CCCWC October competition voters’ comments on Clue no. 26

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Clue no. 26: Nut burying bird in Peru runs away to New Barnet

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A clue to POSTICHE.
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Comments on the clue

1.	Lovely image, but the "nut burying" bit seems unnecessary. (Shouldn't it have a hyphen, anyway?) "To" is an awkward link.
2.	The surface reading has little bearing on reality
3.	Some nice ideas, I can't imagine ever solving this though!
4.	Loved the def. 'New Barnet'! Sadly rest of surface implausible, def. of ostrich is a stretch, and 'to' superfluous in wordplay.

Comments on the competition
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As there were too many similar anagram clues (the cop is…hot spice etc) I tended to award votes to clever/different clues like 3 which I considered the best of the bunch (including my own) 24 and 26