Parse Please

[davebro3]

clue: undefined

ans: goes the distance

[1ozzy]

And you expect that clue to contain an explanation 🤣

[davebro3]

why bother posting if you can't give an answer?

[Neveracrossword]

Davebro3, which paper or magazine is the clue from? That's just in case it's one I might have seen.

[davebro3]

Sunday Express Crusader (today)

[1ozzy]

Well, I did give an answer Davebro.

The answer was just as cryptic as the question😒

Great clue🥱

[1ozzy]

A well written cryptic clue is supposed to contain an answer, within. The definition is either foremost or last.

Or so cryptic clues for dummies dot com tells me.

🙄

[barry1010]

Ozzy, the answer is 'goes the distance' and davebro wants an explanation as to why.

Can you answer the OP?

 

[1ozzy]

🥱

[davebro3]

no doubt the "Crusader" xword will be forced to change it's name sooner or later!

[barry1010]

I hope somebody parses it.  It's driving me up the wall

[naomi24]

I can't figure it out.  

[davebro3]

maybe it's a misprint?

[Radagast]

In my paper the clue is:
German writer socialist at heart like 13 stays.

13 is reserve = distance.
German writer = Goethe.

[barry1010]

Thank you, Radagast.  That explains it.  :) 

 

[Neveracrossword]

Thanks, Radagast. The online version that I looked at had the clue exactly as davebro3 gave it.

[barry1010]

Sorry, it doesn't the clue for me.  Why is 13 'reserve'?

[Radagast]

The answer to 13 across is reserve.

[barry1010]

Oh!  I thought it was some cryptic code that I knew nothing about.  Thanks again :) 

[Radagast]

"undefined" is a possible value of a javascript variable. Clues usually start with a capital letter so this is most likely a javascript error.