Crossword Genius

Everyone’s on one — packed in old fashioned mattress (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

palliasse

I'm a little stuck... Click here to teach me more about this clue!

'mattress' is the definition.
(palliasse is a kind of mattress)

'everyone's on one packed in old' is the wordplay.
'everyone' becomes 'all' (all people).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'packed in' is an insertion indicator.
'old' becomes 'passe' (I've seen this in another clue).
'all'+'i'='alli'
'alli' inserted into 'passe' is 'PALLIASSE'.

'fashioned' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may be part of another bit of the clue.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for palliasse that I've seen before include "mattress" , "where some might lie with comfort" , "Bedding" , "one would take lying down?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
Want a hint initially instead of a full solution? Install my app