Sunday Times Crossword 4752

[s_pugh]

Can anyone explain 12dn - "Church's framed art turning up in closet?". I believe the answer is 'clandestine' which fits with 'closet' but I can't parse it and it is driving me nuts! I assume CE is the church but the rest is lost on me!

[Mamyalynne]

Church - C(of)e framing
Art turning up - Landest?

+ in

[Mamyalynne]

Hard to write sensibly sorry - think archaic speak.

[Flonska]

Mamy . . . am thinking archaic . . . but still . . . woosh!

[Mamyalynne]

Hast thou landest ?


I'm struggling here lol.

[Mamyalynne]

as I'd say - 'art tha' here yet?

[cashier]

Does clandestine fit closet? I'd have thought compartment was nearer the definition of closet.

[Flonska]

Mamy . . . as it's late . . I will 'appen, accept thy parsing along the lines of hast thou "landest in" (arrived) - but would have been happier if t'clue had said summat , as like, " up in t'closet."

As for Cashier's suggestion, all I can say is Ecky Thump but . . . I am tired . . . and it is well past my bedtime !

[Lie-in King]

'Closet', adjective, 'clandestine; secret; covert...'

I had Mamya's parse as well -

...'landest (thou?)' - 'art (thou) turning up?'...

[Mamyalynne]

^ He has a better way with words than what I duz.

[Davemano]

My Grandma used to tell Granddad to get tid closet and that had nowt to do with him being clandestine.

[Mamyalynne]

My Granddad once mistook the closet for the privvy - all hell to pay.

[Davemano]

That's what I meant Mamya

[s_pugh]

Thanks Mamyalynne, that is a truly awful clue!