Curry for one after work, putting no-frills rice on first and expecting good stuff (10)
I believe the answer is:
optimistic
'expecting good stuff' is the definition.
'optimistic' can be an answer for 'expecting' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'good stuff' bit.
'curry for one after work putting no-frills rice on first' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'curry' could be 'tim' (actor Tim Curry) and 'tim' is located in the answer.
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is present in the answer.
'work' could be 'op' (short for opus) and 'op' is present in the answer.
'first' could be 'i' (I in Roman numerals eg Elizabeth I) and 'i' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'and' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for optimistic that I've seen before include "Happy-go-lucky" , "Cheerful" , "Looking on the bright side" , "Hopeful about the future" , "Pollyannaish" .)
