Thanks for your clues for PARTISAN. The last cluing challenge generated a big response, but not so this time. Hard to clue? It looks like people would be happy for me to turn off the comments for a short time after posting, but I’ll wait a few weeks first so others can contribute.
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I found this puzzle more challenging than usual. It certainly worked my grey matter, and had me reaching for the dictionary and thesaurus.
12a is my choice of a standout clue.
Thanks David and bloggers.
Yes – 12a was my favourite too. It’s a reverse cryptic clue (for want of a better expression) – which is something I’ve seen only once before in a Stickler. The “language abuse” question mark was definitely warranted.
Also, the answer to 6d was only vaguely familiar to me. However, it very solvable via the wordplay.
…it WAS very solvable…