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georgeg

25th April 2010, 15:35
Ordered to obtain good mark (5) _a_g_
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dizzy

25th April 2010, 15:37
badge
bade + g
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john (from arran)

25th April 2010, 18:30
It took only 25 minutes to finish, but it's a very poor one this week from Neil Shepherd; the clue above being one example. In my mind 'Ordered' should be 'made' rather than 'bade', giving 'MADGE' as the answer to the cryptic part of the clue, but a 'MADGE' is a lead hammer, an owl or a magpie and nothing to do with a mark.

Other poor clues this week:

11A Willing to give money (5) ?E?D?

I have 'READY', but money should really be 'READIES'.

15D Doctor in Leeds forced to pretend (9) D?S?E?B?E

The answer is clearly DISSEMBLE, but the word 'is' is missing from the clue.

Maybe I'll have to start buying a different Sunday paper.
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georgeg

26th April 2010, 09:14
Hi John
It was nice of you to write and I agree with your comments entirely. My wife has been threatening for ages to replace the SoS ! Regards. George (from Edinburgh)
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ajt

26th April 2010, 09:18
dissemble is an anagram of isleeds and mb
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john (from arran)

26th April 2010, 10:47
Yes, but the clue is printed as I wrote above and there is no 'is' in it. It's either very poor clue setting or proofreading, but I'd plump for the former.
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ajt

26th April 2010, 10:54
Sorry - I read it wrongly.
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