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Clue no. 7: Disturbing this shark may present great risk, and lead to high profile accident in remote parts of seaside

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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.The join is nicely hidden
2.A bit wordy, but technically correct and one of the few to avoid link-words. A convincing surface.
3.Components neatly woven together for believable sr; well hidden split ("high profile"); clever comp anag. but "lead to high" not &lit
4.Good surface & excellent comp. anag. for TIGER, but "profile" for SHAPE is borderline & missing hyphen in "high-profile" a weakness
 
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.