CCCWC Christmas Special competition voters’ comments on Clue no. 15

A clue to PARTRIDGE in a PEAR TREE (2 defs. + letter mixture).
1 comment refers to this clue (from 1 competitor, 0 others)

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Comments on the clue

1.	The competition rules stipulated that the split must occur within the bird element, so this otherwise good clue had to be overlooked.