The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

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Clue no. 12: Cunning unknown new entrance ten decades ago;
 
These tricky puzzles tax decipherer crowds so!

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A clue to CROSSWORD / CENTENARY (Rhyming Couplet).
4 comments refer to this clue (from 4 competitors, 0 others)

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Comments on the clue
1.Letter mixture for Crossword neither starts nor ends with C or D
2.Faulty anagram in first line (3 N's)
3.don't think that's an &lit definition – does not make sense to me. Can't make sense of decipherer crowds so – not exactly everyday English
4.Surface reading makes little real sense.