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Thu 28 Jun, 2007 05:18 am
Hi all
just 1 to do
10d they fuss unnecessarily on seeing news boss in trousers
i have
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please help
pedants
that's "ed" (editor - boss of a newspaper) inserted into "pants" (trousers)
A pedant is someone who fusses uneccessarily about minor details.
In cryptic clues, "in" is often a clue that one word needs to go inside another.
Cryptic 187
Ihave got pedants for no 10 down