CCCWC October competition voters’ comments on Clue no. 1

A clue to MOCKTAIL (New Chambers Word).
3 comments refer to this clue (from 3 competitors, 0 others)

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Comments on the clue

1.	Neat and skilful construction and a new word for me.
2.	A better homophone indicator would be 'we're told'. Why not use 'kid' since slag adds no humour & is more likely to cause offence
3.	The surface is rather let down by the "slag", but otherwise quite neatly done.