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4d "Plot calling for incongruous combination" (9)

P?T?H?O?K - can't see whether it's PITCHFORK or PATCHWORK

Any help much appreciated

4d: patchwork = incongruous combination (def)
plot - patch
work- calling

Thanks elle - but being dense, I still can't see why PATCH and WORK are incongruous

!t is "patchwork" that is an "incongruous combination".

Patchwork | Definition of Patchwork by Merriam-Webster
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patchwork

Definition of patchwork. 1 : something composed of miscellaneous or incongruous parts : hodgepodge. 2 : pieces of cloth of various colors and shapes sewn together to form a covering; also : something resembling such a covering.

Thanks elle- that's what comes of overthinking or more aptly under-thinking on my part

No problem, Scribbler.
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