Everyman 3778

[stickboy52]

2 Down :-'Work over,beat up': boxing spelt out essentially (6)
O_U_R_, I have OEUVRE, but cannot understand the reference to the clue.
Please advise

[Toorak]

Anagram of over with the middle letters of spelt & out

[dannyk13]

(sp)e(lt) & (o)u(t) inside anagram of over

[stickboy52]

Thank you, I could see the anagram of OVER but the E & U was a bit too obscure for me. I think a reference to an artistic body of work in the clue would have been helpful.

[Toorak]

Yes - The definition was just given as work

[Toorak]

Kaput reversed in clue

For parsing of oeuvre see

https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Crosswords/Question1649410.html

[Toorak]

Wrong thread - lots of Everyman at the mo

[dannyk13]

I think giving the clue as an artistic work would have made it a little too easy.