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15 Across:- "Menial's years behind plough" (6) -L-N -Y
Guess this is FLUNKY, but where's the link between "FLUNK" and "PLOUGH"?

Both could be used to mean "fail in an exam"

Thanks ChrisE - Never heard PLOUGH used in that sense, but anything's possible with this compiler! It sounds more the opposite, where someone would plough all their energy into an exam in order to be successful.

it's more common in the US, i think

actually not - see
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/244792/what-does-plough-mean-in-this-context-they-would-plough-you

It's simply amazing the amount of interpretations that can be put on just one word! Thanks again.