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28 ac. Lenient ref dealt inappropriately with brat, embarrassing scamp (6, 8).

I have e-f-n-, t-r-i-l-

Can it really be what I think it is or have I wrong letters?

enfant terrible

anagram of lenient ref & brat

Merci beaucoup RL. I was thinking rude thoughts in English...

pray tell eleanormcn!
was your 1st word, effing?

I have to admit that I had the 2nd word "terrible" but in English. I was mistakenly thinking about what a lenient ref might be called. But I guessed that this could never appear in the Sunday Times or could it?