The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

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Clue no. 17: I'm worried after visitor provokes a hunchbacked figure! (10)

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A clue to GUESTIMATE.
5 comments refer to this clue (from 4 competitors, 1 other)

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Comments on the clue
1.'Hunchbacked figure!' is lovely
2.Difficult to see a picture of this surface reading
3.hunchbacked quite clever but I don't think it would pass muster with the professional vetters.
4.Nice and devious, but I don't buy 'hunchbacked' = 'hunch-backed'
5.Very clever! But I'm not sure that definition is entirely fair.