The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

CCCWC January competition voters’ comments
 
Clue no. 25: Double-dealing de facto leader of Welsh Assembly

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A clue to TWO-FACED.
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Comments on the clue
1.Assembly as noun doesn’t work as anagram indicator
2.Best of the de facto clues
3.About the limit of acceptability (for me) for noun anagram indicator. Isn't Drakeford squeaky clean?
4.Surface reading sounds incomplete
 
Comments on the competition
1.
Definitions such as "Janus" are wrong as they are nouns and the answer is not — but "like Janus" is a correct (if give-away) definition.
Many clues used "de facto" in non-sensical ways; it was used appropriately in clues such as 11, 13 and 25.