The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

CCCWC February competition voters’ comments
 
Clue no. 43: Rarely one escaped from slick hero

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A clue to SHERLOCK.
3 comments refer to this clue (from 3 competitors, 0 others)

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Comments on the clue
1.Needs to be 'Slick hero, rarely one escaped from' to work as a noun definition
2.Not pure &lit – the whole surface should be a definition of detective but is not … it's just a comment on what happened in the stories.
3.Seems to define the criminal, not the detective.