An ignominious cameo and the surprisingly modern YONKS in the pick of the cryptic clues
In 1961, Punch magazine opined:
When may a young man be said to have arrived? Adam Faith got a double accolade last week, recognition in two fields outside his art: (i) Having a signed column in the biggest circulation Sunday paper; (ii) Having his name used as a pun in a quality Sunday paper’s erudite crossword puzzle.
The real reason for the merger meeting of Volkswagen and Daimler? (6,6)
[ found within VOLKSWAGENDAIMLER ]
23ac With a single ring, Gok Wan loves cooking big fish in hot water (10)
[ anagram of GOKWANLOVES minus an O (‘with a single ring’) ]
[ anagram of GKWANLOVES ]
30ac They display fashion, large and small (6)
[ synonym for ‘fashion’ + abbrev. for ‘large’ + abbrev. for ‘small’ ]
[ MODE + L+ S ]
4ac Nice getting heated by this (8)
[ something which heats the French city Nice ]
4d After climbing, broadcaster screens running for ages (5)
[ three-letter broadcaster name, surrounding synonym for ‘running’, all reversed (‘after climbing’) ]
[ SKY, surrounding ON, all reversed ]
I propose ex. ‘years, months and weeks’; my contemporary at the Signals Regiment in Cyprus, Capt. E. W. Bishop, prefers a telescoping of donkey’s years
28ac Lathe work reminiscent of an English artist, perhaps? (7)
[ jocose adjective pertaining to a Romanticist landscape painter ]