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[nonrunner]

6d) No winner in race, nobbled by illegal drug? It's crude. (5)
BRE-E
Thought about Brent crude but it doesn't fit.

[toalisi]

B ru te ?

Runner Up - not winner?

[nonrunner]

OK so RU = runner up but where do the other letters come from?

[turnerjmw]

I'd have thought it's BRUTE, but no winner in race means remove ACE, so you're left with R, inside BUTE, an illegal drug.

Haven't seen the crossword, though, so wouldn't know about the crossing letters

[toalisi]

I don't know, i was just trying to suggest a word that could mean crude.

I'll go back in my box.

[turnerjmw]

I've just looked at the crossword, and it's definitely brute, toalisi. Nonrunner should have been a bit more grateful. At least you gave him the answer!

[toalisi]

Thank you Turnerjmw.

It would also have been easier if we'd been given the correct letters.

[nonrunner]

I'm sorry if I've offended anyone, but knowing the answer is not enough. I need to know where the answer came from which obviously was not originally the case.