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Clue no. 44: On-the-spot medical attention for severed rib
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| I have discounted clues that simply substitute "help" or something similar for "aid", or use "Dr." in place of "doctor". Some questionable anagram indicators, e.g. 12 and 15, and some false &lit claims, e.g. 8, where the definition is just "immediate benefit" and not the whole clue. 34 verges on brilliance, although in the UK it's usually a literary "draft" but a medicinal "draught". However Chambers supports draft = draught "in various senses; occasional and US". I don't think many solvers would recognise the biblical allusion in 44 or the reference to Jeremy Paxman in 54. ("I find the Scottish national poet little more than a king of sentimental doggerel".) 58 combines originality and soundness and to my mind it's the best clue, just beating 47's neat &lit. |
