Daily Telegraph Cryptic 512 Monday August 13Th 2018

[Dickiedot]

6a Close second to premiership's leader (4) ?t?p stop. Am I being thick,?

[Calibax]

S(econd) to P(remiership's)

[JJ109]

Close (end/stop) = S(econd) to P(remiership) "leader" = STOP

[Lie-in King]

Stop - 's(econd)' + 'to' + 'p(remiership)' (leader)

[dannyk13]

How are you doing this week Dickie?

[Dickiedot]

Thanks chaps, it's a terrible clue imho

[Dickiedot]

Hi Danny I've entered the Quick and the GK both correctly :-)

[Dickiedot]

Hi Danny, full house :-)

[dannyk13]

Me too.Fingers crossed for one of us.

[jeffreywoodham]

Why is it only people who can’t parse a clue that go on to say “it’s a terrible clue IMHO” or something similar.

[fiction-factory]

^
jeff- I'm not sure why you feel the need to keep making this or similar points. Previous comments of yours along the same lines have included:

"Perfectly good clue, just because you don’t get it, it doesn’t mean it’s a poor clue."
"How can you possibly be underwhelmed by clues you cannot parse?"

Not sure these comments are helpful- people come on for help and don't all find crosswords as easy as you seem to.

[jeffreywoodham]

We all have pet hates I suppose and this is one of mine. We do indeed come on here to get help but then to suggest that the compiler has made a poor clue just because someone doesn’t get it annoys me and is an insult to the setter.