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I know this is a bit downmarket for the brainy types here, but I like doing the Concise Crossword in the Indie/little i.

The first 2 (sometimes 3) across answers always make up a pun, e.g. Saturday's was 'hair' + 'belle', making 'harebell'. I normally romp through this crossword in a couple of minutes, but today I'm completely stuck on the pun. Maybe it's because I can't quite get my head around the clues being on the left instead of the right today (why?), but I can't see what this is:

1A Burden (4) -A-E Was thinking of BANE or CARE but they're not quite right
4A Plunder (4) S-C- presumably SACK

Any ideas? The next across answer appears to be INCUBUS (Demon = I-C-B-S), which doesn't make it look like a 3-word pun.

Is the 'A' right in 1a?

Yoke Sack

Yolk Sac


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Mamya, you're a genius! The relevant 'down' clue is 'field of influence', and I had AMBIT. I'd also tried REMIT (before putting in INCUBUS), but it could be ORBIT, which would put the 'O' in the right place for YOKE.

Thank you so much!

You're welcome.