Lol...agreed Aristo, 1. was a bit unfair - I did consider indicating the unfairness in the preamble but thought that might spoil the unravelling of 1./6./Link so indicated it in the clue itself.
One[Ximenes]might prefer [a partnership with a pulse] over [clumsy inexperience] to indicate what's needed to finish six[crosswords], the last ones are tricky(7)
clumsy(anag) of inexperience(rawness) was the other pointer to the unfair element of 1.