The Week 1225

[TioMateo]

Perhaps a fine time (8) ?E???N??
Dotty daughter on newspaper (4) ?A??
Surrey's top feature in part of festival (6) ?R?N??

[donny48]

3 fringe

[dannyk13]

1.Sentence

[dannyk13]

1.Daft

[TioMateo]

Thank you both donny48 and dannyk13. I had thought of DAFT but, being a purist, I couldn't justify A as the second letter. I have always thought there were two abbreviations for daughter - namely D and DAU - but not DA.
Given he could so easily have amended the clue to read "Dotty daughter on a newspaper", am I right that this is just a poor clue.

Could one of you please explain why/how Fringe is Surrey's top feature? TIA

[ubasses]

Surrey with a fringe on top is a song and you have fringe festivals.

[dannyk13]

2 would have worked better if it had read on a newspaper,but I think that a ft is acceptable.

[aelmpvw]

a before newspaper would have made sense of the clue to me

[TioMateo]

Many thanks ubasses. Oklahoma is not a musical I'm very familiar with.
Was my query re the A in DAFT a fair criticism or not?

[TioMateo]

Apologies. I hadn't seen the 2 extra answers before posting.

[dannyk13]

Tio//Was my query re the A in DAFT a fair criticism or not?//
Yes, it was a poor clue for the want of an 'a'.