The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

CCCWC June competition voters’ comments
 
Clue no. 8: Award Pacino's carried home?

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Not a vintage collection, I thought. Some interesting ideas seemed to me to be flawed. While 4 is fine by me, I know from bitter experience that some editors would demand an second anagrind for "tin" since its letters are nonconsecutive. The idea in 8 demands "homes" in the cryptic reading; likewise 21 with "initiate". 12 surely needs recasting to bring "new" to the front, where it can legitimately be capitalised. Several clues use "no" for the O, which I cannot see any justification for (if so my apologies to the composer of 7, which I should otherwise have supported)