Dt 27336

[Mick-the-Miller]

I'm a bit stuck in the top left-hand corner...

1a - Ornament a lunatic knocked over - histrionic incident (9) - ???????n?
12a - Paper transported as liquid? Fantastic notion! (4,5) - ???? ???a?

Thanks in advance!

[dannyk13]

1a.Damascene
12a.Pipe dream

[Mick-the-Miller]

Brilliant - can you 'parse' 1a?

Thanks

[dannyk13]

Lunatic knocked over = mad reversed
histrionic incident = a scene

[sandyRoe]

a lunatic... a mad(knocked over, dama) +scene(histrionics,acting) and there's a Damascene conversion such as Paul's on the road to damascus

[Mick-the-Miller]

Again, brilliant and thanks to both of you - this has now given me the answer to 3d.

3d - Wreath borne by politician, a democrat (6) - anadem - which is a hidden word, a new word to me and a bit obscure. I always find these sort of clues a bit weak.

[Thecorn]

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