you parsed then thought it too simple an explanation. Thank you.

[Mamyalynne]

I am looking as promised.

[Captain2]

That's me for you Donny - simple! ;0))

[Mamyalynne]

Not true.x

[donny48]

Just one left and I am relying on you both to give me some rest. I hate it when the answer is obvious but you can't parse it.

[Lie-in King]

Adulating - 'a(bout)' (transfixed by) 'adult' + 'in' (by) + 'g(ood)'

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/in_1

^Def 10 - ... Synonyms: with, by, within...

[donny48]

Excellent with LIK's contribution they are all finished. Many thanks.