You Only Get Aches Doing It Initially!

[satprof]

Sunday Express Alphapuzzle cryptic clue.

[mallyh]

yoga

[geevo41]

yoga

[emmie]

yoga

[mallyh]

You Only Get Aches initial letter of each word

[1ozzy]

Well done ninja :-)

[mallyh]

:-) x

[1ozzy]

Could some kind soul please explain if this a good clue.
All the research I've done over many years indicates that the definition is at the start or end of a clue, unless the clue is &lit.
The definition is a loose one and is inside the clue.

So, clever &lit clue or just a bad clue?

Asking for a friend;-)

[emmie]

its an ok clue...

[satprof]

Another photo finish between mally, geevo and emmie. Mally gets the gold star.

Two of the 4-letter possibilities can be eliminated; of the other two, one starts with a letter that could easily be Y. It also finishes with a quite likely A. (That one seems to work out.)

[bobbinwales]

I'd say this was ok for a clue, better than there usual clues

[bobbinwales]

It would of been better to have initially at the start tho I agree

[satprof]

Bob: My understanding is that indicator words like initially are allowed to be anywhere in the clue. In this case, the double meaning only really works with initially at the end.

[mouseymick]

Yoga .. 4,24,1,19 .. Q is 14 and X is 10. Happy Sunday!