Sunday Times 4367

[woolfy42]

4d Smooth lover of Chopin (4)
S - N - Why SAND?

23a Tree, say, he paints badly (8)
T - E - P - A - N
Why THESPIAN?

27a Change at home - little Eastern number (8)
- O - P - I - E

[cashier]

23ac an anagram of he paints

[Slimjo]

Herbert Beerbohm Tree - famous actor

[MarkRae]

> 4d Smooth lover of Chopin (4)
> S - N - Why SAND?

http://tinyurl.com/yfo7pzf


> 23a Tree, say, he paints badly (8)
> T - E - P - A - N
> Why THESPIAN?

http://www.google.co....me&ie=UTF-8&q=anagram


> 27a Change at home - little Eastern number (8)
> - O - P - I - E

MORPHINE

[Slimjo]

George Sand was Chopin's lover. To sand something is to smooth it down

[woolfy42]

Thanks a lot.

[m229839]

Can anyone explain the 27A MORPHINE one? I get the MORPH (change) IN (at home) little Eastern (E) but where does the "number" come in?
Also on the drugs theme, is 1A SEA HORSE? graceful swimmer gets points (SE) while on a (A) banned drug (HORSE?)

[kayakamina]

Morphine is a 'NUMBER' ...Anaesthetic

Horse is Heroin

[cupid04]

27a] morphine

[m229839]

aaargh/ahhhh thanks kayakamina!