crossword clue

[quizbuff]

s-a- (4)
look,making clues this deaved the cluer.

[littleplum50]

scan ?

[quizbuff]

thanks but can anyone explain why

[puzzlesRus]

Can only suggest that the compiler meant that making clues scan (as in verse) proved to be stupefying.

[dr john]

It might help to know the setter's nom de plume, if it's given. Some occasionally use it as part of the wordplay (referring to themselves as 'setter' or 'me').

[quizbuff]

the crossword is named SLUMMER
the compiler is MYOPS

[dr john]

Nope, can't see any other explanation knowing that. It seems a rather obscure wording for such a non-cryptic soution. Why 'look'?

[quizbuff]

thanks for all the help folks