The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

CCCWC August competition voters’ comments
 
Clue no. 1: A Scottish lad nurses miserable fester on the padded sofa.

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

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Comments on the clue
1.Chield appears in some online dictionaries but not in Collins, Oxford or Chambers, so I think it's unreasonable to expect solvers to know it
2."on" might not be a valid "link word" between definition and wordplay
3.Don't see what 'on' does in the clue. And 'the' should be 'a'.