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Clue no. 32: Something fishy is going on – old man (Hollywood royalty) is keeping quiet (6-6)

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A clue to FATHER-LASHER.
3 comments refer to this clue (from 3 competitors, 0 others)

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Comments on the clue
1.Rather ponderous wordplay but the surface sense is coherent.
2.Hollywood is not synonymous with LA
3.Cryptic syntax doesn't work with the two "is"'s. Liberties with punctuation, Hollywood=LA and royalty=ER also questionable.