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TioMateo | 11:51 Tue 03rd Sep 2024 | Crosswords
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1)  PLayer who gives the crowd nothing to celebrate? (9)              T?A?E?I??  Why is this TRAGEDIAN?

 

2) Ordered to go cycling around secluded place (4) N?S?  Why is this NEST? (assuming the S is correct).

 

3)  What warranted punishment and whar carries charge? (9)    Why is this DESERTION? (assuming the S is correct).

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There's been discussion elesewhere, mainly settling on these being not very good clues!2. Ordered gives Sent, that word 'cycling', moving around becomes Nest,secluded place.1 A Tragedian works, appears, only in tragedies, so there's nothing to celebrate, delight in etc.
11:55 Tue 03rd Sep 2024

There's been discussion elesewhere, mainly settling on these being not very good clues!

2. Ordered gives Sent, that word 'cycling', moving around becomes Nest,secluded place.

1 A Tragedian works, appears, only in tragedies, so there's nothing to celebrate, delight in etc.

I agree, poor clues.  I couldn't make much from 'desertion' other than an 'ion' carries charge.  It might be a stab at an &lit type clue ("and literally so"), where the clue as a whole functions as the definition & wordplay, but... 🤨 🤷‍♂️

Thanks, Lie-In King. I'd have thought better of 3 if it hadn't had the charge, 'ion' bit added on! It was as if the setter couldn't decide what sort of clue to give...

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