CCCWC February competition voters’ comments on Clue no. 15

CCCWC February competition voters’ comments

Clue no. 15: Dick Dastardly`s penultimate shocker…bananas! (8)

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A clue to SHERLOCK.
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1.	Rough surface
2.	Nicely disguised definition!

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I thought the trickiest part of writing this clue was getting the definition right. I felt that definitions like detective, sleuth, or Holmes were a little too leading. Given the number of letters, a solver could probably whizz through a few detectives (or fewer Holmes!) and get it without wordplay. Dick was a better choice, even if it lead to some risque work! 18 I liked the creativity in 3 and 51, and the disguising of the definition in 15. I'm still not entirely convinced by Busy, although Chambers has it!

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I thought the trickiest part of writing this clue was getting the definition right.
I felt that definitions like detective, sleuth, or Holmes were a little too leading. Given the number of letters, a solver could probably whizz through a few detectives (or fewer Holmes!) and get it without wordplay.
Dick was a better choice, even if it lead to some risque work! 18
I liked the creativity in 3 and 51, and the disguising of the definition in 15.
I'm still not entirely convinced by Busy, although Chambers has it!

CCCWC February competition voters’ comments Clue no. 15: Dick Dastardly`s penultimate shocker…bananas! (8)

CCCWC February competition voters’ comments

Clue no. 15: Dick Dastardly`s penultimate shocker…bananas! (8)