The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

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Clue no. 65: You interminable self-absorbed backward fool! (4)

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A clue to YO-YO.
3 comments refer to this clue (from 3 competitors, 0 others)

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Comments on the clue
1.Interminable does not mean without an end in the sense of being cut short – the opposite, in fact
2.I think this wordplay gives OOYY not YO-YO
3.Very ingenious wordplay gets some points from me