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jadzia49 | 11:07 Mon 07th Jan 2019 | Crosswords
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1a) One hearing curtains last getting more in (8).???n?i?r.
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Trendier - Trier (one hearing) containing END (last)
11:14 Mon 07th Jan 2019
Trendier - Trier (one hearing) containing END (last)
Trendier? Becoming more fashionable ie 'more in'?
Poor clue - the surface reading doesn't make sense
The clue makes perfect sense if you're doing the crossword and have read the special instructions.
Perhaps the 'special instructions' could have been pointed out to those of us who don't do the crossword, but do come on here to help.
instructions are...

Five clues contain a cryptically superfluous word. Wordplay in 14 other clues contains a cryptically superfluous letter. Unclued entries are five pairs of characters linked cryptically to each other and to one of the five superfluous words. The superfluous letters in clue order give two further characters and a third word linked in the same way. Eleven of the characters are (or were) real people; one isn’t.
It actually makes sense to me. Trier (one hearing) curtains-covers end(last) = Trendier (more in)
It makes sense Danny because jadzia49 had already removed the superfluous word having realised it was "Dralon" before submitting his post.
.... but I have to agree with GG the grammar and flow is poor
jj goodgoalie posted that it did not make sense, I think that,as posted, it does
Danny, GG will have to confirm, but I think he was criticising the flow of the clue, not the parse which makes perfect sense.

"one hearing (Dralon) curtains last getting more in" does not make sense!
jjm agreed but 'Dralon' was not in clue as posted.
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Thanks all. It does make sense - trendier ,more in!

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