The I 1331 Saturday May 16Th 2015

[DestressTermly]

Hi. I am trying to see how a clue was built up:

26 Across, What indicates offbeat part of consignment went yesterday? (6)

The answer was TWENTY

But I am a total loss to see how any of this answer is parsed. Am I looking at ENT coming from part of consignment? and if so where are the rest of the letters in the answer coming from? Does Twenty mean offbeat somehow?

Please try to explain in detail as I often cannot see these if you just present a string of letters like TW ENT (Y) or whatever.

Hope someone can help. Thanking you in advance.

[vakayu]

twenty is hidden in clue

[vakayu]

consignemen(t went y(esterday

[MargoTester]

It's in the clue ConsignmenT WENT Yeasterday

[DestressTermly]

Thank you all very much for those replies.... I see Twenty in the clue now, as last letter of consignment going on through went and first letter of yesterday, but I still don't see why the answer is twenty? Does twenty indicate an offbeat somehow?

[dannyk13]

216a.(consignmen)T WENT Y(esterday)

[writesbad]

Twenty was hidden i the clue, as described above, and the answer to Clue No 20 was "offbeat".

[DestressTermly]

Writesbad has now explained this fully. Tank you all for your efforts. For the record, clue 20 was Curious regarding exploit involving book, and the answer to that was indeed offbeat.

[writesbad]

DT, I am delighted to have been of help: you can now enjoy your evening with another mystery solved...
All the best
WB