CCCWC January competition voters’ comments
Clue no. 11: Crooked de facto world leader is untrustworthy (3-5)
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| 1. | Best of the anagrams: appropriate indicator, good W selection, with 'de facto' thereby in the correct register for the surface. | | 2. | Best of the de factos | | 3. | Crooked = untrustworthy |
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Definitions such as "Janus" are wrong as they are nouns and the answer is not — but "like Janus" is a correct (if give-away) definition.
Many clues used "de facto" in non-sensical ways; it was used appropriately in clues such as 11, 13 and 25. |
