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Clue no. 25: Other stage hosts Glastonbury headliner and clubbing legend – phase out pyramid?

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A clue to SHAPE / TIGER (Right & Left).
5 comments refer to this clue (from 4 competitors, 0 others)
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Comments on the clue
1.I like the idea. Problem is the join is obvious.
2.I don't think "Other" really serves good purpose in the cryptic reading and split not well hidden, else interesting/original idea
3.Like the Glastonbury theme, not sure about 'headliner' as an initial letter indicator
4.Good idea for surface & good def. of TIGER, but "Glastonbury headliner" iffy for G & Pyramid needs capital P
 
Comments on the competition
1.
Very few clues managed to combine soundness with a convincing and satisfying surface. Many had indicators for initial or final letters that seem unacceptable to me: eg, "starts practising" for P & "big end" for G. Of those remaining on my short-list, 7's brilliant TIGER was rather let down by weaknesses in SHAPE. There wasn't a great deal to choose between the others so the points were fairly evenly spread, with no one scoring highly: 2 points: 7, 27, 30, 33, 34; 1 point: 11, 23, 25; 0.5 point: 2, 4, 9, 17.