ChrisE, for which national newspaper are you the crossword critic?
shouldn't you crank it up a bit, I imagine your editor will get a bit cheesed with nice, good, ok,a bit rude,etc. try things like;
"this clue makes saturday night and sunday morning seem like a vicarage tea party".
"this clue works well on so many levels, I particularly liked the veiled references to american foreign policy in the '70s".
""this clue is one of the most profoundly affecting I've seen in a long time. it moved me greatly. it's innocence and love combine to create something very unusual and, I think, something very important".
when you start winning awards slip a fiver in the post.