The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

CCCWC June competition voters’ comments
 
Clue no. 17: Fatten a lad with swedes and meatball afters – how odd!

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A clue to ORATES (Printer’s Devilry).
3 comments refer to this clue (from 2 competitors, 1 other)
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Comments on the clue
1.Nifty shuffling of spacing, but the undevilled version is quite bizarre
2.Excellent splitting up of words between the devilled and undevilled versions – I'm just not keen on either of the surfaces.
 
Comments on the competition
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Undevilled versions should not be compromised in any waay to improve the devilled version, eg an initially promising 5, 8, 11, 17, etc.