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Clue no. 18: Idler: term of abuse as applied to chumps in unemployment zone, right?

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A clue to EASTER (Misprints).
3 comments refer to this clue (from 3 competitors, 0 others)

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Comments on the clue
1.Rather wordy, wordplay contrived and the surface is poor.
2.Rather convoluted.
3.chump can also mean 'head' … and is it 'end' or is it end of a lump of wood/meat etc, not end of a word