DT 25240 18 down

[milkmeister]

Rope in one of those marginalised here, say (7)
Answer=PAINTER

Just got to say that is the best clue I have seen for a long time in the DT. It took me a while to work out the second half of the clue and its relevance to the answer though!

[08012006]

I thought 26a was excellent, Henri Matisse being an artist and fairly modern

See in his art, beginning of modernism perhaps 5,7

[spenser]

But WHY is the answer PAINTER? Put me out of my misery!

[flyfisher]

Painters names were the solutions to the the puzzle on top, bottom and each side of the crossword. (The margins)

[flyfisher]

Sorry Milkmeister I think I've not answered your query very well. A painter is a rope used when mooring a dinghy and possibly other boats as well.

[spenser]

The question was from me.... and that IS a fabulous clue then! Thanks for the reveal. I never would have got there myself. While I am on... is 8d Albrecht Durer? Thats what I have put in but I can't quite square it as an anagram of bad clue and three r's.

[slaney]

Thanks for that milkmeister... I had put pointer . Really good clue.
Albrecht Durer is an anagram of "the bad clue" , plus 3 "r"s.