Dt 29,228 Can't Parse Last Clue.

[jourdain2]

Hi all, once again I'm stuck on one.
22D A university occasionally copied, held up as sound. A-E-O

Is it 'APERO', which is an anagram of opera? If so, can someone tell me why, please? TIA

[sedge47]

A u dio

[Lie-in King]

Audio - 'a u(ni)' + 'cOpIeD' (occasionally, up)

[davebro]

audio

[brainiac]

AUDIO

[Toorak]

Audio

A u (university) and alternate letters in copied reversed

[dannyk13]

Audio -A U 9a univversity) + (c)o(p)i(e)d reversed

[jourdain2]

Thank you all so very much. I'd considered Audio and was trying alternate letters, but didn't think to shorten university to uni., so gave that one up. Grrrrr.

[jourdain2]

That means that 24A is wrong. I had 'intense'. 'Den' must come into it somewhere. Help!

[dannyk13]

24a.Intoned

[dannyk13]

into(obsesse) + den (study) reversed

[jourdain2]

Thank you very much Danny. I was just coming around to that - but without much confidence. :)