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CLUELESS 78

Welcome to Clueless, our informal weekly clue-setting competition.

The idea is to compose a cryptic clue to a given word.

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The Clueless 78 answer is: FIELD STUDY (5,5)

Note: I was surprised to see that this term isn’t in Chambers. I think it’s fair to say that it no longer refers only to research carried out by naturalists but is also used by, for example, sociologists and business corporations- at least in the US.

Clues to be submitted by 16.30 BST tomorrow (19th September) with the winner being announced soon after.

research mouse den (5,5)

Dusty, if led astray to do research (5,5)

Dudes fly it out to research (5,5)

Mis-filed, boss starts you on practical research (5,5)

Research project regarding Dudley fits this scientific observation (5,5)

Inventor of noctunes adds musical practice piece to do research on location(5,5)


(Irish composer John FIELD is regarded as having invented the nocturne form)

Get into the countryside and observe that crop (5,5)

Look into the area of play. (5,5)

Watch this space. (5,5)