The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

CCCWC January competition voters’ comments
 
Clue no. 3: An unattractive woman is extraordinarily appealing in tight jeans after that gin peg is quashed! (5-4)

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A clue to PLAIN-JANE.
6 comments refer to this clue (from 6 competitors, 0 others)

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Comments on the clue
1.not clear what a gin peg is, or how quashed (in the surface reading)
2.Really needs to indicate that an anagram the of 'that gin peg' is subtracted.
3.What's a gin peg?
4.Too complex.
5.Surface not appealing
6.Surface makes no sense to me