The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

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Clue no. 12: Cloudy with rain – I'm missing blue terribly

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A clue to NEBULAR.
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Comments on the clue
1.The wordplay's punctuation isn't quite right here making it difficult to work out the anagram fodder (see clues 33 and 37)
2."I'm missing" won't do for the cryptic reading, which requires "I is missing".
3.I'm missing is wrong. Afraid it needs to be I's missing / missing I … which kills the surface
4.'I'm missing' refers to the clue-writer or solution. In the wordplay I is missing
5.Good effort.
6.Needs to be "I is missing"
7.The indication to subtract I doesn't really work – should be I is missing, not I am missing
8.Not convinced with I'm missing for I is missing