DG's "Daily" Mini #53

**Greetings, solvers,** and thanks for trying your hand against this little mini.  Carry On Behind (1975) is one of the LAST and least of the Carry-On films that apparently plagued British cinemagoers throughout the 60s and 70s (and our TV schedules for decades beyond.)   Nothing too dreadful here that I feel the need to pre-emptively excuse myself for, so I hope you had fun - do drop me a like and a comment if you feel so moved, and I'll get on with the washing-up as follows:

ACROSS.  1A 4D. ||"Students" = LL + "low" = MOO, all in "entertainment" = FUN.|| 4A. ||"Lieutenant" = LT, preceded by "tuber" = ME.|| 6A. ||"Hot" = H surrounded by "porridge" = OATS.|| 7A. ||Last letter of "outright" + "nonsense" = ROT.|| 8A. ||"New" = N + "Listener" = EAR.||

DOWN. 1D. ||Homophone for "imperial units" = FEET.|| 2D. ||Hidden in "diffic**ULTRA**dical.|| 3D. ||Double def.  "Carry on", endure; "Behind", lagging at the back as in a race, etc.||  5D. ||"Outskirts of Towcester" = TR , holding reversal of "OH", given.||

Wonderful surfaces and fun, fair clues. Excellent stuff, thanks!

Nice! I liked the clean surface for 1A - any reason for not using the standard "(With 4D)" preface for a multi-light entry? Love to see parses in the comments too

Thanks!  I don't think I've ever seen that style of heading for multi-light clues here in the UK.  Usually I think the entries would just be listed bare: "1 4d. Clue comes here."

I'm not sure how well that formats on this site, so for my purposes I just tried to be clear in intent and minimal in appearance.

I read 1A/4D initially as a play on "students low in entertainment" (as in, lowbrow entertainment of mooning someone); I like the way you did it more! 7A's a new word for me (but cryptically clear), and I loved 6A, 8A, and especially 5D.

I quibble a bit with 3D, in that "behind" isn't really 1:1 with "last," but if the whole surface is meant to evoke a film, so be it! I think I'd also have gone with "in" instead of "of" as a connector for 1D. All that said, while I like the self-reference in 4A, I think this one's your weakest clue; the cryptic part's clear, but I can't make heads or tails of the surface sense. [Soften tuber carried by lieutenant]? I dunno.

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