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Clue no. 14: Food quality assessor eats stew with hesitation (6)

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A clue to EASTER (Misprints).
5 comments refer to this clue (from 4 competitors, 0 others)
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Comments on the clue
1.Rather cumbersome definition, and hesitation does not equal er.
2.Clever use of 'stew' and topical reference.
3.Quite good, but 'stews' would be preferable to 'stew'
4.prefer ''sign/expression of hesitation' for 'er' – it does not mean hesitation
 
Comments on the competition
1.
Several clues (10 11 12 13 22 23 54) contain a definition for EASTER. Whether cryptic, &lit or plain, a definition is not wordplay as I understood the instructions. This point was commented on in the Christmas 2012 Special competition. A couple of clues (14 and 15) use "hesitation" to indicate "er", which doesn't seem right to me. "Sign of hesitation", perhaps. Some excellent clues among the others; preference given to those which combine the two key words seamlessly. Found it hard to separate my top five, finally scored them 3.5, 3, 3, 3, 2.5.