The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

CCCWC February competition voters’ comments
 
Clue no. 34: Miserable career – joyless, obnoxious, boring – and that's just for starters.

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A clue to MCJOB.
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Comments on the competition
1.
1st (4 pts): 16 (smooth and efficient — the explanation suggests an Azed regular}
2nd= (2.5 points each): 10 (nice image, although I thought the reference in the explanation to CMJ's job was irrelevant) and 25 (neat, but is the exclam really necessary?)
4th= (1 point each): 2, 19, 26, 30, 34, 35 (most of them initial letters clues, all of which were fine although perhaps a bit of a cop-out; but the clue-word was so hard that this is forgiveable)