The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

CCCWC November competition voters’ comments
 
Clue no. 40: Was really active doing jail time, busy on the wing, we hear?

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A clue to HUMMINGBIRD.
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Comments on the clue
1.'Was' is superfluous and it's hard to see what is the definition
 
Comments on the competition
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This was quite a tough word to clue well. Any reference to a species as a definition needs to make it clear that this is an example, by using "perhaps" or similar wording. Clues which used flier or high-flier alone as a definition scored poorly if at all. Many other clues were let down by poor surface readings. This left only a handful of clues worthy of points and I gave top marks to 27 and 40.