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[pont bihan]

the call of the malingerer that comes as a great shock 4,1,5

I have -e-l,-,n---n

Really stuck on this - is it an anagram of malingerer?

thanks in advance

[novalis]

Well I never

[pbeach]

Nope not an anagram - if you look carefully there is no anagram indicator. Its actually nothing more than a cryptic double definition. Answer as per Novalis.

[novalis]

Should have added that the final R comes from cleRical collar. I don't know what you've put to give you N.
As pbeach points out, it's a simple ( albeit in one sense a little "clumsy" ) double meaning.

[pbeach]

Now 2d is a much better cryptic definition :-)

[novalis]

Totally agree pbeach.

Apologies for "borrowing" your thread pont bihan.

[pont bihan]

thank you all - I did have the final r; just one of mo typos! yes 2d is very good

thanks again