CCCWC January competition voters’ comments on Clue no. 24

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Clue no. 24: Japan line-out is lacking sophistication

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A clue to PLAIN-JANE.
4 comments refer to this clue (from 3 competitors, 1 other)
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Comments on the clue

1.	the hyphen connects the anagram indicator too closely to the fodder, for me (good idea though)
2.	Good, but I'm not a fan of having to deconstruct a hyphenated word.
3.	Neat surface but.. needs 'line out' not 'line-out' in the real clue: the (one) word makes no sense.

Comments on the competition
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An army of leaping ninjas, none of whose surfaces convince, were all rejected for obviousness. 24 best of the Japan line anagrams. The simpler compound anagrams such as 28 seemed to work better than the complex ones. 45 the most amusing, let down by the definition.