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Clue no. 2: A nanny's bleating with kid's head caught behind thicket
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| Good to see a record turnout of competitors having a go at a difficult clue word, and delivering a pretty sound set of clues overall. The main difficulty seemed to be putting the elements of definition and wordplay togther in a coherent and convincing whole. Some clues veered too far towards absurdity, such as 13, 16, 40 and 64, and others towards improbability, such as 12, 19, 30 and 51. The clues that appealed most were ones that painted a plausible picture with interesting wordplay. 2 has a whole string of goaty elements to fit with the 'nanny' definition. 7 avoids complexities with its straight anagram (though hijabs might be more the norm in Baku than babushkas). 20 is a neat little pen-picture, and 49 and 50 both find a political angle with misleading definitions. |
