The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

CCCWC March competition voters’ comments
 
Clue no. 37: Sample Sauternes cocktail beneath parasol perhaps (6)

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A clue to EASTER (Misprints).
6 comments refer to this clue (from 6 competitors, 0 others)

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Comments on the clue
1.'beneath parasol perhaps' = remove S-u-n before performing the anagram
This is too indirect to be fair to the solver
2.Very unfair on the solver in my opinion – nice idea but too many steps in the wordplay
3.Deletion of SUN requires a second anagrind.
4.Too indirect, why not 'out of sun'?
5.Doesn't that count as an indirect subtraction anagram? We need to be directly told that the letters of SUN are being separately removed.
6.no way does 'beneath parasol' mean without 'SUN'