CCCWC November competition voters’ comments on Clue no. 36

A clue to DICKEY.
5 comments refer to this clue (from 5 competitors, 0 others)

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Comments on the clue

1.	busy=eye? crook=not in good condition? Neither of those works for me
2.	I feel 'tailing' is unsound. As a v.i. tail is in C as 'having a tail', not as losing one. If I'm wrong the clue's lovely
3.	Sleuth and busy are both detectives – why should the first should be "dick" and the second "eye"? Cryptic requires "tailed".
4.	'Tailing' can only be a transitive verb in the cryptic reading, I think
5.	I wonder why busy=eye…