The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

CCCWC November competition voters’ comments
 
Clue no. 37: Labour talk on old Bill, badly expressed and crackers entirely

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A clue to LOCK STOCK AND BARREL.
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Comments on the clue
1.A bit hard to see the anagram with the extra 'and', but it works
2.Nice to see something different. Do you mean Old Bill? Crackers entirely sounds awkward to me.
 
Comments on the competition
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There were some fiendishly complicated essays here, so I went for anagrams that offered some sort of surface meaning, beginning with 3and 37. One of those to shun is 1 because it clues three bits separately, by taking out the 'and' when a clue for the whole phrase is required.