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[Voulez-vous]

15a) Addition after changing sides? That's not fair. (9) INC?EMENT

Is this Increment or Inclement? Any help much appreciated.

[dannyk13]

incLement

[Lie-in King]

To me it reads as -

15a Inclement (not fair) - in 'incRement', change r(ight) to l(eft)

[kayakamina]

Increment

[kayakamina]

I see the definition as addition.

[slaney]

Could take it either way - I would be inclined to take "That's not fair" as the definition, and go with Inclement, but who knows.

[Voulez-vous]

Thanks everyone. It's a tough call.

[slaney]

...at the risk of disagreeing with K - who is welcome back!

[kayakamina]

Hi slaney

We'll have to differ on this one!

[Lie-in King]

Indeed, K - welcome back!

We shall have to wait & see - exciting, no? :-))

[kalahari]

I read the answer as Increment where the hint is the word "AFTER" indicating that the answer is "addition" after the action of changing L for R in inclement. I do agree it is a tough one and the counter argument has merit!

[kayakamina]

Hi L-I-K

Thanks - nice to be back. I was drinking more wine than is good for me!

[Lie-in King]

Hmmm - is that possible? :-)

[sedge47]

The correct answer according to the Telegraph Puzzles website is INCLEMENT

[vetuste_ennemi]

The way I read the clue is - cryptic indication: what would happen if we changed the R/L in a word meaning addition? Answer: we'd get a word meaning unfair". So I'm with the Ls.

[Lie-in King]

sedge - thank you for clearing this one up :-)

[kalahari]

Thanks Sedge. If Kayakamina and Lie In King were at Bletchley Park WWII would have ended in 1942!!! I might have made it as a tea boy.