| Middle name of journalist Edmund Bentley who invented a form of comic verse (8) |
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| witty biographical poem |
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| Whimsical biographical poem |
The Guardian Speedy |
20 Nov 2022 |
| Minister briefly cut down to four lines of satire |
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| Witty lines from church worker pruned by hack |
The Telegraph Toughie |
16 Apr 2021 |
| Humorous bio priest cut and cut |
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| Minister reduced by hack's comic verse |
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| Short comic rhyme |
The Times Concise |
27 Apr 2020 |
| Champ getting to grips with algebraic characters oddly omitted four lines |
The Telegraph Toughie |
05 Feb 2020 |
| Short comic verse |
The Times Concise |
26 Oct 2019 |
| About rent in arrears, perhaps to one's ears, a type of clue that's somewhat new |
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| Short humorous poem |
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| Form of verse member of the clergy abridged, then cut |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Sep 2018 |
| Lines of retired setters sign up 50 to support Cuba |
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| Minister of religion caught out, having cut verse |
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| Holy man, finishing early, cut verse |
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| … and another almost cut bit of witty verse |
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| Edmund C Bentley, for instance mocked gently; Vivaldi, when cut, cut again |
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| Form of comic verse member of the clergy abridged, then cut |
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| Verse minister cut and cut again |
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| 'George the Third/ Ought never to have occurred. One can only wonder/ At so grotesque a blunder.', for example |
The Guardian Quick |
29 Apr 2016 |
| Priest almost cut short poem |
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| Short priest cut humorous poem |
The Telegraph Toughie |
03 Nov 2015 |
| Verse minister cut and cut again |
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| Scheme of 26-29 Down |
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| Four-line verse |
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| Funny four-line poem |
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| Verse cut by priest left unfinished |
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| Form of light verse |
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| Type of light-verse quatrain |
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| Pseudo-biographical verse, originated by Edmund Bentley. |
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| Four-line biographical poem |
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