The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

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Clue no. 20: It's an obvious calamity – girl's somewhat ugly

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A clue to PLAIN-JANE.
2 comments refer to this clue (from 2 competitors, 0 others)

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Comments on the clue
1.The hyphen ruins this. Plus Doris Day was gorgeous, so sort of makes the clue an 'inverse'.
2.'an' clearly is not grammatical to indicate 'plain'. Don't quite agree with the def also, does not necessarily imply ugly