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2 pet hates, 1 pedant related, the other just irritating:

Firstly, “I would of….” Instead of “ I would have…”.

Secondly, why do editors insist on adding a person’s age to an article? For example, “Mrs Smith, 47, went to the shops and…” .
Her age is not relevant. Perhaps editors should be encouraged to use her weight instead. “Mrs Smith, 87 kilos, …”.
Now that would provoke an outcry.

simon

I agree but would prefer 8 st 7 lb instead of kilogrammes. We used to get Tracy, 36-24-36, but that seem to have died out.

Grunger, agree. Prefer Imperial units. Well, it was my Alma Mater !

Besides, technically kg is mass not weight.

MPRS, always a tricky one to explain the difference between mass and weight to people- not me, I’m a scientist! No point mentioning the Higg’s Boson….and that’s another irritation, why do they keep calling it “ the God particle”? 🤬

There “it” is again - in the Times Cryptic 28121:

Article on sex withdrawn due to church, once (5)

Thanks, mathprofrockstar. I sometimes think the setters are obsessed with It.

*The word 'it', rather than It itself!

It's a battle that was lost long ago but there are some pedants still who object to the use of "due to" in that clue. It should say "because of" or "owing to" instead.

If you want to use "due to" the clue should be rephrased as:
The withdrawal of the article on sex was due to church, once.
Or maybe:
Due to church, the article on sex was withdrawn.
But then the clue might not work.

"Due", as an adjective, needs a noun to go with, and that is "withdrawal".

I agree it is a poor clue. I was taught: Due to - caused by; owing to - because of.

I was disappointed the setter did not use prosecutrix instead of prosecutor in another clue.

Should that not be license?