Wee Stinker

[millder]

Struggling with 24 ac and 18 d.

24ac Koine s.v. mycetes. e???i Is it Ensti, a Ural language?

18d. Ornament, I believe? de??? Is it deity?


Help,please!

[farmerswife]

enoki (anag koine) is a fungus (mycetes)

[Rollo]

18d could be DECOR - which has a meaning of ORNAMENT, but I cannot see the wordplay.

[millder]

Thanks very much! That means 18d is decor, an anagram of credo.

Much appreciated.

[millder]

Thanks too to Rollo!

[Rollo]

If it is an anagram of CREDO, where is the anagram indicator?

[millder]

Sorry, but I don't recognise the term "anagram indicator". I doubt if you will find these in cryptic crosswords.

[Rollo]

If the solution is an anagram of something then the clue should contain something to indicate that there is an anagram involved.

Onlooking at the clue again, I think the "ornament" plays a dual role - definition, and "anagram indicator" - because there is a "?" at the end.

But I don't like it very much.

[millder]

Thanks for your explanation. All I can say is that The Wee Stinker is different!