Iq 1684

[hankir]

This was a nice challenge. Thank you Skylark.
I am missing two things.
Parsing of 42a.
And highlighting last 7 letters of the plot.
Any hint welcome.

[ProfessorMaisie]

Jock's pOt = (Scots dial) PAT + 'E(ccentricity' 'pate' = 'head' for intelligence (figurative).

[ProfessorMaisie]

There's a line in the poem - 'she went through...', that could be suggested by the final highlighting, hankir.

[ProfessorMaisie]

...and, yes - a nice puzzle, I agree.

[hankir]

Thanks ProfessorM.
Found the 7 cells.

If you have done the Listener and if I can dare to ask:
what is 1990s financial product? Is that something very British?

I still have not entered answers. What letter goes in at 1?

[hankir]

As soon as I asked about T???A, I found it.
what goes at 1 or which clue's answer goes at 1?

[ProfessorMaisie]

For Listener, STEMLESS goes in at 1ac

[ProfessorMaisie]

... that's the answer to 'Staunch (STEM) minor (LESS) def 'having no family' and 'stem' (loosely) = family.

[hankir]

Thanks. Now I can start entering answers.
I have over 80% of them.

[ProfessorMaisie]

Ask any time about Listener puzzles, hankir - I do them every week. The 'official' Listener site on AB will not help in any way but there's nothing to stop people posting questions elsewhere on this site.

[roslyn251254]

...and there's always a thread on the crossword forum with hints and clues...

[ProfessorMaisie]

80% is a very healthy rate of cold-solving - I'm sure you'll get there.

[ProfessorMaisie]

I think the other site has now got to the point where posters are reluctant to give direct answers (but it's certainly worth a look).