The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

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Clue no. 22: Extraordinarily the arial font wants fat for a very bold type (9)

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A clue to LION-HEART.
4 comments refer to this clue (from 4 competitors, 0 others)

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Comments on the clue
1.It's a nice idea, but the 'fat' makes the surface a bit too nonsensical for me.
2.It's really an 'anag. minus anag.' ('f,a,t' aren't consecutive in 'the Arial font'. So 'fat' needs an anag. indicator too.
3.Good idea, but not convinced that 'wants' serves the purpose as deletion indicator
4.A second anagram indicator is required for this type of composite clue, eg 'wants liquid fat'.