The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

CCCWC March competition voters’ comments
 
Clue no. 25: My one certainty – indispensable, whatever our social rank!

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A clue to MONEY (CLASS) (Wrong Number).
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Comments on the competition
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If 3 had included an apostrophe, (bees'), then perhaps the English would be fairer to the solver but it wouldn't make any sense, so I gave it no marks.
4 is described "& lit", but I don't agree.
I thought 11 used unnecessary words to include FORM. It did not read as a conventional clue to MONEY.
The first part of 13 is clever, but I don't understand "netting low returns".
Japanese ——— 19 does not necessarily indicate YEN, it could be anything!
23 lacks a definition for MONEY.
I don't understand 25, ("certainty – indispensible,", does not indicate anything to me, sorry!)also "social rank" for CLASS is two words, which disqualifies it.
My marking was as follows:
24 5
29 4
34 3
30 2
6 1