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Good one Richard, I've just got it:-)

I also don't think I'd heard the phrase 20d 23d before, but 23d jumped out, the meaning of the phrase became clear and eventually so did the first word.
Having grown up in London, I am familiar with 10a but others might have come across it as a description of a piece of clothing in a Lonnie Donegan song. 19d 25a is a phrase I often use, I'm determined to explore the road in Paris sometime.

Like the violins and parasites!

would 10a have something to do with eyesight?

Hi Janus,

10a - the origin of the word is to do with eyesight - or lack of it!

thank you brendan, 20,23 new to me, cod for me was 3, foi 21a, loi 20d.

would i be correct in parsing 20,23 "14, say," as an example?

as opposed to a type.

Janusz, yes, the wordplay is ‘what might make a hot’ (anagrind and fodder in answer), ‘14 say’ is a definition by example

thank you jono, i wasted some time looking for a brand or variety of 14.

Enjoyed this one. FOI 8. Like many here I had not heard of the definition of 20,23 before, but got the theme via 1 and 7. Having cockney roots helped with 10 and 19,25 although it took me a while to parse 10