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The Week 1055

TioMateo | 20:47 Sun 14th May 2017 | Crosswords

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2 oddies this time. I'm beginning to think there may be a misprint in each of these clues but, more likely, I'm just being dim.

1) "Model worked hard but not using head (5) O_L_D. The wordplay suggests OILED, ie TOILED losing its head of T. But what on earth has OILED to do with "MODEL"?

2) "Nearly finished before onset of spring season"(4) P_S_. Again, the wordplay suggests PASS, ie PAST losing its finish of T, followed by S (the onset of SPRING). But what on earth has PASS to do with SEASON?

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Sunday Times 4746

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Captain2

2 seen parsed as season (ticket) = Pass

elliemay1

2 a season ticket can be called a pass

TioMateo

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Thank you to both elliemay1 & Captain2. I had thought of Season Ticket, but rejected it as being worse than poor because no-one would say "I've just bought my season from Bristol to London", but then it probably is simply a worse than poor clue.

Any joy from either of you on "OILED", even if it, too, is a worse than poor clue. Or could it be a misprint?

Mamyalynne

'Model' is often used as an anagram indicator but there is of course no anagram here, it feels like an incomplete clue.

Unless there is a definition I've never heard of.