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A clue to LITTLE.
42 comments were received for this competition (from 8 competitors, 1 other)

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Comments on the competition
1.
I love clues 9, 24 and 38 and awarded four points each.

Comments on the clues

1. A dribble of wee

1.	Meanings too close?
2.	In a double-definition clue, the two definitions should be for different senses of the answer.

2. A small hint

1.	Meanings too close?
2.	In a double-definition clue, the two definitions should be for different senses of the answer.

4. For renovation, start with ladies toilet, scrubbing out old wee

1.	…start on ladies… maybe?
2.	Points here for the endearing image. I followed a similar use of 'wee'.

8. Harry left title – for not much!

1.	He didn't…

9. I tell TV broadcast to reduce volume slightly (6)

1.	I don't think to reduce deletes

10. Ill-gotten gains go north in small quantity

1.	Needs an anagram/jumble indicator

11. In certain places, sow sesame all round – producing peanuts!

1.	A clever misleading surface, points here.

12. In vandalised toilet, missing out long wee (6)

1.	Does O now stand for out?

13. It completes full title used for Lord Fauntleroy.

1.	Very nice – even better than mine, well done!

14. Let &lit off? Not at all

1.	Absence rather than quantum in the def

16. Lost title after goal at last minute

1.	Very pleasing surface – well done.
2.	Clever football reference with good misdirection in the definition. Points.

18. Mini race held in empty city in northern France

1.	Unfortunately it doesn't mean deletion of middle letter.
2.	Don't like 'empty' for just middle letter.

20. Minute of making love left toilet out of order

1.	Nice surface.

21. Nancy’s bed let out for a very small amount!

1.	A well disguised French connection. Point from me.

23. Not much time left in match by the sound of it

1.	Schrödinger's homophone. You probably need the long I to persist in the answer.

24. Not much to possibly tell about it (6)

1.	To? Spare, I think.
2.	'to' ?

25. One can tell it could be a petty amount ( 6 )

1.	One can? Spare, I think.
2.	.. and 'one can' ?

26. Petite model surrounded by elite arrangemwnts

1.	Always check for typos before entwring…..
2.	Please check the spelling of "arrangement", and of the letters required for "little".

27. Petty drunk let off

1.	Nicely succinct
2.	Succinct with a smooth surface reading.

28. Petty fib about nondrinker taking last cocktail

Loose L

30. Set fire to everything reportedly, no biggie

1.	Stretching the homonym a bit – not sure many people pronounce it the way you'd like (LIT ALL)

31. Short literary story, lacking literary start

1.	Literal start, if anything. Literary usage (=to do with letters of alphabet) is obsolete.

33. Short story about time in Transvaal on vacation (6)

1.	As a Transvaaler I gave this a point

34. Short story about two tragic lovers, primarily

1.	Best of the short stories :)
2.	A nice surface that misdirects the solver.

35. Slightly drunk with half of bottle gone

1.	Don't think wordplay quite works – 'with bottle half-gone' would have been better.
2.	Nice, points here. (Hic)

36. Small chicken's name – bantam

1.	In an nple-definition clue, the definitions should be for different senses of the answer. Here, "small" and "bantam" are for the same sense.

38. Small thing – tell it differently

1.	Can be small amount or quantity, but thing??

39. Title's beginning for Laura Wilder?

1.	My top pick – well done
2.	I'm a little unsure about the anagram indicator, but I like this a lot. A first class literary reference.

42. Young literary translator’s first article in French (6)

1.	Succinct with a smooth surface reading. Nice.