Mephisto 27 ac. Large family out to lunch ending with cheese and dried meats _e_me__i_ae

[magistra]

23d. "Money" needing answer: it's "dough" _a_a

[Lie-in King]

27a Dermestidae - anag (out to lunch) '(chees)e + dried meats'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermestidae

[magistra]

Thanks Lie-in King.

[Lie-in King]

23d Masa (dough) - M(oney) + a(nswer) + 'sa' (sex appeal - 'it')

[AHearer]

23d Masa: M + A + SA.

[Baldric]

^^^^^playing a blinder there AH^^^^^

did it really take 90 mins to work out answer?

[AHearer]

Sorry about that -- failed to refresh and saw the question with just one answer-- I was a little quicker than 90 minutes on the clue when I was doing the crossword! I'll go back to sleep now.

[Baldric]

:o)