Variety: Cryptic Crossword

1D
"kinky" = "dog" + "was ahead"

26A is a Double Definition
"three-part" = "singing voice"
and think English boy choirs, maybe

thanks

One = "a" (as in the a banana)
so putting that "in 3,000" gives you the MAMM
First-class = "A" (as in top grade)
and a liberal would be marked with the letter "L"
so that adds the -AL at the end.
"man, for example" is the actual definition of the clue.

Check your spelling on 27A - you should have _e_i for 25D.

The clue for 25D is a straight add-on clue; "Still" + "one" = "fabulous beast"

David Connell: Excellent description of the MAMMAL clue. Thank you! And yes, I had spelled 27A wrong.

Finally got 25D. I was thinking still=immobile, quiet, or that thing to make booze in. Now I get it.

Thanks for your help.

It has to be casino but I don't know why.

See my reply to Bobbie's thread, just below...

Thanks, David!

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On the subject of "Miss": By letting my membership at NY's Museum of Modern Art expire, I had them licking my boots. Many special offers. So I was filling out the online membership application, and the button to move on to the next screen was gray (unavailable). So I put in a middle initial. Still couldn't move to the next screen.

The only thing I had left blank was the honorific before my name. Following Deb's August 2016 columns and the Sept. 1 crossword, I prefer not to tell institutions my gender. But I had to click something in order to complete the payment process. The only thing that applied was "Mr.".

The other choices were Miss, Mrs. Ms. (I believe), Dr., Hon., Fr., Bro., Rev., Prof.; maybe Secy., Gov., Rep., Sen.; and a few other designations of vocation.

The only non-gendered options were indicators of schooling, training, or achievement. The institution in question is the only reason I am describing this. Maybe one expects Gun Owners of America not to offer "Mx" or the like as alternatives to Mr. or Mrs.

But the Museum of Modern Art? Who are they afraid to offend? Did they miss the memo telling them that they have exhibited art that subverts the stereotypical gender binary?

Thank you, Bobbie. I am down to one that also has me beating my head against a wall: 21D.

Checking out (as in what a private would do),
endlessly (as in, subtract a letter from the end of that),
Old (as in, a way to clue attaching a single new letter),
Building in Las Vegas (as in, that's what we're going for here).

Sometimes cryptics use orange or oxygen where this one uses old...

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I endorse twoberry's first 8 words.

Caitlin, Deb would be wise to ink you to a deal under which you write up every puzzle that uses anagrams.

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Anagram "raw cod" so it spells a word meaning "chicken".

Don't think fish or fowl.

but do think noun!

bawk

Melissa:
ANEW. Sounds like ("hear") an animal (a gnu). Means: again.

Fair=EVEN, the (in French) =LE. E LE VEN.

Even is correct. "Le" in French means "the"

Melissa

Doh! Thanks!

YE actually means "the" and the "Y" is pronounced as "th" and this old letter is called a "thorn." Or, did I just make this up?

Thanks! As in "ye olde" I guess. See discussion at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_(pronoun)

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Think about the eee sound in "Thee" vs. "The".

The thorn is also seen in You (Thou).