Reviving the crossword clue tradition

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Hog
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I thought he was Dutch, but ...

http://www.rageonline.co.uk/mainpage.ph ... amprange=U
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Mally
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Topical clue:

M Jackson died without journalist plot (4,6)
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Jack Midson

You must do better than that Mally!
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Downwind chap retail rubbish! (3, 7)
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Lee Mansell

That would be the Lee Mansell that was promoted with Torquay, then?

On your knees? Jamie gives up Brigitte for abstinence at the back (4, 7).
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bump
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Neil Slatter
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That was hard work! First name was easy enough but the rest...! Jamie SlaBBer loses Brigitte Bardot, replaced by TT for abstinence
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Eric leaves California? Gosh! He'll be back. (5,5)
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&quotHog&quot wrote:Eric leaves California? Gosh! He'll be back. (5,5)
Anton Rogan

Slightly contrived clue Hog.
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Sounds like a sports centre legend. (3,5)
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Wot? Sorry, I've not had training in this kind of thing and am thus unaware of the etiquette of clue setting! What was wrong?
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&quotMally&quot wrote:Sounds like a sports centre legend. (3,5)
Jim Bowie (and yes, I had to THRASH the database to find him!)
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No not Bowie but I can see how you got there.
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&quotHog&quot wrote:Wot? Sorry, I've not had training in this kind of thing and am thus unaware of the etiquette of clue setting! What was wrong?
Well to be picky Eric doesn't leave California - California leaves Eric.
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