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Clue no. 13: Couple blocking vaginal opening on period – This is no time to be employed!

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A clue to DUVET DAY.
5 comments refer to this clue (from 5 competitors, 0 others)
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Comments on the clue
1.V blocks DUET. If you take a day off, you're still employed. For the surface reading, I'd say 'during' or 'due to' instead of 'on'.
2.I am not a prude, but this is abysmal. If the rules allowed negative points, I would award the maximum.
3.At least bad taste and not sure what surface reading is really saying
4.Not a nice image, and makes little sense
 
Comments on the competition
1.
Some distinct classes of clues here:

* Ones using 'Dave duty' that automatically get booted out for the usage of arbitrary name.
* Ones using evade duty and some way to eliminate 'e', that claim to be &-lits. Quite a few are not, with implausible surfaces carrying appendages that cannot form part of the definition.
* Ones using 'down', which except for 3, fall short, as duvet=down is not just correct.
* Some other boring ones which carry imperfect wordplay.

13 was the only funny clue here. 33 got to be lauded for the clever use of overlord. I would plump for one of 3, 6, 13 or 21 to go all the way…