Iq 1772

[hankir]

Help with:
\Across clues have an extra word to be removed before solving.
Down clues are normal.
Across:
2 A melody oddly played shortly after first appearance? (6)
16 Migrant discovered healthy in agreeably dated part of Kent (5)
29 Stock image that will do, covering time before artistry (6)

Down:
25 Elderly couples taking over in Jamaican dances (6)
28 Deep collar assigned place on middle of chest (6)

Thanks

[Toorak]

28 Bertha - berth & (cr)a(te)

[hankir]

Thanks Toorak

[Gojira]

2. Anagram ( played) of “a oddly”. Melody is extra word.

[Gojira]

28. I think it is berthe, alternate spelling of bertha according to Chambers, with the e from the middle of chest.

[ProfessorMaisie]

2 - anag A+ODDLY - the last 4 words are an oblique def (3-3 hyphenated).
16 'migrant' = anag hEALTHy ('discovered') obscure answer ['agreeably is extra'].
29 'that will do' = SO [around] T(ime) + 3 letters for 'before' [extra is 'artistry']

[hankir]

Thanks Gojira

[ProfessorMaisie]

25 also archaic for 'couples' = MENTS around O

[ProfessorMaisie]

...for 16a the usual meaning is a kind of machine.

[hankir]

Thanks ProfessorM.
I am still working on last 6 across clues.
I have possible solution to 4 of them but do not see the parsing.
For creator, I see 5, 9.

[ProfessorMaisie]

Creator is 5,9,4,3

[hankir]

What are the starting letters for creator's 4, 3 part?
I have D and A for first two.

[ProfessorMaisie]

C and L.

[ProfessorMaisie]

and sorry about my counting error - the C is 5 (not 4).

[hankir]

There are 22 across clues but 21 letters in the name.
What am I missing?

Also hints on 36a and 39a will help.

[hankir]

I think the name is 5,9,5,3. New Zealand?

[ProfessorMaisie]

Looks like you've got him, hankir.

[ProfessorMaisie]

...did you miss my mention of a miscount earlier, hankir? Never trust me with numbers!

[ProfessorMaisie]

36 - 'solvent' is the def - anag of STRE(e)T 'avoiding climax of 'th(e)' ['misery' extra]
39 'Elderly (means it's anarchaic) men perhaps impressed' is the def ('impressed' = they're forced into service) it's a synonym for 'feeling' reversed [extra is 'boyhood'].

[hankir]

Thanks ProfessorM.
Sorry I missed your earlier message on the name's third word being 5.