The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

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Clue no. 34: "Nurse," I am beginning to blush – "trouble down below" (9)

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A clue to SUBMARINE.
5 comments refer to this clue (from 5 competitors, 0 others)

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Comments on the clue
1.Good surface, but grammatically suspect wordplay
2.Clever and amusing. Personally not keen on this use of trouble as anagrind.
3.A smutty surface reading, so will probably get a lot of votes.
4.Laughed at the surface; 'trouble' (imperative) works as an anagrind; however the surface's punctuation doesn't fit the actual clue.
5.For 'trouble' to work here grammatically as an anagrind, it needs a preposition like 'in'. Such a pity.