CCCWC June competition voters’ comments on Clue no. 16

A clue to UNION.
3 comments refer to this clue (from 3 competitors, 0 others)

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Comments on the clue

1.	Contentious region for NI is tricky.
2.	If a federation of countries can be amatory are they not going a bit over the top?
3.	Federation appears to do double duty here: 'countries' = UN is too loose.